Without the threat of being demoted, the Premiership is more competitive, according to the director of rugby.
The top flight will not return to the Championship until 25 years from now, as they try to make up for the loss of two clubs.
The top three teams in the last round of games were all beaten by the bottom teams.
He said that you're never in a situation where a team isn't chasing you.
Teams in the bottom half of the table used to rest players when they came up against a side they didn't think they would win.
There's no need to do that anymore.
The financial collapse of two of the top clubs in the league left it with 11 clubs for the rest of the season.
The threat of another season in the top flight has given struggling teams a boost of confidence.
He said that there will be more and more competitive results.
When they've been in the bottom two, it's a good example.
It's difficult to play with ambition and desire when there's so much at stake.
After losing to London Irish, Sale and Quins over the Christmas period, the Chiefs narrowly avoided defeat against Bath on Christmas Eve.
Every team in the league has won at least three games this season, leaving Bath bottom of the table.
"We've won some pretty tight games against teams that have been in the bottom two because the game means so much that as it gets to that pressure 10 minutes at the end, they start to make more mistakes than you do," said the coach.
The teams at the bottom of the league are able to deal with it.
They're not looking over their shoulder, they're looking upwards.
On New Year's Eve, they will face off against the top team in the table.
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