Thats the idea of the play off's, those involved should get bumper crowds leading up to the play off's, and in the play off's themselves. The play off's have been a good inovation and keeps the interest there, ok you are going to get clubs that will miss out. But if you had a straight league the league could be decided by the end of August, and that in this day and age would kill it stone dead, and then crowds would drop like a stone with nothing for clubs to race for, except points money..