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For all the folks who think that a playoff system yields a
Jun 10, 2012, 1:24 PM
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true champion,ask FSU and SCu who the better baseball team is....Clemson,Oklahoma or Stanford.
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A playoff isn't about ranking teams
Jun 10, 2012, 2:20 PM
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You can't say "Team A got farther in the tournament thus they are a better team" because "better" is an entirely subjective term.
But, a playoff gives the best chance of providing an objective path to determining a true champion.
You remove (or at least greatly reduce) the opinion-factor.
I'd argue that the only real way to determine a champion in any sport (or at least any sport where every team does not play every other team) is a playoff.
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Correct. It's about getting a true champion through a
Jun 10, 2012, 3:05 PM
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Playoff. No one ever says that the (pick your year) Super Bowl Champ isn't the champ. They may not be the best team but in the weeks leading up to the title team X got the job done vs. the best competition.
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Ask the 2007 Patriots how they feel about that statment.
Jun 10, 2012, 4:43 PM
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The problem isn´t switching to a playoff. It´s the logical fallacy of saying that a playoff is a fair way to determine who the champion is. Do a playoff, that´s fine. But a playoff will determine the champion of a system in which the champion is determined by a playoff. It´ll be exciting and fun but it isn´t any more or less ¨fair¨ than another system.
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the 2007 Patriots lost The Super Bowl, end of story, they...
Jun 10, 2012, 5:11 PM
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had their chance and blew it. End of Story. The Giants were the best team that year.
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Sorry, I disagree with this statement.
Jun 10, 2012, 8:25 PM
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The Giants weren't close to the best team that year. They happened to get lucky on the night they played the Patriots. Over the course of the entire year, the Patriots were BY FAR the best team in the NFL.
The people who don't want a playoff mainly don't want undeserving teams getting an opportunity to win it all. The 2007 NFL playoffs are a prime example of this.
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Re: Sorry, I disagree with this statement.
Jun 11, 2012, 11:32 PM
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Sorta like 1981 huh? Clemson wasn't the best but you all still say you're the champs? Wasn't Neb. playing their back up QB?
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A true champion enters the arena and emerges victorious.
Jun 10, 2012, 3:05 PM
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No matter what is written or what is said or what "prevailing opinion" is.
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^^^^ 8 teams enter
Jun 10, 2012, 3:06 PM
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1 team leaves.
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Re: For all the folks who think that a playoff system yields a
Jun 10, 2012, 3:15 PM
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It seemed a little odd to me that the selection committee would take the three best teams in South Carolina and put them in the same regional. Was the idea to be sure only one of them could advance?
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Exactly.
Jun 10, 2012, 3:34 PM
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Same deal last year, only one could possibly get to the CWS.
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The choice is simple: Popular opinion or on-the-field
Jun 10, 2012, 3:45 PM
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results.
It is undeniably true that the best team does not always win; but it is even more true that popular opinion is a much less objective, much worse way of determining who's best.
If I say I can whip your a$$, and you say you can whip mine, and we really wanted to find out, would we ask a bunch of biased people to vote on it, or would we just fight and see who wins? (Personally, I'd be happy with taking a vote, but you get the point  ).
As long as biased opinion is rewarded over performance and results, what is the purpose of even competing?
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Re: The choice is simple: Popular opinion or on-the-field
Jun 10, 2012, 4:49 PM
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very well stated.
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We had our chance, but you are right
Jun 10, 2012, 4:50 PM
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Too bad we had to face SCAR in the regional.
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