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There are a lot of different reasons why this proposal has been submitted, some of which are:

1)Squad size reduced to possibly encourage the entry of further teams.
2)Team size reduced to reduce the possibility of teams turning up short.
3)More frames per night to give players the possibility of a second frame per night and to keep teams in the venues longer benefiting venue operators.

The list goes on . .

I can see where Sting is coming from and this is IMO the only argument against the proposal as it's come up a few times . . The way I see it this happens already where by a captain could have a squad of 12 players but only ever plays his strong 7 . . There is no obligation to play weaker players just because they're there . . If we played 15 frames you may well still see the same 7 playing two sets . .

The reason this has been introduced for the Summer League is so that we can gauge it's success in an informal environment . . If it works then we'll roll it out for Summer 2009 & Winter 09/10 onwards and if it doesn't we go back to how it's been for the past 30 years and carry on where we left off . . The best bit is that there's no harm in trying and if the league members are willing to give it a go it could possibly be the biggest change to the league since it started . .

Maybe if it isn't ideal then it could stay just as a Summer format, reverting to the Winter format for what is considered to be the 'important' league . .