Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:
I will state that I too have been concerned about teams that finish second in total points being left out of the Championship Round because a h2h record lower than second beat that team out. It's happened before and I knew it happened in a handful of times this year, too. As John points out, three teams probably have a legitimate reason why they should be in the Championship Round this year.
I've given this a lot of thought in the last month and I'm seriously considering expanding the Championship Round to include three teams from each league, especially in the NFFC Classic. This year that would have allowed 66 teams in the Championship Round -- only 18 more than we have now and only 15 more than what John is proposing here. To me, it would add more value and it would keep more teams fighting to the bitter end with the hope of not only getting their money back for third place but also having a shot at the $100,000 grand prize.
This would basically eliminate the need for the wild card that we have (although we can keep it in place) and give more reward to the example John noted. I feel we already have a complicated enough league playoff system and I am not in favor of changing that to add a third team. H2H and total points champions would still each receive $2,500 with the chance to win another $2,500. The third place team in this example has the chance to earn an additional $100,000 and was already beaten out by the total points champ and h2h champ. You're punishing the total points champ by throwing him into a three-way league playoff setup for the remaining $2,500. With three teams getting in from each league, that's still only 21.4% compared to 15.6% now.
Adding a third league playoff team in the NFFC Primetime also adds value in that contest because now instead of just winning $700 you also have a shot at the $100,000 grand prize. I'm still looking for feedback on that one, however.
So that's what I'm thinking about for 2009 and I'll start a separate thread and rules changes ideas soon. Adding language to address a canceled game and the FAAB deadline will also be in that thread. Hope this helps clarify my position. Greg I believe adding that many would get more and more discouraging.
People want to believe they have a chance at winning once there in and 1 in 44 or 46 sounds way better then 1 in 66.
The only way you are truly getting hosed is if there is 44 teams in the playoffs and your not in while you finished in the top 44
So just expand the wild card to the number of projected playoff teams
If h2h has to stay the last 2 weeks in the NBC turned out way more exciting and would be great all year. It's so perfect the best teams each week win the worse lose perfectly fair exciting and showing consistency...
