12-15-2009, 02:16 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The number of instances in which the team with the most points won't finish in the top 2 and receive a first round bye is very small, and I don't think we need to do a lot to protect against that.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Again, I'm in 5 leagues.
Yahoo league: 2nd place team record: 6-7
Home league: 2nd place team record: 8-5, good for THIRD place in his Division
College League: 2nd place team record: That's me, 7-7, no playoffs.
Work League: 1st place team record: 8-5, in playoffs, no bye
Friends league : 1st place team record: that's me, 6-6-1, no playoffs.
In ONE of the 5 leagues I am in, the first place point leader gets a bye. In NONE of the leagues I am in did the top 2 point leaders get a bye. So in my sample size, rather than the chance of the #1 team not getting a bye being remote, it's actually closer to 80 percent.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->As for BT's position that the playoffs are "arbitrary," I completely disagree. Arbitrary playoffs would be if we took all the teams in the league, selected 6 at random, and seeded them randomly.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How is that any different than what happened in our league? We came within 3 points of having the 5-8 seeds advance. That's not the very definition of arbitrary? How can you possibly argue with the term arbitrary when we were that close to every team with a sub .500 record advancing?
You are a logical guy Kid. How can you possibly not see that my team, no matter how good it was, has absolutely NO control over what the team I was playing that week did? I can't play better defense. I can't switch up plays. Real teams in real league playing real opponents can. But the Bears can't lose a game because the Giants couldn't cover DeSean Jackson on a kick return. My fantasy team can.
Again, I'm in 5 leagues.
Yahoo league: 2nd place team record: 6-7
Home league: 2nd place team record: 8-5, good for THIRD place in his Division
College League: 2nd place team record: That's me, 7-7, no playoffs.
Work League: 1st place team record: 8-5, in playoffs, no bye
Friends league : 1st place team record: that's me, 6-6-1, no playoffs.
In ONE of the 5 leagues I am in, the first place point leader gets a bye. In NONE of the leagues I am in did the top 2 point leaders get a bye. So in my sample size, rather than the chance of the #1 team not getting a bye being remote, it's actually closer to 80 percent.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->As for BT's position that the playoffs are "arbitrary," I completely disagree. Arbitrary playoffs would be if we took all the teams in the league, selected 6 at random, and seeded them randomly.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How is that any different than what happened in our league? We came within 3 points of having the 5-8 seeds advance. That's not the very definition of arbitrary? How can you possibly argue with the term arbitrary when we were that close to every team with a sub .500 record advancing?
You are a logical guy Kid. How can you possibly not see that my team, no matter how good it was, has absolutely NO control over what the team I was playing that week did? I can't play better defense. I can't switch up plays. Real teams in real league playing real opponents can. But the Bears can't lose a game because the Giants couldn't cover DeSean Jackson on a kick return. My fantasy team can.
I wish that I believed in Fate. I wish I didn't sleep so late. I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders.