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(This is NOT a thread on dilution of talent across too many teams!!!)
Most teams have 5-ish oppositions that draw big interest (dragons-sharks, Cowboys-broncos) and the rest are just fillers that only happen because all of the teams need to play off during the season (cowboys-Panthers, Canberra-Cronulla, any other random combination of teams)
So, if the NRL was to expand to 18 or 20 teams in the future, would this be too many teams to have proper rivalry games on a regular basis?? And if so (and if we agree this is a problem), whats the solution?? divide them into conferences, create more rivalries, cut the teams back to 14 (SuperLeague Mk2).
Most teams have 5-ish oppositions that draw big interest (dragons-sharks, Cowboys-broncos) and the rest are just fillers that only happen because all of the teams need to play off during the season (cowboys-Panthers, Canberra-Cronulla, any other random combination of teams)
So, if the NRL was to expand to 18 or 20 teams in the future, would this be too many teams to have proper rivalry games on a regular basis?? And if so (and if we agree this is a problem), whats the solution?? divide them into conferences, create more rivalries, cut the teams back to 14 (SuperLeague Mk2).