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I think smaller nations should switch to a 1-1-2-2-4 structure. Maybe that could help.

Bumping this one more time, as if a BB were to read and like one of my suggestions now they'd have time to implement it for Season 33. If I can't spark a discussion this time, I'll just give up on this thread, even though I think I have made some decent suggestions.

I'm personally not too keen on a 1-1-2-2-4 structure, but perhaps the best solution is to leave it in the hands of a representative/s for each country to decide which structure works best for them, be it the 1-4-16-64 we have now, 1-3-9-27 with the losing finalists with the best regular season record getting a wildcard promotion, 1-2-4-8 with both league finalists promoting, or something different like the format Knecht suggests.

One GE change that would have to be made should a two-leg play-off system ever materialise is to disable the late-game fouling logic and extra time in the first leg, then only apply these factors based on the aggregate score and not the game score in the second leg. Which remind's me of some minor suggestions I'd like to make;

- Give us a tactical option to turn off late game fouling if our team is losing. Often times the fouls do more harm than good and some managers might feel that just playing normal defence will give them a better chance.

- An option in PL games to count games that are tied at the end of regulation time as draws?

Finally, regarding my second-tier B3 idea, the idea in my head is to have those who lose the qualifying round of the B3 proper transfer to this second-tier competition, with the winners of a qualifying round involving league runners-up, cup runners-up, and wildcard entries based on world ranking filling out the remaining spots. Like the B3 proper, this would be a 128 team tournament using the same format as the one previously suggested...

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 8/17/2015 7:45:16 AM

Just over a year on from when I first posted this. This thread didn't gain a great deal of traction before, but I personally still like all of these ideas that I posted. I've decided to bump this existing thread once more, instead of making a new one, to see if there's any more support for it now as opposed to then.

I'll admit that the 13 week season idea might be tough to implement for an ultimately small gain, but the B3 and league final ideas are ones that I believe can improve the fairness and/or excitement of the respective competitions, if they can be implemented.

Last edited by Jay (OTT) at 7/9/2016 8:50:21 AM