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5th/8th team in first week of playoffs

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From: Cuzittt
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72139.2 in reply to 72139.1
Date: 5/17/2009 9:09:04 AM
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Bumping this back up as the issue is raging in the World Forum.

I think the money issue is less of an issue (half the teams will gain no money after Tuesday anyway...), but I do think in the first week of the playoffs, every team should play on Tuesday.

Considering that the forced scrimmages on Saturday is a home/away series between the 5 seeds/8 seeds, it would make sense to have a forced scrimmage on the first Tuesday between the 5 seed and the 8 seed in the opposite division.

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72139.3 in reply to 72139.2
Date: 5/18/2009 11:01:23 AM
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This seems like a logical suggestion. It would probably eliminate the annual end-of-season "6th place is better than 5th" discussion. I think all the good reasons for this change are clear, having trouble seeing the downside to implementing this change.

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72139.5 in reply to 72139.4
Date: 5/18/2009 11:13:53 AM
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I see.

Instead we have people throwing games so they wont lose training. 6 of one, half dozen of the other

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72139.6 in reply to 72139.4
Date: 5/18/2009 11:49:45 AM
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I am not actually suggesting a playoff between the 5th and 8th seed. I am suggesting a scrimmage between the teams on the Tuesday... much like the forced scrimmages that happen on Saturday between the 5th/5th teams and the 8th/8th team.

The 8th place teams would still relegate, the 5th place teams would still stay put. I just think it is a bit unfair for 4 teams to completely get hosed out of an extra game that 75% of the league is getting.

As I said elsewhere, it is only for the first Tuesday in the playoff weeks. Every other Tuesday would be off... since the vast majority of teams will also not get a Tuesday game during the second week.