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Old 07-08-2005, 02:41 PM
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Default Playoff Fairness

Assuming the point of the playoffs in professional sports is designed to determine the best team in that sport, which sports do you think are the most legitimate in saying that the champion is the best team?

10 = almost guaranteed the champion is the best team in that sport

1 = completely random - all teams in the playoffs have the same chance to be the final champion.
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:17 PM
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2, 8, 8, i dont know
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:27 PM
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Default Re: Playoff Fairness

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How the hell do you put the NFL (single game playoff) higher than MLB (5 & 7 games series)
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:28 PM
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2, 8, 8, i dont know

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How on Earth can you rate the NFL above the MLB?
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:34 PM
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2, 8, 8, i dont know

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How the hell do you put the NFL (single game playoff) higher than MLB (5 & 7 games series)

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You have to consider the nature of the game too - not just number of games played. One football game carries a lot more weight than one baseball game.
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:42 PM
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Care to explain how the nature of a football game makes it less likely that a few lucky plays (or a gamelong off-performance by a few players on either team) will turn the tide of a game and allow the worst team to win? "Carries a lot more weight" just doesn't do it for me.
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:44 PM
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2, 8, 8, i dont know

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How the hell do you put the NFL (single game playoff) higher than MLB (5 & 7 games series)

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You have to consider the nature of the game too - not just number of games played. One football game carries a lot more weight than one baseball game.

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only because there are fewer football games. this is nonsense.

a playoff series is absolutely more likely to determine the true better team. this is simply an arguement of short term vs. long term. the more trials the less likely luck is to be the determining factor.
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:51 PM
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You will just have to trust me...






Put it this way, what's more likely - the Devil Ray's take 2/3 from the Red Sox in Boston - or a lousy NFL team like the Bears goes to NE and beats the Patriots?
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:55 PM
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you don't know much about probability, do you?
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Old 07-08-2005, 03:58 PM
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