Originally posted by Hit And Rum
The top team would always play the lowest winner which in that case would team 7. Hence 1 v 7.
There would not be any problems as if 1 lost they are still playing a lower ranked team on the day therefore the advantage is there.
I think the weirdest scenario would be 1 has weeks break
2 v7 winner 7
3 v 6 winner 6
4 v 5 winner 5
Then week 2: 1 v 7: winner 7
5 v 6: winner 6
Grand Final: 6 v 7
Unlikely considering placings and that 1 has the weeks break and is playing the lowest ranked side which would have had to have beaten the 2nd highest ranked side to get there but hey anything is possible.
Don't see anything particularly wrong with it from a fairness point of view, but as you originally noted it has a fatal flaw in not having enough finals games & threrfore less $$$.
At the end of the day the teams have won to get there. No second chances, All elimination.
The fatal flaw is made all the worse since the potential "gain" here that you are trying to achieve 'No second chances, All elimination' - is not worth doing.
Your system doesn't seem intrinsically any better than the current system yet it is considerably worse in terms of commercial viability.
In short, it has Buckleys chance of ever being adopted.