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25/02/04
The NRL Board today voted to retain the McIntyre Finals system for 2004.
Today's Board meeting has also approved changes to the judiciary system including the removal of all existing precedents, modifications to the points system and the cancellation of all carry over points from 2003.
The decision to retain the McIntyre Finals system for a sixth consecutive season followed a detailed review of three prospective finals systems (the McIntyre system included).
Former Premiership winning coach Warren Ryan addressed the Board personally to present the benefits of his proposed system while the current AFL System was also reviewed.
The Board expressed it's appreciation for the efforts of Mr Ryan in developing a possible alternative.
However the final draft put forward, which had included several changes from the original proposal presented to clubs in December, had key design issues that the Board did not endorse. These included:
That the system allowed for the possibility of the eighth placed team to be beaten in the first week but still remain in the finals. This was because the first team to be eliminated from the finals would be decided on the basis of losing margins. The Board felt the nature of finals football was such that the match result and rankings should be the only determining factor.
Another concern was that if the top four teams won according to rankings then the matches from week one would be repeated in week three.
"The initial system proposed provided little incentive for teams finishing fourth or fifth which was always identified as an issue," NRL Chief Operating Officer, Graham Annesley, said today.
"To Warren's credit he instigated a number of modifications to try and address this.
"To avoid the 4 v 5 issue, he changed the determining factor for elimination in week one from premiership rankings (ie lowest ranking loser eliminated under the current system) to win-loss margins (ie the team from the 'bottom four' that loses by the most points is eliminated).
"While accepting the reasoning behind the recommendation, the Board felt that this was a fundamental change to the concept of finals football and that there was no compelling reason to take such a dramatic step.
"It has left room to debate the concept further and to reconsider finals options for future seasons."
Statistical analysis of the other finals systems showed that the McIntyre system rewarded teams more fairly in terms of mathematical probability than the current AFL system.
The top four teams in the AFL system each enjoy the same mathematical probability for success, a six in 32 chance of victory, while the bottom four teams each have a 2 in 32 probability factor.
The McIntyre System gives the top two teams a 6 in 32 probability of winning, the number three team a 5 in 32 probability, the four and five teams a 4 in 32 probability, the number six team a 3 in 32 probability and the number seven and eight teams a two in 32 probability.
"Mathematics aside it has also delivered some of the most exciting finals series we have ever seen," Mr Annesley said.
"We have not had the same issues of predictability that other codes have experienced, indeed far from it."
Today's Board meeting also moved to increase points for serious dangerous throws and other deliberate charges including striking, kicking, dropping the knees and contrary conduct.
The Board has directed the match review committee to ignore all existing precedents in laying charges going forward and to use the new points table.
"There will be no value in putting forward a tackle from 2003 or previous season to dispute a grading in 2004," Mr Annesley explained.
"Neither the panel nor the judiciary will be bound by those precedents.
"Accordingly carry over points of less than 100 that relate to previous charges will not remain on the player's record in 2004.
"It is expected that some minor incidents which attracted a grade one charge in 2003 may not attract a charge in 2004 but other more serious acts may attract a significantly higher penalty."
for A full copy of the 2004 Points Table check out:
http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/news696.asp
25/02/04
The NRL Board today voted to retain the McIntyre Finals system for 2004.
Today's Board meeting has also approved changes to the judiciary system including the removal of all existing precedents, modifications to the points system and the cancellation of all carry over points from 2003.
The decision to retain the McIntyre Finals system for a sixth consecutive season followed a detailed review of three prospective finals systems (the McIntyre system included).
Former Premiership winning coach Warren Ryan addressed the Board personally to present the benefits of his proposed system while the current AFL System was also reviewed.
The Board expressed it's appreciation for the efforts of Mr Ryan in developing a possible alternative.
However the final draft put forward, which had included several changes from the original proposal presented to clubs in December, had key design issues that the Board did not endorse. These included:
That the system allowed for the possibility of the eighth placed team to be beaten in the first week but still remain in the finals. This was because the first team to be eliminated from the finals would be decided on the basis of losing margins. The Board felt the nature of finals football was such that the match result and rankings should be the only determining factor.
Another concern was that if the top four teams won according to rankings then the matches from week one would be repeated in week three.
"The initial system proposed provided little incentive for teams finishing fourth or fifth which was always identified as an issue," NRL Chief Operating Officer, Graham Annesley, said today.
"To Warren's credit he instigated a number of modifications to try and address this.
"To avoid the 4 v 5 issue, he changed the determining factor for elimination in week one from premiership rankings (ie lowest ranking loser eliminated under the current system) to win-loss margins (ie the team from the 'bottom four' that loses by the most points is eliminated).
"While accepting the reasoning behind the recommendation, the Board felt that this was a fundamental change to the concept of finals football and that there was no compelling reason to take such a dramatic step.
"It has left room to debate the concept further and to reconsider finals options for future seasons."
Statistical analysis of the other finals systems showed that the McIntyre system rewarded teams more fairly in terms of mathematical probability than the current AFL system.
The top four teams in the AFL system each enjoy the same mathematical probability for success, a six in 32 chance of victory, while the bottom four teams each have a 2 in 32 probability factor.
The McIntyre System gives the top two teams a 6 in 32 probability of winning, the number three team a 5 in 32 probability, the four and five teams a 4 in 32 probability, the number six team a 3 in 32 probability and the number seven and eight teams a two in 32 probability.
"Mathematics aside it has also delivered some of the most exciting finals series we have ever seen," Mr Annesley said.
"We have not had the same issues of predictability that other codes have experienced, indeed far from it."
Today's Board meeting also moved to increase points for serious dangerous throws and other deliberate charges including striking, kicking, dropping the knees and contrary conduct.
The Board has directed the match review committee to ignore all existing precedents in laying charges going forward and to use the new points table.
"There will be no value in putting forward a tackle from 2003 or previous season to dispute a grading in 2004," Mr Annesley explained.
"Neither the panel nor the judiciary will be bound by those precedents.
"Accordingly carry over points of less than 100 that relate to previous charges will not remain on the player's record in 2004.
"It is expected that some minor incidents which attracted a grade one charge in 2003 may not attract a charge in 2004 but other more serious acts may attract a significantly higher penalty."
for A full copy of the 2004 Points Table check out:
http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/news696.asp