Quote (fender @ 14 May 2018 18:46)
is there any significant incentive (financial for example) to win the 'final' if you already qualified by winning the 1st leg? i mean sure, calling yourself 'champion' is nice and all, but it's not like anyone will know (or even care) in 2 years, so i would just send my bench players, their motivation might be even higher than the regular squad's - especially if the 'title' isn't prestigious enough to prevent well-deserved celebrations the moment you secured promotion... anyway, gl to your boys.
Meh, a money incentive, but it's not a big deal tbh. Many teams do indeed play their bench players in those games. Promotion is all that really matters tbh.
Quote (ampoo @ 14 May 2018 18:17)
god, that promotion system you got is so complicated :D
Yep. But tbh I've grown to like it. It gives the group champions a very strong advantage as a reward for their first place finish. Of course an even bigger reward would be to just give the champions direct promotion and scrap away the playoffs, but then the league would be very boring, with many meaningless matches towards the end of the season, which could affect the way teams perform... so by making a playoff for the top 4 teams, there are more spots to fight for, and so the league stays competitive until the end. I feel like this system, while definitely complicated and weird, gives a good balance between giving the champions a reward/advantage and allowing more teams to fight for a goal.