In Italian rugby you can be promoted from III division (Serie A girone B) directly to I division (Eccellenza), and you can be relegated from II division (Serie A girone A) directly to IV division (Serie B).
Which are the benefits of such an odd format?
Is this format really odd, or is it somewhat widespread in team sports?
rugby
tag. Since you were going broader, I did not feelitaly
was appropriate for either question. Thanks for the clarification. – user527 Mar 10 '14 at 13:19international-sports
to include other team sports broadly. – user527 Mar 10 '14 at 14:05