New Playoff qualifying format?

[Burt the Butcher]

Consider new rule to allow team who does well, but just has some bad luck, to allow the strongest teams to make playoffs.

Let's open this one up for discussion

My input from previous post:
Putting this in here from http://www.predsff.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16907

Consider new rule to allow team who does well, but just has some bad luck, to allow the strongest teams to make playoffs.

This is a rule in a league that will also give points to a team who does better than at least half the other teams that week....so a team who scores the 2nd most points that week, but plays team who scores most points, can still get credit for a good week:


10. League Schedule

A schedule will be created each season by the league software package. We will play 14 games over 13 weeks in a 3 division format of 4 teams each. Each team will play the other teams within their division teams twice (6 games), and the teams in the other division once (8 games) with the non-division games being played as double header on a week that is not impacted by byes, specifically weeks 1, 2, 3, and 11, 12, or 13. When possible, division games will be scheduled on weeks where there are no byes. For 2007, that will be weeks 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, and 13. The Double Header week for 2007 will be week 3.

In addition to the head to head (h2h) schedule above, teams will face a weekly points win/loss (w/l) schedule during the regular season (this does NOT apply during the playoffs). Teams will be awarded wins or losses during the regular season based upon their final starting points on any given week. The top 6 scoring teams each week of the regular season will be awarded a win, while the bottom 6 scoring teams will be given a loss. This is in addition to the results of every teams h2h matchup each week. Thus, on any given week during the regular season, a team could go 2-0, 1-1, or 0-2, or in the case of the one double header week, teams could go 3-0, 2-1, 1-2, or 0-3.

[Liquid Swords]

Why not just consider using the Power Rankings?

[Burt the Butcher]

That would have helped me out this year for sure...how would we use it? WC teams based on Power Rankings? That would certainly make things easy

[Liquid Swords]

So we have 3 division winners and 3 wild card teams. What about keeping it as is but the 3rd wild card goes to the team with the highest power ranking (excluding the 3 division winners and the 2 other wildcard teams based on record)?

[Royal Hawaiian Opihi]

How are power rankings calculated?

[Burt the Butcher]

Power Rank - A formula designed to give an alternate view of the 'best' franchise in the league. This number is arrived at like this:

points_per_week_per_starter = A
points_per_week_per_nonstarter = B
all_play_wins_per_week = C
actual_wins = D
division_wins = E
Power Rank = A+B+C+D+E

[Royal Hawaiian Opihi]

I'd be okay with that. It would reward hard work throughout the season, minus the "unlucky" weeks, H2H.

[Flaxwless]

Originally Posted by Liquid Swords

So we have 3 division winners and 3 wild card teams. What about keeping it as is but the 3rd wild card goes to the team with the highest power ranking (excluding the 3 division winners and the 2 other wildcard teams based on record)?

I would be in favor of this.

[emerald]

I would vote for this...the site already does the work and the criteria is clear.

[Burt the Butcher]

I think as far as the extra work, this option really makes the most sense. Do we have any other ideas, or is everyone in agreement, we should vote on using Power Rankings for final playoff spot as one option, leave it as is as the other option?

[Royal Hawaiian Opihi]

Let's give it another day... if no more suggestions, put it up for a vote!

[Burt the Butcher]

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