Albino Rover Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Over the Summer there's been a lot of debate on the promotion/relegation system, with people looking for ideas to make it more exciting. Here was my idea: Keep 1 up 1 down down but instead of play-offs add a "hot potato" element to the league like so: The biggest losers on the first day of the season get an "R" next to their name, and keep it until they win a game. The team they beat then gets the "R", and so on for 36 weeks. Whoever has it at the end of the last day of the season goes into a relegation play-off, no matter where they finish in the league. It's like half league/half cup. Playing the team plagued with the "hot potato" would turn into the most exciting game of the season! At the end of the season: 1st- promoted 2nd- promotion play-off "R"- relegation play-off 10th- relegated (If two or more teams share the worst result in week 1 the hot potato will go to whichever of the worst losers gets the worse result in week 2. If 1st or 10th has the "R" at the end of the season the other teams just have to draw straws for it...) This season I'll be watching the hot potato teams in each league over the course of the season and posting my findings on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parscelona Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Load eh pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I like the creativity. Idea doesn't really work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Phoenix Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 There's only one hot potato in Scotland. Celtic. Aye but you get mushy green peas with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugen_power Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 creative, but not sure it would work in practice would like to watch this over the course of the season though I sometimes wonder if the system they use in Major League sports in North America would work (since that's basically all that's on TV here) like there's no promotion/relegation from a division, but rather one big league, split in to conferences, then into divisions based on geographical location. Everyone plays everyone and then the top teams go into playoffs to crown the division champs, then conference champs and then the overall league champs. then have a draft system for players, wherin the bottom team get the first pick of eligible players, second bottom gets second pick and so on... There's obviously a lot of drawbacks to this method for Scottish football though, is it just me who wonders what this would be like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunfyDave Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Cant work. You could have the possibility of the league winners losing their last game and inheriting the hot potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Cant work. You could have the possibility of the league winners losing their last game and inheriting the hot potato. tbf, he did mention this possibility: If 1st or 10th has the "R" at the end of the season the other teams just have to draw straws for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayhole Blue Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Cant work. You could have the possibility of the league winners losing their last game and inheriting the hot potato. But then they wouldn't be the league winners if this was how the league worked! How do you decide who gets the first hot potato this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk89 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 What happens if 2 teams lose 4-0 on the opening weekend? Or do they both get an R? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofixedability Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 What happens if 2 teams lose 4-0 on the opening weekend? Or do they both get an R? Read the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Reading this thread and it's no wonder people struggle with simple things in their lives. Everyone read more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 what happens if every game is a 0-0 draw forever zomg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 what happens if every game is a 0-0 draw forever zomgWe relegate ayr, it's only right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 After the first round of fixtures it's between Morton and Airdrie. Next weekend whichever of the two gets the worse result will inherit the hot potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Where's the "Top of the league" thread for this place? Do the Ayr and Stenny fans not know the script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Where's the "Top of the league" thread for this place? Do the Ayr and Stenny fans not know the script? They're in unfamiliar territory thats why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Morton made sure they wouldn't get the potato with a convincing 4-0 win. After a 2-0 defeat to Peterhead, Airdrie have the Hot Potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Why has this not been played yet?????? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drOzZ2hYFHI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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