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Hello.
I am the commissioner of a competitive 12 team league that has just completed its twelfth regular season--many of the owners have been competing together since 1996. Our league rulebook is approximately 15 pages long and covers almost every situation imaginable. But it does not cover this:
We have a standard non-decimal scoring system and we do not use tiebreakers such as bench scoring. This means that historically speaking we have had a handful of matchups that have ended in a tie (on average maybe one tie game every two seasons). For whatever reason, this year we had a flurry of ties: three of our regular season games ended in ties, including one Week 14 game that has created a really weird situation.
We are split into two divisions and the top two teams in each division make the playoffs. In one of the two divisions, the top three teams ended with the following records:
Team X: 10-4
Team A: 8-6
Team B: 7-5-2
Team X has made the playoffs, that much is certain. My question relates to teams A and B. Which one should get the second playoff spot?
The competing theories are as follows:
1. 8 gross wins is more than 7 gross wins. Team A has the best record and goes to the playoffs.
2. 7-5-2 is a better winning percentage than 8-6. Team B has the best record and goes to the playoffs.
3. A tie is really half a win and half a loss. Therefore Team A and Team B have the same record and the league tiebreakers must be employed to determine which team will advance.
Our league puts a lot of emphasis on the NFL's tiebreaking procedures when it comes to determining division winners and playoff berths. Can anyone on this board tell me what the NFL would do in this situation?
Can anyone on this board tell me what they would do irrespective of how the NFL would handle this? I'd be happy to provide more information in the event that I've not mentioned something important.
Thanks,
Sug
I am the commissioner of a competitive 12 team league that has just completed its twelfth regular season--many of the owners have been competing together since 1996. Our league rulebook is approximately 15 pages long and covers almost every situation imaginable. But it does not cover this:
We have a standard non-decimal scoring system and we do not use tiebreakers such as bench scoring. This means that historically speaking we have had a handful of matchups that have ended in a tie (on average maybe one tie game every two seasons). For whatever reason, this year we had a flurry of ties: three of our regular season games ended in ties, including one Week 14 game that has created a really weird situation.
We are split into two divisions and the top two teams in each division make the playoffs. In one of the two divisions, the top three teams ended with the following records:
Team X: 10-4
Team A: 8-6
Team B: 7-5-2
Team X has made the playoffs, that much is certain. My question relates to teams A and B. Which one should get the second playoff spot?
The competing theories are as follows:
1. 8 gross wins is more than 7 gross wins. Team A has the best record and goes to the playoffs.
2. 7-5-2 is a better winning percentage than 8-6. Team B has the best record and goes to the playoffs.
3. A tie is really half a win and half a loss. Therefore Team A and Team B have the same record and the league tiebreakers must be employed to determine which team will advance.
Our league puts a lot of emphasis on the NFL's tiebreaking procedures when it comes to determining division winners and playoff berths. Can anyone on this board tell me what the NFL would do in this situation?
Can anyone on this board tell me what they would do irrespective of how the NFL would handle this? I'd be happy to provide more information in the event that I've not mentioned something important.
Thanks,
Sug
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