New proposals for rugby league's restructure are baffling, says Stevo

Restructuring the Super League and lower tiers needs a radical rethink and I have my own ideas about what should be done....

Stevo's grand plan

Reduce the Super League and have three divisions - SL 1,2,3 - all with 10 teams. I've always been against promotion and relegation. It doesn't give clubs enough time to settle and and bring players through. The club's that have been relegated usually have half of their players that were signed up by the team being promoted. That's not an improvement and not what we need. I would suggest if you do finish at the bottom of SL1 then you play home and away against the team that finishes top of SL2...nothing complicated! It's simple for fans and the team wins with the best aggregate points. If the team gets beaten by the team coming up from SL2 then they should be welcomed. What's the point of that top team in SL2 getting flogged 64-4 and 36-8 for example? You don't have to be Einstein to work out that they will be relegated if you did it the old fashioned way. The play-offs are with eight now. We have to go back to five. I would have the top team after all the rounds going directly into the Grand Final. That gives them an incentive to play all the way through. Positions two and three play off to see who goes into the final. Simple! Some may say the team would be affected by the long break. I think most coaches would welcome the rest after a long season - particularly thinking of injuries. That team should have that benefit of getting players fit again. That's the reward for finishing top. Everything I've said is very easy for the most important people in our game and that's the fans. I'm optimistic about the future state of rugby league but only if they want to get their act together. There needs to be more people like myself and Tony Smith or whoever to keep banging the drum. The organisers may then start to change things for the better.