Top 4 should playoff for a conference title first, 1v2 and 3v4 so the advantage is a double chance.
The winner of each conference should then play off in a grand final at Dandenong or SBC.

^ That is a pretty good idea

However, There are a few other issues that need to be addressed first. For instance D1M is the middle competition but is the largest and the only one that has conferences.

Some teams are allowed two imports and others get knocked back. How I this fair? If you need a second import I'm sorry but you should be playing D2.

With the fixture some teams had bye weekends and others didn't.

The gap between top teams and bottom teams is way to big to justify keeping the comp that size. Some of the top teams should be playing SCM and some of the bottom teams probably would've been best served playing D2M.

I agree ^^ SCMx12, D1Mx12, D2M is the rest

I agree ^^ SCMx12, D1Mx12, D2M is the rest with conferences if needed

SCM is allowed 2 restricted players.
D1 AND D2 are allowed 1 but country teams can apply to the league to have 2

Who decides what are in each competition? Big V or is it a member based competition where the clubs decide?

The last couple of teams coming up from D2 into D1 have really struggled big time despite adding players to their teams that won D2

Yet the teams that have gone up from D1 to SCM have been more than competitive and made finals (Casey this year)

Western Ports team that won D2 was stronger than the team feilded in D1, they lost key players, but they still survived.

The bottom half of D1 isn't that much better than the top half of D2, the biggest gap is between the good and bad teams in D1.

Camberwell were relegated from D1 last year and came 8th in D2 this year with mostly the same team

Camberwell lost Nat O'Hara who was their best player and was nominated for the D1 Allstar team in 2015. He was their leading Scorer, leading rebounder, and had the most assists last year. Not sure how that is the same team

WesternPort added Eric Miraflores, James McKinnon from SEABL and Kade Marra to their team

Western port lost all their bigs which was their strength and the reason they won D2, Tindal, Whelan and Jacobson.

Western port d1 team stronger than their d2 team. Marra and turner weren't t part of their d2 team and Camberwell's team this year very different to last years d1 team

Tindall, Whelan, Jacobson > Marra, Mckinnon, Turner

Lets be honest, the biggest divide is $$$ spent in all 3 divisions. The top teams in each division clearly spend the most money, hence how Casey went well in SCM, and how Keilor all of a sudden went from bottom to top of D1 in one season, and how top 6 in D2 all have imports, 7-10 don't.

Blackburn are the exception and credit to them, but finishing clearly first in their conference and bombing out early in finals 2 years in a row shows if you added an import to their team they'd push over the hump.

Geelong is also an exception and happen to be the side that knocked off Blackbur.

Will Lankford win COY again or should finals performance matter?

I know for a fact that one of the teams who finished near the top of D1M put it to the league but the league determined it to be too late despite it still being the pre-season. Bizarre.

Blackburn are impressive, there are a number of guys on that roster (Trewella x 2, D'Agostino, Roberts, Walker) who all played at the club from under 12s right through to a D1M contender.

Keilor gets COY as they had the number 1 overall seed I would imagine.

The Geelong D1M team has zero imports, all local guys and started the season with no bigs above 6'3" tall, then they got some bigs with Seb 6' 10" coming in and Pup 9' 10" coming back from college which helps the balance.

Blackburn I believe had their best big guy out, so maybe that's where they lost it & the fact Geelong's shooters actually hit some shots when it counted, not the fact that they had only one game to play, a home game at that!!?

Game was a cracker and the Supercats deserved their win, anyone bitching about the format of finals can do exactly what has been suggested, get to an AGM and state your case.

Unfortunate for Blackburn to have their big fella out. They had been really good for the last two years

Blackburn weren't missing anyone?

Keillor would have done well at SCM level this year

Whoever he was (No.2) for Blackburn got his karma back like a bitch. Gave the Supercats bench a big L sign after hitting a shot late in the game, though he was over the line I reckon, HA HA HA!

The Blackburn player was Roberts and lets give him a break. Young kid in a big game playing well and probably over reacted. He will learn from this. Interesting though that he was warned by someone on the Geelong bench at the time of the L sign, not to celebrate too early.

Was a great game but for those complaining about the finals system the equation is simple, protect home court.

Roberts was the best player on the court by a mile in that game and had been harassed all game by the supercats bench, he was just returning serve

Reality is, the best team won on their day and if you get home court but blow it, well that's on you and only you! As has been recognised by the guys on BigV TV, everyone knew the finals system at the start of the season, no excuses.

Grand final teams are set after Keillor got over Warrnambool and Geelong failed to out shoot a red hot Chelsea.

Can't see how the Gulls can play that well again next week, but you just never know. I don't think Keillor gave Warrnambool much of a chance to win, but the Supercats will be pretty disappointed at their persistently poor 3 point attempts last night, so they shoul, it was appalling yet they only went down by 2.

Gulls shot from outside the arc at a clip of 42%, wow that will win you some games!

@Reddy Red, I was there and I think everyone saw that Geelong had a clear advantage in that game, it wasn't to get into a shootout with the Gulls either. As bad as their 3 point shooting was, they nearly pinched it. Can't see the Gulls getting over Keilor next week, they will be smarter that Geelong who essentially blew it because they played Chelsea at their game.

This will be Brasser's last home game before he goes back to Southern Pen next year. Chelsea might surprise Keillor.

They might, but do you think they will be allowed to get as many open looks is the Thunder play it smart? Also if Keilor expose them in the paint, which Geelong failed to do, Keilor will win in straight sets. If Keilor fall for the same trap Geelong did and try to out shoot Chelsea from outside the arc, yes the Gulls have a chance for sure!

Is Brasser going toSouthern Pen?

Shows that Geelong were legit, they also defeated Keilor earlier in the season and should have got Chelsea if not for their appalling decision making. Keilor at home will win game two, it will go to the wire on Sunday.

Chelsea are up and about. Will be done and dusted Saturday

Great effort by Chelsea, but Keilor got them in the end, doing it the hard way but showing their depth was better than Chelsea's I guess.

Great job by both teams!

Keilor will be solid in SCM next season.