- Dec 23, 2004
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Every now and again it pops up in the media that the Premiership will discuss the possibility of a 'Premiership 2' at their next meeting. On hearing these snippets, I've always wondered what that would entail as surely just renaming the Championship the Premiership 2 would make little difference to anybody.
The other night I was struggling to get to sleep and for some reason the following idea popped into my head:
Restructure the leagues to have a 32 team Premiership 'pool' and 3 other divisions. I guess this would be done by taking one years Premiership and adding the top 12 of the Championship.
Over the summer, draw 2 16 team Premierships (un-seeded). These form Premiership 1&2 for the coming season. Each team plays each other home and away, obviously, so that's 30 matches each.
At the end of the season, the top team from each league have a 2 legged play-off to determine the winner of the Premiership. Meanwhile, the bottom 2 from each league go into a 4 team group, play each other home and away, and the winner of this group stays in the Premiership pool with the other 3 being relegated as now.
Repeat ad infinitum...
I think this has advantages in that it adds a bit more unpredictable excitement at the start/end of each season and reduces the number of matches that teams have to play (something managers love a good whinge about).
What does everybody think?
The other night I was struggling to get to sleep and for some reason the following idea popped into my head:
Restructure the leagues to have a 32 team Premiership 'pool' and 3 other divisions. I guess this would be done by taking one years Premiership and adding the top 12 of the Championship.
Over the summer, draw 2 16 team Premierships (un-seeded). These form Premiership 1&2 for the coming season. Each team plays each other home and away, obviously, so that's 30 matches each.
At the end of the season, the top team from each league have a 2 legged play-off to determine the winner of the Premiership. Meanwhile, the bottom 2 from each league go into a 4 team group, play each other home and away, and the winner of this group stays in the Premiership pool with the other 3 being relegated as now.
Repeat ad infinitum...
I think this has advantages in that it adds a bit more unpredictable excitement at the start/end of each season and reduces the number of matches that teams have to play (something managers love a good whinge about).
What does everybody think?