On 17/05/11 13:19, David Brennan wrote: > Question is am I alone? Does everyone else think the play-offs are a good > idea? As an attempt at extending the worth of games at the end of the season they seem to work, though I think they could be improved to make finishing third more of an advantage than it currently is. You can make things too complicated there and there are some godawful play-off systems around... consider the Belgian top division:
"A play-off phase is then played from March to May. The top 6 teams from the regular season enter the play-offs 1, with each team playing their opponents twice. The point system in the play-offs 1 is the same as during the regular season, except that each team starts with half of the points they won in the regular season. Points are rounded up to the nearest integer. At the end of the play-offs 1, the first-placed team becomes the champion of Belgium. If some teams are level in the ranking, any points added due to rounding are first withdrawn from their total points if applicable, before other criteria are taken into account. "Teams ranked 7 to 14 after the regular season enter the play-offs 2, with teams ranked 7th, 9th, 12th and 14th entering the group A and teams ranked 8th, 10th, 11th and 13th entering the group B. In each group, each team plays each of its 3 opponents twice. The winner of each group plays the final game in two legs, to determine the winner of the play-offs 2. The winner of the play-offs 2 then plays a home and away game against either the fourth-placed or fifth-placed team from the play-offs 1 for the final Europa League ticket, with the opponent depending on the fact if the Belgian Cup winner ended in the top four of the play-off 1 or not. "Team ranked 15th and 16th after the regular season enter the relegation play-off. It consists of 5 games between the 2 teams. The 15th-placed team starts the play-offs with 3 points whereas the 16th-placed team starts from zero. The loser of the relegation play-off is relegated to the second division. The winner of that play-off enters the Belgian Second Division Final Round <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Second_Division_Final_Round> with 3 teams from the second division. The winner of this Final Round plays in the First Division the season thereafter." - Si _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
