Which (on a general point) keeps a pretty good "churn" in terms of the successful franchises. But it can also lead to a "race to the bottom" for that first draft pick next season. If half the season is gone and you know you're nowhere in terms of making the playoffs / post season, then you can...
Thats not going to be much consolation to the 3 teams who are relegated that season, after playing 18 home games instead of 19 though is it. Totally unfair.
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If they go ahead with it, do you really think the fans will be consulted ? When do the fans ever get a say in anything ??
Like that'd ever happen.
Alternating the home/away thing every year wouldn't work out either, because 3 clubs wouldn't even be involved the following season. If you've been narrowly relegated after getting dry-humped by Bournemouth in Tokyo, you might be looking back ruefully at playing what...
Exactly - a 39th game would completely destroy the integrity of the competition. Somebody would end up having 3 games against Man City that season, whilst someone else would get 3 games against Watford.
I guess the likelihood would be that they'd have as many top 6-8 clashes or derbies as...