Originally posted by Time Trial
If they were in the same division then they had two chances to beat them in the regular season already, and they had the chance to make the wild card. You would give them an automatic bye into the playoffs, thus negating a meaningful regular season, on the off chance that they might have been able to beat the championship team?
What if that third place team did beat the 2 teams above them? Or went 1 and 1?
How would that be giving them an automatic bye into the playoffs?
Every team has a chance to beat every team, the purpose of even giving playoff spots and having a playoff is to give the teams with the highest chance a couple games to battle it out.
In such a short season all games are important. There is no gimme regular season or playoffs. I just proposed a way to make the problems better.
If they were in the same division then they had two chances to beat them in the regular season already, and they had the chance to make the wild card. You would give them an automatic bye into the playoffs, thus negating a meaningful regular season, on the off chance that they might have been able to beat the championship team?
What if that third place team did beat the 2 teams above them? Or went 1 and 1?
How would that be giving them an automatic bye into the playoffs?
Every team has a chance to beat every team, the purpose of even giving playoff spots and having a playoff is to give the teams with the highest chance a couple games to battle it out.
In such a short season all games are important. There is no gimme regular season or playoffs. I just proposed a way to make the problems better.





























