My thinking was that even with the longer playoffs, by giving the lower half teams an extra game you keep the wait part roughly the same.
However, the guys who get knocked first and second round of the Championship playoffs, however, get their wait time increased by half a week. I am sure something can be worked around there.
I do want to point out that other than losing interest, having throughs in income, namely 2 weeks with zero game income, is probably not a good idea, especially for smaller teams that are still figuring out how to manage their economy.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."