Originally Posted by
dawg80
There's been some talk, here, and on other boards, about the tier system and schools being promoted/demoted based on performance over a few seasons. The English Professional Soccer League(s) does that. Toward the end of regular seasons even those teams out of playoff contention still have a lot to play for, one could argue, have even more to play for given the prestige and money difference between the upper and lower tiers. Keeps things very interesting, might have a bottom dweller playing a playoff contender in the final weeks of the season and both sides are very motivated to play their best trying to win. Back about 20 years ago one of the better clubs, Arsenal....or maybe I'm thinking of Aston Villa...anyway, one of them got relegated to the lower tier, OMG! Their fans went nuts calling for heads to roll. Would be like say, Arkansas or some other struggling SEC school, being kicked down to the lower tier...whoa!