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Message: [QUOTE="LittleDavey, post: 3490933, member: 8255"] OK so I did the numbers for the past 4 years: [B]Broncos - 894 score, 43 games against top 8[/B] Bulldogs - 864, 38 games v top 8 Roosters - 856, 37 v top 8 Warriors - 856, 36 v top 8 Storm - 848, 36 v top 8 Eels - 844, 36 v top 8 Manly - 837, 36 v top 8 Rabbits - 836, 33 v top 8 Tigers - 833, 36 v top 8 Panthers - 824, 36 v top 8 Titans - 824, 33 v top 8 Raiders - 822, 33 v top 8 Dragons - 813, 35 v top 8 Sharks - 807, 33 v top 8 Knights - 804, 32 v top 8 Cowboys - 804, 32 v top 8 Average - 835.4 and 35.3 Broncos are 30 points clear of 2nd hardest draw (Dogs) and 90 points clear of the easiest draws (Cowboys and Knights). We are also further above the average (54.6 points) than the teams with the softest draws are below it (31.4), clearly putting the Broncos as a high outlier compared to the rest of the competition. Broncos also have 5 more games against top 8 sides than anyone else over the past 3 years, and a whopping 11 games more than the easiest draws (again Cows and Knights). For reference, 11 games is more than some teams play top 8 sides across [U][I]an entire season[/I][/U] (Raiders this year only play 2022's top 8 sides 8 times all year; and Cows, Knights, Sharks and Titans all had 10 games v top 8 sides in one of the past 3 years). Again, keep in mind this is not just one year. This is across the last four years of the comp. I also thought I'd go back a bit further out of interest just to check where the Broncos sat and while it's not as bad as the past few years, we still get a harder draw than most, most years: 2018 - 10th hardest 2017 - 8th hardest 2016 - 5th hardest 2015 - 5th hardest 2014 - 3rd hardest 2013 - 13th hardest I just don't think this is fair. In a so-called professional sport, where there is a salary cap to keep things 'fair', one team should NOT consistently get a harder draw than every other team in the competition. To illustrate further, if the salary cap ($12.1M this year) was split across 16 teams (leaving out the Phins here as they're new this year) based on their draw difficulty over the past 4 years, we would have an extra $1.31M under the cap than the Cows and Knights ($12.95M compared to $11.64M). That's a marquee player, or two better-than-average players. Heck we'd even have $0.45M more cap than the team with the next hardest draw ($12.5M) which is a solid enough top 17 player. That's what the difference is in the draw. I know to be the best you have to beat the best, but we shouldn't have to beat the best consistently more than everyone else in what's a purportedly 'fair' competition. It's garbage. [/QUOTE]

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