SUPER League clubs meet today for crunch talks which will determine how the Covid-19 impacted 2020 season will end.
There are proposals to curtail the regular programme and switch to an expanded play-off.
Those suggestions gathered pace last week when Salford could not find 17 fit players and were forced to hand a 24-0 victory to Warrington.
Although the table is going to be decided on percentage wins, given the acceptance that not all clubs will be able to fulfil their fixtures before the play-offs are due to start on November 19/20, the concern is that some clubs could finish above others after playing significantly fewer games.
Catalans, who play tonight and then face Saints on Thursday, have played 12 games compared to Leeds' 17.
Clubs appear to be divided, with Saints and Leeds among those thought to be pushing for a change and Wakefield and Warrington among those who look likely to resist it when the Super League board meets.
There are suggestions that this could mean a top five or six play-off, instead of the 1 v 4, 2 v3 semis that were brought back in when the season was re-drawn in August.
Catalans would still have to meet the threshold of 15 fixtures in order to qualify for the play-offs.
The meeting will also decide whether Toronto Wolfpack has a future in Super League.
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