undefined American Style Playoffs For Serie A?
undefined The President of Lega Calcio, Antonio Matarrese stated that he would be in favour of introducing these new rules to generate new income and also add more interest to the season.
With Inter already almost certain of winning the league title, with more than half of the season still to be played, the Lega are trying to come up with ideas to make future leagues more interesting, especially for the title race.
The most accredited idea seems that of introducing the American style playoff and decreasing the number of Serie A teams to either 16 or 18, with two relegations instead of the current three.
The first eight would then face each other in direct clashes, starting from the quarter finals, and the final winner would take home the Scudetto. This would also be valid for the relegation issue with the last eight facing each other out.
To compare: In America's top-flight, MLS, presently the top eight teams at the end of the regular season qualify for the MLS Cup playoffs.
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