Originally Posted by
chrisk
I'm not sure how it would work, but I'd like to see a marquee "team" spot reserved in the competition. This marquee team could change each week, or be only there for part of the competition. For example, one week the marquee team could be Sri Lanka, then Edinburgh, then next week it could be Tonga, then say an indigenous all stars team from within Australia, then Namibia, etc, etc. This could be a way to let say Tonga into the competition without having the full financial commitment of being a permanent team. So they could say get a home and away game and exposure, without committing to the week in week out costs of playing for the whole competition. It could also be a way for potential new teams to be given the opportunity to see how well they would fit in before becoming a permanent team in the competition. The marquee team might not get any points on a competition table, but the games would be sort of more like exhibition games throughout the competition.