sportsmanship

[Zeuslax]

There is a flip side to this subject. Of course you want to be ethical, play as many people as possible, possibly have a little fun with scoring, ect.............The cap is out the window if a couple of teams in a highly competitive league are trying to make the playoffs, and it comes down to goal differential. You better believe that ethics and sportsmanship will not come into play.

This doesn't happen often, but I've seen it twice. Some of the scores got ridiculous. It was highschool ball and it created a little bit of a stink with many people.

[Andy Sharp]

The cap is out the window if a couple of teams in a highly competitive league are trying to make the playoffs, and it comes down to goal differential. You better believe that ethics and sportsmanship will not come into play.

This is why it was put into CCLA conference rules for determining play-off teams that the goal differential criteria for tie-breaking is capped at 10 goals. We threw that strategery right out the window.

[Sonny]

Tiebreakers at the MDIA level should come down to net goals allowed (rather then goal differential).

[Tim Whitehead]

Tiebreakers at the MDIA level should come down to net goals allowed (rather then goal differential).

No way. What's to say that a team that wins all of its games 6-5 is better than a team that wins all of its games 16-15?

[culax]

in the grlc, goal differential is capped at 8 goals per game.

[Bluevelvet]

Tiebreakers at the MDIA level should come down to net goals allowed (rather then goal differential).

No way. What's to say that a team that wins all of its games 6-5 is better than a team that wins all of its games 16-15?

History tells us that the team that wins 6-5 is almost always better than the team that wins 16-15.

[Tim Whitehead]

Tiebreakers at the MDIA level should come down to net goals allowed (rather then goal differential).

No way. What's to say that a team that wins all of its games 6-5 is better than a team that wins all of its games 16-15?

History tells us that the team that wins 6-5 is almost always better than the team that wins 16-15.

Whether or not defense tends to win championships (and I'll agree that it does), I still don't think simple goals against per game makes sense as a tiebreaker.

For example, Team A and Team B finish with idential 10-4 records. Team A has an average goals for and against margin of 15.5 - 6.5. Team B has an average goals for an against of 8.0 - 6.1. Are you telling me that Team B is better, simply because they allow slightly fewer goals? Teams shouldn't be punished for playing a run n' gun style...

[Bluevelvet]

Tim-
That is not what you said. You said "who is to say that a team that wins 6-5 is better than a team that wins 16-15".
I was just answering that teams that win 6-5 are better than teams that win 16-15.

[Tim Whitehead]

Not necessarily.

In most cases, yes, but not necessarily.