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To: SeekAndFind

No. 6: Change the point system for wins, losses and draws so that a win is 1 point, a loss is 0 points, and a draw is -1 point.


57 posted on 06/18/2014 7:48:22 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Labyrinthos
No. 6: Change the point system for wins, losses and draws so that a win is 1 point, a loss is 0 points, and a draw is -1 point.

Hell. No.

It used to be 2 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss (same as your suggestion, just with a shifted x-axis), but that encouraged teams to settle for ties too often. They changed it to 3-1-0 to provide teams with an incentive to try to win games rather than not lose them, and it's worked.

116 posted on 06/18/2014 9:22:33 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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