Reminder, the lineup you set tonight can be adjusted, later, for the Fri-Sun portion of this semifinal round.
2) Proposed for NEXT YEAR (provided we dont expand/contract owners):
*Seeds 4 and 5 still meet for the top bracket weekend play-in round.
*Seed 6 still gets weekend bye and choice of semifinal, low-bracket foe.
*Seed 7 still gets weekend bye to the low-bracket semifinals.
Changes:
* The Loser of the 4/5 weekend High-Bracket Play-in would now go directly to Low-Bracket, week-long semifinals. This is revised due to pretty overwhelming popular demand, despite commish objection :(
* The Low-Bracket, weekend playoff would now be a 3-some (much to the delight of our e.d. sponsor). Seeds 8-9-10 will now be a Troika competition, with the weekend Hi-Scorer advancing to the semifinals of the Lo-Bracket.
Analysis/Origin:
This proposal is about 75-80% from Kennys suggestion, as he was the one who brought this issue to the table. Kennys proposal put 7th-10th in the low-bracket play-in. My tweak was to make this 8th-10th, preserving some value and competition for the 7th seed... Its not that I care a lick about seeds 7-10; however, anything that creates some tangible reason for bottom seeds to win the final few series, is Good for the Top Teams in the Pennant race.
I strongly prefer to leave the brackets as they are because its the best thing for the Top, Pennant-contending teams... I would even be eager to allow Seeds 4/5 to choose top bracket weekend play-in OR swapping places with a Lo-Bracket team that has no weekend play-in.
I think doing anything to potentially compromise the top teams pennant race is a move in the wrong direction.
I may be right. I may be wrong, but I am most definitely in the Minority!
This change would seem to address the concerns about early weekend exits for the 4th/5th seed and allow them to keep on competing vs bottom feeders. Agree? Object.
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