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Championship Play-Offs Could Expand to a Six Team Format
The 24 Championship clubs will vote on expanding play-offs to six teams, adopting a National League format to increase promotion chances and revenue.
- Next month, the 24 Championship clubs will vote on expanding the play-offs from four to six, marking the first format change since 1990, The Times reports.
- Proponents argue the change would assist 'stuck' clubs and inject greater jeopardy, while the EFL and broadcasters say more knockout matches will boost revenue and interest.
- Play-Off matches are routinely the division's most-watched fixtures and have produced extraordinary drama, with recent ties like Coventry v Sunderland exemplifying late-season intensity and eighth place overturning 24- and 21-point gaps in two ties.
- Opponents warn of greater fatigue, injuries and altered mindsets as teams finishing fifth and sixth face extra fixtures and lose scheduling advantages against rested lower-placed opponents.
- Commentators expect the proposal to pass, with some calling it highly likely as owners face a simple question about two extra promotion chances.
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right2Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left, 37% Center
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
38% Left
L 38%
C 37%
R 25%
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