21 Jul '12 22:02>2 edits
Originally posted by vendaI don't see the attraction. Promotion/relegation is a bad idea for several reasons:
If you abolish promotion/relegation I think you take away what, for many, is the main attraction of the leagues.
The teams can change members (some, or even all) from season to season.
A very strong team should not start in the lowest division. This means boring games for them, and mismatches for their opponents. And everyone knows who will take first before the season starts. It's Lose-Lose.
A team that has become weak through personnel changes should not remain in the highest division. The replacement players did nothing to earn the placing and can't play competitively at that level anyway. So, they will spend the next few seasons getting bludgeoned down to their proper division, unless they do the sensible thing and quit the team.
Regardless of who may like prom/rel, I think many more would like a league system without it.