In the end your view on it presumably comes down to

how much weight you put on some concept of 'fairness' - in particular the idea that the team that's done the best over a league season should be the one promoted - vs putting more weight on getting some extra money from fans, and keeping season alive for more teams for longer.

I'm drawn more to the former, so I don't like it. But then I'm old and set in my views - indeed I remember not really liking the shift to having POs at all.

Obviously SCC will step in and tell us all that it's simple and that anyone who disagrees with his view is just wrong and stupid. But I do think it's a bit nuanced - depends on what you value.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Mar 5, 11:48:12