Should the EFL trophy award a play-off spot?
They sort of do it in Italy & I think it would be a good idea if, any team that doesn't already finish top 6 in League 1 or top 7 in League 2 that wins the EFL trophy should get into the play-offs instead of the team in 6th/7th.
Although I acknowledge this season it would've meant Luton getting in instead of Stevenage & I like Stevenage so that would've been a shame, but I think in general it would cause a lot of teams to take the cup far more seriously. If you get relegated this would of course cancel out this benefit, so you'd at least need to avoid relegation.
I get the downside is you could argue that a team could finish 20th & therefore wouldn't really deserve play-offs, but I personally think this would be outweighed by how much better it would make the cup, also you could potentially make it so that the team has to finish in the top half to receive this benefit.
What do people think?