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Originally Posted by Preds
The Frenzy had 6 playoff teams out of 12 originally, that was there somewhat to counteract that, but also to mimic reality in the NFL where playing at home in the playoffs is a definate edge (just ask Vegas). We cut the playoffs down to 4 teams in the Frenzy a couple years in, but never looked back at the HF edge, nor felt the need to.
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I will be bringing it up this offseason. Just because you never fixed this in Frenzy does not mean we have to suffer through the same crap in this league.
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Regardless, it's the playoffs. Think of the advantage an NFL team has at home in the playoffs. As the lower seed you're in effect going to their house. They have an edge. You need to overcome it.
In the regular season they say homefield edge is worth 3 points in the NFL, in the playoffs it's even higher. And that's based on scoring that totals about 40-45 points a game on average between both clubs, whereas our totals are well in to the high 300's each week. Proporionately, the 7 points is not that big an edge.
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FLAWED.
If you are not going to do it in the regular season there is no place for it in the playoffs.
No matter how much we pretend
this is not the NFL and trying to bring in vegas lines is nonsensical - especially since we are not doing it in the regular season.
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The higher seeds deserve it IMO, regardless of which side of the coin I'm on.
If I'm a lower seed, it's just one more thing I have to overcome.
Look at it from Rami's perspective BTW, his reward as the top seed this year... to face the highest scoring team in the league, one that also has the 2nd best record in the league. He deserves the slight edge. All higher seeds deserve it.
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I will let Rami speak for himself.
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Honestly, I can't understand why you're so fired up about this.
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I think it is a rule that provides NO benefit and unfairly penalizes teams. I would be against this rule no matter what my seeding is.
If a team makes it to the playoff he deserves to be there. Period. Case closed. End of Story.
It is hypocritical to put 4 teams into the playoffs then penalize two of them. If you don't think two of them deserve to be there then only have two teams go to the playoffs.
I would rather have 3 teams make the playoffs (with the top seed getting a bye) with no wildcard team than the system we currently have. If you have an issue with a wildcard team making the playoffs then lets get rid of the wildcard. But once the teams are in the playoffs do not penalize some of them.
There is no reason to handicap or apply lines to the game. If I want to play lines I will call up vegas and put some $ on a game.