I'd personally just go with: 23 league rounds seems Magic will be kept. Get rid of the Easter double header. That means less games and no double up weekends - better for the players. 12th place goes down, top 5 playoffs, league leaders automatically through to the Grand Final - they get 2 weeks off while the 4 remaining play to join them at Old Trafford. Add in mandatory reserve teams too.



That cuts down on the number of games played and a reduced season meas you can have a week or 2 off for internationals mid season too.

Indeed.

Despite Jamie Peacocks fantasy, that a 9's competition would be good for the game, it just isn't/ wouldn't be a big enough draw.

Peacock, when he was at Leeds, wanted SL cutting to 10 clubs and yet strangely, he now wants an increase





THere also needs to be some serious thought given as to how we accommodate Toulouse and Toronto in the top flight, assuming that they would be "good for the game".

Less games = less money. Gates, Sky, Sponsors etc.

Doesn't need to mean less money. The game is being sold short, they just need to grow a pair and stop doing that. Sell the game for what it's worth.

P & R will keep the game stuck in the heartlands. Expanding to new areas likes Toronto needs licencing / franchising to work. Personally I think that decision has already been made.

Or less games = more quality, more gates, Sky, Sponsors etc...

Of course it'd be less money. Why would Sky pay the same if you're offering them less content with several less weeks of tv?

You can't guarantee the quality increasing. If gates + tv audiences increase its negated by less games.



E.g. 15,000 avg for 14 games = 210,000

17,000 avg for 11 = 184,000

I think 9's has a market but i don't necessarily think its the same market as MW. The thing with 9's is that it is different and needs more than a once a year half an attempt. It needs probably 3 weekends at least.



The system we have is incredibly unsuitable for accommodating Toulouse and Toronto. Any structure with P+R is unsuitable for a game trying to expand but this one particularly bad.

Why would it necessitate less content?

Because the season is shorter. We get 2/3 games a week and take 6/7 weeks off and that's 20 less games on tv.

Or have bye weeks and spread fewer games over a longer time.