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This originally appeared in the 16 Hole analysis bit it's worthy of consideration for determining these type of competitions "Best By Draft Position" format.
Why analyse draft positions when you can "Play 'Er On Out?"
This analysis.... of pick #16....reminds me: I was scratchin' my head about this competition, readin' the rules and trying to figure out how it worked.
It occurred to me that there's an alternative based on how Z-Land runs their Masters competition each year.
In that competition, 12 (out of 60 teams) advance to the finals. All 60 teams duke ot out for weeks #1-12 with week 13 being a bye week.
The top 12 teams qualify for the finals, which begin week #14. The competition is average score based so it's head to head in weeks #1-12 with week #13 being "played out" within each of the 5-12 team leagues but because it's not conducive in the 12 team format (round robin doesn't mesh with a 13 game schedule) week #13 doesn't count.....I think that is true as to how week #13 is handled in that competition.
At any rate, the W/L records are not important but the point average/week determines who advances. Each advancing team receives it's average score for the qualifying weeks as it's basis in the competition. Week's #14, #15, and #16 scoring are added to the average score that got the twelve teams to the finals and that total score determines the winner.
For this deal, with four Leagues, the advancing teams would logically be determined by competitions within each of the 16 draft positions.....each draft position sends it's top average point scorer to the finals and the 16 teams, one team representing each of the draft positions, duke it out for the final top point total.
There....worth chewing on in my opinion....humble as it may be. The advantage of this proposal is that there would be a clear cut winner by draft position and each draft position would be able to compete to determine of there was a "best draft position" frequency for the winner each year.
I assume that the team captains get to place themselves into the draft order for a reason....either a preceived or a real advantage. It would be interesting to see if those perceptions are indeed realities.
The other obvious advantage(s) are those having to do with the nature of this competition: PDSL means PreDraft Survival League and that means that the bye week "luck factor" wipes out (a portion of) the skill factor in the competition. By examining how the competiton determines it's survivors, you can run a tight ship, remove luck, place skill back into the bottle and keep everone interested for a lot longer time period.
Not to mention that guys would probably enjoy it if they were active and discussing the nature of relativity because they were still "In The Competition" instead of being knocked out by a bad bye week draw.
Why analyse draft positions when you can "Play 'Er On Out?"
This analysis.... of pick #16....reminds me: I was scratchin' my head about this competition, readin' the rules and trying to figure out how it worked.
It occurred to me that there's an alternative based on how Z-Land runs their Masters competition each year.
In that competition, 12 (out of 60 teams) advance to the finals. All 60 teams duke ot out for weeks #1-12 with week 13 being a bye week.
The top 12 teams qualify for the finals, which begin week #14. The competition is average score based so it's head to head in weeks #1-12 with week #13 being "played out" within each of the 5-12 team leagues but because it's not conducive in the 12 team format (round robin doesn't mesh with a 13 game schedule) week #13 doesn't count.....I think that is true as to how week #13 is handled in that competition.
At any rate, the W/L records are not important but the point average/week determines who advances. Each advancing team receives it's average score for the qualifying weeks as it's basis in the competition. Week's #14, #15, and #16 scoring are added to the average score that got the twelve teams to the finals and that total score determines the winner.
For this deal, with four Leagues, the advancing teams would logically be determined by competitions within each of the 16 draft positions.....each draft position sends it's top average point scorer to the finals and the 16 teams, one team representing each of the draft positions, duke it out for the final top point total.
There....worth chewing on in my opinion....humble as it may be. The advantage of this proposal is that there would be a clear cut winner by draft position and each draft position would be able to compete to determine of there was a "best draft position" frequency for the winner each year.
I assume that the team captains get to place themselves into the draft order for a reason....either a preceived or a real advantage. It would be interesting to see if those perceptions are indeed realities.
The other obvious advantage(s) are those having to do with the nature of this competition: PDSL means PreDraft Survival League and that means that the bye week "luck factor" wipes out (a portion of) the skill factor in the competition. By examining how the competiton determines it's survivors, you can run a tight ship, remove luck, place skill back into the bottle and keep everone interested for a lot longer time period.
Not to mention that guys would probably enjoy it if they were active and discussing the nature of relativity because they were still "In The Competition" instead of being knocked out by a bad bye week draw.
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