I can see the logic in a 12 team AIL Premier Division but I think playing everyone three times is a flawed system with the different numbers of home and away games. I don't think there's that big a gap in quality between the bottom 5 or 6 teams in the EL premier that dropping the bottom 3 or so would make a big difference to the overall quality, especially when you look at how often the teams in that part of the table change.
The overall pyramid idea is ideal but judging by the low level of response to the A League (and to division 1 membership in the past), there aren't a lot of clubs interested in moving up to national, senior football. Hopefully that will change in the future but I can see resistance from junior/intermediate clubs who are happy with where they are now.
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