If handicapping was the way forward they would have done it in jockland years ago. I reckon that it should be left as it is, if you're shit you deserve to go down, similarly if you are good enough you should go up based upon the results of an entire season.
In the example below, derby would position all of their players in the box and just defend for 90 minutes, can't really see that being entertaining. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jeremy Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 7:45 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] LU: We're not famous any more! > > Yes but what happens if you get promoted with two games to go and have no > hope of avoiding relegation back down at the end of the season? You'd have > teams deliberately losing to avoid early promotion while other teams would > also try to lose to make sure you did get promoted before the end of the > season! Also what would you do with fixtures, you'd not be able to play > all the teams so I'm assuming you'd just finish of the fixtures of the > relegated team. > I think maybe a one or two goal start for the teams in the bottom three > would make it funny. Derby would then have 90 mins to cling on to a 2-0 > lead as Arse attack right from the kick off. > > Jezza > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:47:15 +0000 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >> [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [LU] LU: We're not famous any more! >> >> Yeah it sounds good doesn't it Terry? >> >> Your system though means just what it says, a handicapping system, but >> whatever you did you could only win (or lose) the same division as you >> started the season in, my idea means that you can leap up a division (or >> even 2 if you are REALLY REALLY good) in the same season - if you get >> the proscribed number of points ahead you leap up and then take over the >> remaining fixtures of the lowest team. If this happens you have to be >> good to firstly, get yourself out of the relegation zone and secondly, >> beat teams who are, by definition, a whole division better than the >> players you started the season with. >> >> A roller coaster yes, but that would bring some excitement back into the >> game - watching the league tables and thinking you may be promoted this >> weekend if you win and so & so lose etc etc - or how about watching a >> team in the league below you go 9 then 12 points clear, knowing you are >> on the bottom of the league? You may be going down to a place at the top >> with a 15 point lead, but if you are that crap then you may well not >> manage to get back up, but you will at least have had the best chance. >> >> Y'know, the more I think of it........ :-) _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
