lets say, using China as an example (don7t want to pick on Italy all day using them as an example), if the top 1000 teams in China are in a competitoin, then the 1001 best or less teams in their national tourney are not going to really be 'IN' the competition. Sure they might win a few rounds.... but they aren't expecting a crown or anything.
and you believe thats different in international competions, that there aren't favorites? And especilally that they aren't 50% teams who kicked out the first round, with elimination matches ;) Expecting a crown* is also there just for 20-30 teams, or people who are more optimistic then realisitc.
In addition after all the smaller countries invitationals are filled there would still be teams left, and in a very large country they could have a second tourney or 3rd even domestically. With a 9 or 10 round tourney set up you are looking at 500~1000 teams,
As i said this would make it unfair, even in the main attraction the league. Maybe the top 5 teams are in the stronger group most likely flying out of the competion in the first two rounds, where the teams behind them play a tourny with chanches for 6-7 rounds and lot of ties. And you can make the income of the first tourney 4 times higher(especially with the salary approach), so it is double unfair because they got less ties, less competion and in average less money even when they normally should get more(because they are even paying a bit more for their roste).
* especially the crown isn't that meaningful in the end wheen the competion say, i am the best team betwen the 12500 and 13000 best teams in BB, but maybe i am even better then this but i can not play this competion crown.
Last edited by CrazyEye at 1/6/2011 3:59:10 AM