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Originally Posted by A Zombie Pirate I Be
I agree with Burt. I don't mind this new rule, if limiting it to the bottom 4 teams. I don't necessarily like taking the bottom 6 in to fight for a top seed.
This would also keep the draft seed bracket at the first two weeks of the playoffs and put the Championship game in the spotlight by being the only game in the final week.
My initial thought was same as Burt, where a strong team could just miss out on the playoffs due to a bit of bad luck. That gives a potential 8-6 or 7-7 team going in against teams with 4 wins or less to get the #1 pick.
The 2021 season would place the 6th DSB in the playoffs with 100 All Play wins and a weekly average of 146. The bottom 4 teams averaged 62 All Play wins and an average weekly score of 124. That is quite a disparity and gives a big advantage to the 6th seed.
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Which is why we've been discussing modifying the proposal to limit any seed moving up more than 3 spots. There are also curbs built in that prevent the 1 seed from dropping below 3, and the 2 seed from dropping below 4.
If there is enough agreement with the proposed modification I'll rewrite and post a revised proposal to include the curbs on how far the 5 and 6 teams could move up to no higher than the 2 or 3 seeds respectively.