elliott
Sheffield Fin
I'm slightly confused about this.
I've just noticed that in the schedules for this week, the schedules are similar to every other week (in that there is a Saturday night game, and three sunday time slots). Isn't this a bit silly.
In many other sports, in the last week of the season every game is played at the same time. This then means that nobody can be sure of what is going on in the other games. This stops cheating and makes it a lot more interesting because games can change within seconds.
For example, if a team on the fringes of the playoffs is playing in the 4.15 game this week, they will know how most of the other games have gone, and so will have a good idea of exactly what to do to get into the playoffs. Does it not give teams like Green Bay, and Atlanta an unfair advantage?
The good example to this was in the World Cup Soccer where in the group stages, Germany v Austria was the last game to be played and they knew that whoever won went through to the playoff part. However, if they tied the game, they both went through (because they both had good records). This meant that neither team tried at all and funnily enough they drew!
Has there ever been an example of this in the NFL where perhaps two teams were playing on MNF on the last week of the season or something and if they tied they would both make the playoffs?
Any thoughts on the subject?
I've just noticed that in the schedules for this week, the schedules are similar to every other week (in that there is a Saturday night game, and three sunday time slots). Isn't this a bit silly.
In many other sports, in the last week of the season every game is played at the same time. This then means that nobody can be sure of what is going on in the other games. This stops cheating and makes it a lot more interesting because games can change within seconds.
For example, if a team on the fringes of the playoffs is playing in the 4.15 game this week, they will know how most of the other games have gone, and so will have a good idea of exactly what to do to get into the playoffs. Does it not give teams like Green Bay, and Atlanta an unfair advantage?
The good example to this was in the World Cup Soccer where in the group stages, Germany v Austria was the last game to be played and they knew that whoever won went through to the playoff part. However, if they tied the game, they both went through (because they both had good records). This meant that neither team tried at all and funnily enough they drew!
Has there ever been an example of this in the NFL where perhaps two teams were playing on MNF on the last week of the season or something and if they tied they would both make the playoffs?
Any thoughts on the subject?
