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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Re: 2nd best team in NHL (actually p
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 09:13:07 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 09:13:07 1986
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Summary: 

> The idea of 1st place team getting a bye in the first round may sound good to
> the players (and possibly to the fans), but the owners will never go for it.
> A better solution might be to let the first place team get an uneven home
> field advantage.
> Four teams from each division will make the playoffs.  The second and third
> place team will play a normal 5 game series.  The 1st and 4th place team will
> play a 5 game series - all in the 1st place team's home ice.  This might get
> a bit UNinteresting since the 1st place team will have too much advantage, but
> the following advantages can result (some may be arguable):
> ...
> - The owners are happy because they do not lose any revenue.
> ...
> As you can see, there are no forseeable faults with this plan.  Any comments??
> 
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> Princeton, NJ
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The only problem I can see with this plan is that the owners of teams that
have a good chance of finishing 4th would probably complain because they
would be losing the revenue from home games in the playoffs.  On the other
hand, the overall revenue would probably be greater because the games in
the first place team's arena would probably be better attended, since in
general interest tends to be higher in the cities with the better teams.
So, if the 4th place team could share some of the profits from the games,
I think it's idea they might just go for.  This is far from being my
favourite alternative playoff method, but I think it's the one that would
be most likely to be accepted, so I'm all for it.  At this stage, I'm
willing to accept anything that will make the regular season meaningful.
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Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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