[pudley4]

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Just curious what you guys use for a tiebreaker in your league. Our tie is broken by who had the best regular season record. This is the 9th year of our league, and it just happened this year for the 2nd time. Of course much bitching has ensued.

I just don't think that highest bench player or highest total bench are any more "fair" that who had the best regular season record. And since our 8 team playoffs (in a 16-team league) have no byes, I'd rather give SOMETHING to the better teams.

Thoughts?

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Are you talking about a specific playoff game that ends in a tie? Or are you talking about two teams who are tied for a playoff spot?

If it's a game, there are a few options:

1 - Give the win to the team with the better regular season record. Call it "home field advantage", and give them an extra 1/2 pt before the game starts, ensuring the game won't end in a tie (unless you use tenths or hundredths already, which is kinda dumb anyway [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])

2 - Use total bench pts (this is what our league does)

3 - Have each coach designate one "tiebreak" player. If the game is tied, compare the tiebreak players to determine the winner. If you want, you can have each coach set an order for his entire bench. If he forgets to set it, just go alphabetically.

4 - Figure out what each team's highest possible score is, and compare it to the actual score. Whichever team had the highest % of their possible score, wins (theoretically this coach did the best job of setting his lineup)

5 - Flip a coin.