Help settle a FF dispute

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

So our 4 team playoffs started this week. Me and another guy tie with 112 points each. We us CBS Sportline.

OUR rule for the past 10 years is, in case of a tie, the 4 playoff teams announce 1 player from our bench prior to the start of the games to settle the tie.
We have never had to deal with a tie in a playoff game before this year. Some of you may find this to be stupid but its what we have always done and since we are all playing by the same rules it is fair.

Well, all 4 teams forgot to announce their bench player so now we are in a dispute.

What should happen in your opinion??

Go to Sportsline default playoff tiebreaker?
Add up the bench points?
should higher seed get to advance?
Should we pick a stat for tonight and settle it that way?

What say you guys?

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

BTW....Next year I'm suggesting we use decimals for scoring.
There were like 5 ties this year.

TopShelf11 · Dec 16, 2013

Yes, do something tonight....that way nobody can cry about anything.

Doublelife · Dec 16, 2013

Let both teams advance

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

TopShelf11 said:
Yes, do something tonight....that way nobody can cry about anything.

ok what??

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

Doublelife said:
Let both teams advance

no can do...this a cash league where the winner will play in the championship game next week for a $1000.

PatsFan1283 · Dec 16, 2013

You gotta comeup with some sweat on tonights game. I'm not sure what it is but obviously that is the only play you guys have.

one person gets bush, flacco vs the other getting rice, stafford or something

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

PatsFan1283 said:
You gotta comeup with some sweat on tonights game. I'm not sure what it is but obviously that is the only play you guys have.

one person gets bush, flacco vs the other getting rice, stafford or something

Thats not a bad idea.

But let me ask, why wouldn't we just default to Sportsline rules?

CHOPTALK · Dec 16, 2013

Sportsline is automatically going to default one of the teams to advance.

I would just go along with what CBS says.

Defying · Dec 16, 2013

Sportsline default is the obvious choice...

however, if there was decimals, would there be a difference? that would be my 1st step.... that person deserves to go IMO

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

CHOPTALK said:
Sportsline is automatically going to default one of the teams to advance.

I would just go along with what CBS says.

Sportline tie breaker for a playoff game is total yards in which I blew him away.
And I blew him away in bench points.

If we come up with something for tonight I still have a shot at winning but will feel like I'm getting screwed because bottom line is my team scored more points.

919 · Dec 16, 2013

Bench scoring

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

Defying said:
Sportsline default is the obvious choice...

however, if there was decimals, would there be a difference? that would be my 1st step.... that person deserves to go IMO

I'm assuming decimals would settle the tie, but I would need to add them up to find out.

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

919 said:
Bench scoring

Agree...anyway you dice it I beat the kid unless we use higher seed advances in which case I lose.

Hotpizza · Dec 16, 2013

What is the sportsline default...... if you go with this, then no one can complain. I wouldn't go with anything tonight's game, you have $1,000 reasons not to. Whoever runs the league needs to make a decision and you both live by it.

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

Hotpizza said:
What is the sportsline default...... if you go with this, then no one can complain. I wouldn't go with anything tonight's game, you have $1,000 reasons not to. Whoever runs the league needs to make a decision and you both live by it.

I agree with the first part.

Second part is dicey since I'm the commissioner.

Porcupine · Dec 16, 2013

My view:

The first tie-breaker was a tie (since neither team declared a player), and there is no established 2nd tiebreaker.

In most cases when all tiebreakers are exhausted, a coin flip is used. In this case, I kind of like that if both players agree, they each pick something like 1 to 4 players from tonight's game instead of a coin flip.

Any of those other options seem fishy as the result of the tiebreaker/who will advance is already known.

slapshot · Dec 16, 2013

Draw straws

slapshot · Dec 16, 2013

Go by the last player you put on the bench

PatsFanatic · Dec 16, 2013

slapshot said:
Draw straws

never gonna happen lol

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