01-21-2016, 04:09 PM -
(01-21-2016, 03:52 PM)Nicolas Sarkozy Wrote: Don't think that's what it says, it says the club bottom of the Championship would get first pick. Assume that means the order of preference would be 10-1 in the Championship, 10-1 in League 1, 10-1 in League 2, which at least means the best players on the list would at least expect to play for a Championship club.
The numbers work out actually: each Premiership team lists 5 players, meaning each lower league team gets two guys on loan. Guess the issue would be whether some of the diddier teams can afford to lose 4 or 5 guys they see as good enough to play at Championship/League 1 level. If not you probably just end up with Celtic getting first team exposure for more of their players.
I don't know how that would work in terms of who gets first pick. Draft systems surely work so well in US sport because it's the same teams every year, so it's easy to say who gets first, second pick etc. based on where they finish the season before?
How does that work in a league structure with promotion and relegation?
A team who is relegated could be the strongest team in the league if they keep their players or add to their squad as we did last season. On the other hand, if relegation leads to a massive exodus of players the same team could be looking at fighting relegation for a second consecutive season.
So who decides where teams are ranked?