While the 12 formations that make up the elite of French women's football have returned to the field last weekend, the eternal debate over the lack of attractiveness of a competition played in advance does not finish make noise . And if the solution involved a complete reform of the championship?

In this first part, which we cut into 3 acts, we were interested in the NSWL and rugby ... Yes, you read correctly, regardless of the shape of the ball, all tracks are good to study from the when it can be of service to the female D1.

Act 1 - Regular season then play-off
How many times have you heard someone say "The problem with the D1 is that everything is done in advance and it's boring ..."?
So yes, it is true that cohabiting teams with professional status and teams with amateur status, it's never easy and it creates disparities in terms of performance as well as infrastructure, but that does not prevent clubs like Juvisy or Soyaux to stand among the top 6 places. And if we take the example of our American colleagues who had the good idea to set up play-offs after the regular season? This would boost the top and bottom of the table because the first 4 teams would compete to win the championship and the last 4 to not be relegated to D2.
In fact, in a first leg and a return match, the 1st would be opposed to the 3rd and 2nd to 4th to determine the posters of the small final and that of the grand final. If we rely on last season, it could have changed the ranking of Montpellier (4th) and maybe even save Metz who had imposed against Albi and Issy.

Act 2 - Draft for all
Do you know what happens when a U19 or a young foreign player joins an A team? In most cases everything is settled internally by the training club. Suffice to say that if you are in Paris or Lyon it can be the best and for others, it's a little obstacle course to find a place to live up to its ambitions. That's why the introduction of a scholarship to the players, who will begin their career in the elite, becomes interesting to allow all clubs to promote the arrival of new blood in D1.
Tell Soccer Hearts, how would it go?
A few weeks after the end of the season, at a party where the Amateur Football League officials, the FFF and the leaders of the 12 clubs meet, each team will select in turn a player from the U19, university championship, or from abroad. But beware, each team has only 3 choices, spread over 2 laps, to select the players who have registered, and to make things worse, the last will be the first to choose their rookies.

Act 3 - Defensive Bonus
Stop the paid defeat! Rather than continue to systematically favor the attack, French women's football could stand out by rewarding the defense. Like rugby, one could imagine that in case of defeat with less than 3 goals, the losers leave with 1 defensive bonus point. Thus, some teams, lacking offensive percussion, could bet on the strength of their defense not to sink into the abyss of a river score that is very bad morale.
And for those who lose with more than 3 goals difference? As we say "no arms, no chocolate" so we win 0 points and we motivate ourselves for the next game.
The defensive bonus, sportingly speaking, it's more motivating than winning 1 point while you lost, right?

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