Don’t disagree. But I guess there will always be a club that “just misses”.

Unless last place from tier 1 phase 1 goes into tier 3 in phase 2. And allow 3 teams to jump into phase 2 tier 2.

But then what do you do if last and second last are close? Or if 3rd is way behind. Think the current system is a good compromise.




What happens next year? 23 team (hopefully more)
Is there still phase one with 14 teams, or do we go to 12/12 or 8/8/8?