Author: Michael Yee
Date: 12:56:01 09/11/05
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On September 11, 2005 at 08:26:54, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >On September 10, 2005 at 20:40:46, Michael Yee wrote: > >>On September 10, 2005 at 10:07:20, vladan wrote: >> >>>... >>>- SSDF - analogue to NBA regular season, >>>- WCCC - analogue to NBA playoff. >>>... >> >>Hi Vladan, >> >>I like your analogy (partly because I like both computer chess and the NBA :). >> >>Here's something else to think about: NFL football has only about 16 games per >>team for the whole regular season and then Super Bowl is just one game! Talk >>about a small sample size... :) >> >>Michael > >Actually, the NFL playoffs are fairer than any other sport. (IMHO) The reason is >that a football game gives you a better chance to assert your superiority. NBA >playoffs also tend to be pretty fair - each game has more luck, but the >best-of-7 format compensates. How many NFL or NBA champion teams were not really >deserving? In contrast, baseball and hockey have way more upsets despite >best-of-7 in the playoffs - it's much easier in those sports to lose to someone >weaker. Even the top baseball team won't win two-thirds of its games. > >BTW - unfortunately this will never work for CC. It only works for humans >because we have natural peaks & lows. You just can't have playoff intensity >through 80+ games, or treat every race like the Tour de France - so everybody >has to agree when it "really counts". > >Vas I agree--baseball games seem to have a higher variance than other sports. Even the roster has major changes from game to game (pitching). They do play a lot of regular season games, though, which is nice for stats :) Michael
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