You guys need to get this right...it's not my team that's in question, but it took my 30 seconds to read the NFL playoff tiebreaker to realize that you guys are screwing it up for three or more teams and head-to-head tiebreakers.
If there is only one division in a league, which is often the case, whether one team sweeps all other teams in a tiebreaker of 3+ teams is not the solution. It's head to head record, and a sweep would actually NEVER APPLY if there is a one division league. It is obvious. I'll break it down step by step:
1) There are 4 teams tied for 2 spots
2) Wild-card tiebreaker is used
3) Clubs are in same division* (see below)
4) Refer to division tiebreaker rules
5) Division tiebreaker for 3+ teams is best head-to-head percentage between all 4 tied teams. This would alleviate the problem in my league, as it would separate the top two playoff teams from the two non-playoff teams.
*(from NFL.com:) TO BREAK A TIE FOR THE WILD-CARD TEAM
If it is necessary to break ties to determine the two Wild-Card clubs from each conference, the following steps will be taken.
1) If the tied clubs are from the same division, apply division tie breaker.
>>In a one division league, this would immediately revert the tiebreaker back to division tiebreaker of head-to-head record, and in division tiebreakers a sweep is never considered, only best head-to-head percentage is.
2) If the tied clubs are from different divisions, apply the following steps.
>>the following steps (which include the sweep rule you love to refer to) DON'T EVEN APPLY TO ONE DIVISION LEAGUES.
Please get this right. It's really not that hard and is completely logical.
I'm saying that since there are not multiple divisions within the league, the league as a whole should be looked at the same way each individual division is looked at in 4-division leagues for playoff tiebreakers. it's probably over your head as you have no idea what the issue is i'm referring to
Mike_HickeyFri 12/6/13 11:36 AM
You guys need to get this right...it's not my team that's in question, but it took my 30 seconds to read the NFL playoff tiebreaker to realize that you guys are screwing it up for three or more teams and head-to-head tiebreakers.
If there is only one division in a league, which is often the case, whether one team sweeps all other teams in a tiebreaker of 3+ teams is not the solution. It's head to head record, and a sweep would actually NEVER APPLY if there is a one division league. It is obvious. I'll break it down step by step:
1) There are 4 teams tied for 2 spots
2) Wild-card tiebreaker is used
3) Clubs are in same division* (see below)
4) Refer to division tiebreaker rules
5) Division tiebreaker for 3+ teams is best head-to-head percentage between all 4 tied teams. This would alleviate the problem in my league, as it would separate the top two playoff teams from the two non-playoff teams.
*(from NFL.com:) TO BREAK A TIE FOR THE WILD-CARD TEAM
If it is necessary to break ties to determine the two Wild-Card clubs from each conference, the following steps will be taken.
1) If the tied clubs are from the same division, apply division tie breaker.
>>In a one division league, this would immediately revert the tiebreaker back to division tiebreaker of head-to-head record, and in division tiebreakers a sweep is never considered, only best head-to-head percentage is.
2) If the tied clubs are from different divisions, apply the following steps.
>>the following steps (which include the sweep rule you love to refer to) DON'T EVEN APPLY TO ONE DIVISION LEAGUES.
Please get this right. It's really not that hard and is completely logical.
michiganctFri 12/6/13 1:29 PM
one division in a league? is that an oxymoron? That's called a league.
KokoMoAZFri 12/6/13 1:55 PM
YES, THAT'S THE WORD I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER! It is an oxymoron to say a league has just one division!
Mike_HickeyFri 12/6/13 3:01 PM
I'm saying that since there are not multiple divisions within the league, the league as a whole should be looked at the same way each individual division is looked at in 4-division leagues for playoff tiebreakers. it's probably over your head as you have no idea what the issue is i'm referring to
Mike_HickeyFri 12/6/13 3:06 PM
You have the option to choose how many divisions you want as a commish in fleaflicker, by choosing 1 division the rules shouldn't be any different
michiganctFri 12/6/13 8:16 PM
who only does ONE division then tries to use NFL rules as examples? Want to be like the NFL...HAVE MULTIPLE DIVISIONs
Mike_HickeySun 12/8/13 1:51 PM
because it's called fantasy football big guy