>two completely unrelated team tie in a match
>somehow this wins a "championship" for another team
jesus christ soccer is the biggest semen slurping sport on the planet
>I cant do math
Why are americans so obsessed with a sport they don't care about?
>>67296465
insecurity
>>67296386
why can't you understand the concept of points?
>>67296444
Are you saying that what OP said happened didn't literally just happen?
>lel I'll defend my stupid sport by calling Americans dumb!! That always works XDD
The season ends in two games, the 2nd place lost the decisive game... come on, its not too hard to understand.
>>67296386
>completely unrelated teams
>one is the closest contender for the title
Why are Americlaps so retarded lads?
>Americans watch 82 games that only decide which half of the league won't be allowed to play in the 20 game tournament that actually decides the championship
Why not just have the tournament to begin with? Even if you had all the teams in it there'd still be less games, and they'd mean more.
>>67296465
because they are ignorant, cultureless degenerate faggots
>>67296465
We really don't, we understand how the league works. It's just fun to trigger yuros
>>67296544
Yeah but his "somehow" comment suggests that he doesn't understand that it happened with good reason.
>>67296645
Obviously he's saying that this isn't the way a champion should be decided, not that he doesn't understand. Direct your attention to his picture if you would. It's meant to display his disgust and disagreement with what happened
>>67296619
But you only make yourselves look retarded. I know you must be used to that by now, but why do it on purpose?
>>67296971
Who is more retarded, the retard or the person getting into an argument with the retard?
/sp/ yuros are like Reddit sjws, too easy to trigger.
>>67296971
Why should we give a fuck? Why do you care what other people think so much? If you want to think every American is a dumb pistol waving, motorized wheelchair riding fatass because it makes you feel better about yourself and your stupid sport then be my guest
>>67296516
Kek
>>67296386
>He's a spurs fan
>unrelated teams
>second place team
>unrelated
>>67296516
#REKT
>>67296516
Okay but we think this shit is dumb to so
>>67296386
>completely unrelated
uh no, one of those teams is the only team challenging them for the title
That's very related.
>>67296516
/thread
Amerilards BTFO
>>67296386
You're embarrassing us OP, go to bed.
>>67296386
CHAT
>>67296516
AmeriKKKa BTFO
>>67296516
>>67296516
>americans
>>67296516
BANG'D
TSSSIN4M
>>67296516
CHAT
>>67296386
Wait. The tie didn't even involve Leicester? What the fuck.
>>67296516
>THEY GOT BANGED
>>67299331
Do you grasp basic maths?
>>67296386
>that flag
>can't do math
Jamal, please.
>>67296386
Americans talk like fucking retards, fucking kek at your gay vocabulary.
>>67299331
>how do things work
>>67296516
>cant defend the sport
>posts memes instead
>>67296465
same reason Euros/Strayans post "american athletes" meme all day long, even though we crush the world in international sporting events such as the Olympics.
>>67296521
tell me about it.
>>67299425
See, this is the most offensive part. A title is decided by a game without the champion team.
>>67299390
>has an effeminate nasally posh accent that does not enunciate every syllable clearly
>says other English speakers sound gay
its like you can't even hear yourself.
>>67299469
It's how a competition designed to determine the best team works friend. I understand if the maths is a bit much for you.
>>67299437
>not kissing your sissy teen brit boytoy
>>67299469
>team accumulates the most points
>wins
Come on friend, this isn't reddit.
>>67299500
math*
>>67299331
Math n shit. It's impossible for the second title contender to surpass the first one by now. So the league recognizes Leicester as winner before their game.
>>67299469
Culmination of 36 games of grind. It could have been decided in a number of ways, but that's just the way the cookie crumbled this time because Tottenham cannot mathematically catch them now.
>>67299429
>we crush the world in international sporting events
>literally don't play a single team sport that other countries play out of fear of losing
Reminder that gridiron and baseball were literally pushed in the states because they didn't want to have to suffer the embarrassment of losing to England in a sport they care about.
>>67299529
Christ, English too.
>>67299541
>>67299548
Yes, that's how American leagues determine divisional titles and such, so that they can be seeded into a playoff bracket.
>>67299552
>Reminder that they play netball, rounders and padded rugby
>>67296516
>>67299566
>defending your shitty league
>>67299826
>Chatting shit and getting banged this hard
>>67296516
How embarrassing
>>67299861
>winning the championship by sitting on the couch and watching another team
>>67296516
>the banging continues
Will America ever recover and be great again?
>>67299957
>being this dumb
>>67296516
Put me in the screen cap.
>>67296516
Will Americans ever recover?
>>67300055
But I am correct. Did Licester play today?
>>67300108
CHAT
>>67300108
KEK, no they didn't
Just stop please
>>67300129
*unsheathes twin katanas*
Wanna try me kiddo? If I were you I'd back off before I got hurt
>>67300108
They played yesterday. It's simply due to the fact that you can't have 10 games on the same fucking day.
>>67300163
So you must have made a mistake with your previous post. I'd delete it if I were you. Try and be more careful before posting next time
>>67296386
>doesn't understand rules of the game
>talks shit
>American rugby ball
>score a td is counted as 6 points plus gk as 3
>team is up by 27 points
>other team is down by 20 but keep watching because "muh excitement" other team might come back
Burgerlards this is history in the making and before talking shit at least learn why this is nothing but a huge win for an underdog team
>>67296516
holy fucking nuclear mang
fuckin hate yanks so much, repulsive country tbqh
>>67299969
We both know it's neither of those things.
>Americucks
>>67300201
>Try and be more careful before posting next time
Thanks amerifriend
>>67300163
>>67300187
I'm glad Leicester can commemorate this feeling of winning the championship while in their 15 square foot flats.
They'll look back at the time they were laying on their prayer mat as the local Minaret announced they were mathematically determined champions
>>67300265
6/10 desu
>>67300265
public houses matey
>>67300265
>mathematically determined champions
As opposed to any other way of determining a winner, right? Screw all this nonsense of checking the sign of the point/score difference. Just go via gut feeling.
>hi guys am i trolling yet?
>>67300265
>american bants
#cringe #pleasestop
>>67300350
This is America where everyone gets a participation medal and you get rewarded for doing shit in a season
>>67300265
I don't actually see how this is hard to understand or even a problem. Playoffs to determine the league winner are a meme and offer nothing over a normal league system apart from being able to have Advertb Owl games and to let the team that actually finished 4th win.
>>67296560
Hockey and basketball aren't sports
>>67296516
ITS OVER WE JUST GOT BODIED
>>67300410
Have you ever played a sport lad
>>67299331
>>67296544
>That always works XDD
it's always true
>>67300428
In what world is that a relevant response? What point are you trying to convey?
>>67300350
>>67300392
where's the soul? The moments?
It's lifeless, boring
>>67296554
our school system is fucked
>>67300254
That baby is way too dark to be mixed, it's obviously adopted.
In the US the fastest way to adopt is go for a nigger or else you're on a waiting list for years to get a white baby. Not really cucking, just pathetic as fuck on their part.
>>67300478
>Where's the soul
>It's boring
The messed up hyperactive mentality of Americans is astounding. Talking to Americans explains so much about their media and how retarded it has gotten
This happens all the time in the NFL. God you're fucking stupid.
>>67296554
It's not that we don't understand, I don't know why you don't understand that
>>67300491
don't post here anymore. Your kind isn't welcome
>>67300478
>where's the soul? The moments?
We've had that the whole of the season. Whereas in american sports the season means fuck all
>>67300533
tell me more doctor Khalid
>>67300478
where the fuck is soul in your leagues?
you plastic shit.
>>67300546
when did the Browns-Texans game proclaim the Broncos champions?
>>67300478
>where's the soul? The moments?
>It's lifeless, boring
Mate, an entire city started shouting as soon as the game was over. I don't even live too centrally in Leicester, and I can still hear a few people singing, and the occasional firework going off, car horns.
How is that not a moment?
This is a sport in which the league doesn't just gift you a bunch of talented players via a draft system, which is why the Foxes winning the title is more unlikely than anything you'd see in e.g., the NFL.
>>67296465
why do you have 100 semen slurping threads on an american site, get your own chan
t.chan
>>67300558
triggered by the truth eh?
>>67300428
Rugby for ten years, gridiron for a year and strongman on and off.
Why?
>Reminder that in the US teams are rewarded for doing badly
>>67300614
There's no playoffs, sure. But winners of divisions are constantly not playing. "oh shit, we gotta scoreboard watch after the game to see if the other team won"
>>67296516
>german humor
>>67300478
Yeah, watching a guy kneel down a few times is a much better way to end it.
>your city will never ever ever have anything like this
and yes, have seen giants and yankees celebrations, but not even CLOSE to everyone joining in together
>>67300653
>Parity is a bad thing
Don't you have a riveting game of 1-1 flopgrass to watch on the Telly?
>>67300468
>>67300637
Why did you play them?
>>67300635
>>67300626
>>67300602
>>67300584
>>67300539
>>67300410
>>67300369
>>67300350
>>67300335
>>67300332
>all these (you's)
Thanks mate, I needed that dose
>>67300478
>not just accepting football as the world's greatest sport
It's happening lid, no point in fighting it. Soon your nba and nfl will be relegated to niche sports like they are in the rest of the world.
>soccer
>mfw people actually like this shitty sport
>>67300719
>I-I'm only pretending to be retarded
T
I
M
E V E R Y
>>67300668
Didn't mean to respond to you t b h
>>67299586
Thing is our post-season is for international games, you wouldn't understand that since literally nobody cares about your """""""sports""""""" except yourselves.
>>67296516
REKT
>>67300757
Better than rounders or netball
>123 replies
nice one, /sp/
>>67300891
Never enough threads of Americans getting BTFO
>>67300711
Because it's fun, and so is winning. I can see why people like playoffs but they don't determine the best team in the country. They make sense in the NFL where there are too many teams in one league for a normal system to work, but in the European soccer system they make no sense whatsoever outside of stuff like the Champion's League.
>>67300905
>responding to trole posts
>btfo
my friend...
>>67300905
I sure feel BTFO right now
t-take it easy on me, okay?
>>67300905
>Euro still mad at the moot Mars sticky
>Calls this a blow out
Literally brain damaged
>>67300177
>*___________________________*
Kill yourself.
>>67300939
>>67300952
>>67300978
>They actually gave me (You)s for that post
Americans continue to reach new depths
>>67301053
If I were you I'd tread lightly. Not many survive when they decide to cross me
>>67300491
>our school system is fucked
says the border line mental retard mshitcan
>>67300735
>Soon your nba and nfl will be relegated to niche sports like they are in the rest of the world.
These leagues make just as much money as European leagues.
Football will NEVER be popular in the US because our broadcasters want sports that let them assault the viewer with ads. I can take it in basketball, but American football and baseball are boring as shit since there's so much just standing around.
>>67301064
>I was only pretending!
(You)uro humor
>>67301118
>American """comprehension"""
>>67296516
>>67301143
>You were never afraid of bring shot in MathS
>>67301180
>If Cletus fires a gun at Finn and the bullet breaks into three pieces, how much will Finn's parents have to tip the ambulance driver?
>>67300491
the fact that you think there is a federal school system says all you need to know about the validity of your input. Youre as bad as the retard yuros who don't seem to realize how often their pots are calling our kettles black.
>>67300418
>19 games max for a team per season
Why do you hate fun?
at least Leicester aren't referring to themselves as 'world champions'
>>67301154
>i can't believe you responded
>LOL i can't believe YOU responded
bazinga
>>67296516
CHAT SHIT GET BANGED
>>67301374
They will next decemeber
>>67301334
>>67301374
FIFA club world cup winner, 16/17
calling it now
>>67301334
>You forgot to carry over the diversity tax and you get manshamed
>>67296516
7-1 tier rekt right there
From what I gather is that Europeans don't have the balls to deal with extra tension a playoffs would bring and only play the regular season.
And thank god the civilized part of the world has playoffs since in their twisted world, the Patriots would be 16-0 Super Champions. And is a world no non-faggot would want to live in.
>>67301561
>Extra tension
No we just don't believe in participation medals.
>>67301606
That just means you choke under pressure.
Explains why you needed us to bail you out against the Germans in both World Warb Owls.
>>67301561
>since in their twisted world the best team is crowned champions
I don't see the problem there
>>67301649
No, our competition is about trying to determine the best team. Not about trying to make sure everyone gets to be a winner.
>>67301561
>From what I gather is that Europeans don't have the balls to deal with extra tension a playoffs would bring and only play the regular season.
But they do have playoffs, you dolt. Finishing in specific positions qualifies you for tournaments like the FA Cup and the Champions League. Literally the only difference between that system and the one used in most American sports is that European playoff formats often involve inter-league match ups.
>>67301561
Euros can't even handle sudden death.
>>67301649
>avoiding extra tension
>choking
Type "Agueroooooooo" into youtube m8
>>67301561
Every league has at least one playoff-type cup that goes with it. So if you're really into knockout stages, you can always ignore the league and go to the cup games.
I don't really see the appeal of playing 15 games and being fucked for the rest of the season if you screw up once or twice. Too much dependence on the seed.
>>67301561
DESU, Playoffs are just for a show. A TV show. It's a terrible way to rank the best and most consistent team of the season.
But we have the Champions League if you want playoffs. [spoiler]Unlike the "World Series" where only your country participates[/spoiler]
Funny thing is, if the NBA decided champions in the way it's done in football, there would probably be MORE anticipation and excitement for the winner because the seasons are 80-something games.
>>67301810
>Champions League if you want playoffs
Remove the home-away shit. And then it'll be more watchable.
>>67301848
>seasons are 80-something games.
Wait, what?
But they at least manage to play every other team in the country right?
>>67301848
>80 something games
And that isn't enough to decide who is the best in the country?
>>67301334
Kek
>>67301865
No. Home pressure really test the mental strength of the players. You shouldn't give advantage to anyone.
>>67301893
A handful of times, yes. For instance, the Golden State Warriors finished 73 and 9 this year, which tops a league record that stood for over 20 years. Their star player is out on injury and they might be eliminated from the playoffs soon, I think that's bullshit and really invalidates what they did.
>>67301720
So this whole league is basically the minor league of British soccer. That's even more pathetic to see people going crazy over that.
>>67301757
>Couldn't handle the Germans
>Can't handle the bants
>>67301810
>>67301763
It's about preforming well when the stakes are higher. If you want true consistency, doing well in the playoffs when you're facing off against the best teams. Also playoffs seeding is a way to reward teams who get hot towards the end of the season so just because they shit the bed in the early part, it doesn't mean they're written off.
>>67301929
Is that because your teams are allowed to throw garbage and use laser pointers and spotlights on opposing players?
>>67301893
The US is a pretty fucking big country. It makes quite a lot of sense to divide the whole thing into conferences.
Might be the reason for the apparent misunderstanding here. A conference is way smaller than a league, and winning your conference doesn't have the same merit as winning the EPL. The playoffs are then what we the CL/EL is for European sports.
Size matters.
>>67301561
>what is the champions league
>what is the europa league
>what is the fa cup
>what is the league cup
>what is the world cup
>what are the european championships
>what are the championship, league 1 and league 2, playoffs
>what is the Johstons Paint Trophy
>>67301893
>>67301915
Also, fuck damnit it's really difficult to follow a team throughout the season with this many games. This is why I almost always tune out during the middle of the season when it gets ridiculous and you get like 3-4 games a week from the same team. I definitely think 1-2 games should be the max as it would potentially increase the talent. (also these games are hella long, sometimes going 3-4 hours)
>>67302036
>soccer having all these different competitions
Would a bit of consolidation hurt?
>>67302009
>It's about preforming well when the stakes are higher.
Is it? So why bother with conferences at all? Put all of the teams into a tournament roster, done.
>>67302009
>If you want true consistency
How the fuck is 73 and 9 NOT true consistency?
>>67302092
Its what happens when you have more than a dozen teams that people care about
>>67302092
Yes.
>>67302100
How in the fuck are you supposed to seed them? Random draw out of a hat?
>>67301987
It's called keeping your team healthy. A lot of teams that are monsterous in stats get decimated because of injuries.
One of the main reasons the Patriots 'beat' the Seahawks in last years Super Bowl was because half of the Seahawks's top rated defense were out of the game or playing injured. If they were at full strength, they probably have stomped on Brady.
Hockey has it even worse where the losing team of the stanley cup had their top goalie playing with a torn groin and one of their top players had a broken wrist while playing.
>>67302009
>It's about preforming well when the stakes are higher.
Wheras we prefer to reward a team that plays well all year long
>>67302036
>Johstons Paint Trophy
This is a real competition in England.
Sherwin-Williams League Baseball when?
>>67296516
1776 confirmed for yuge mistake
>>67302092
I think you could cut down, but there are some that are definitely worth keeping around. The sport is so popular in Europe that the various leagues all draw enough attention to justify themselves, which is why you can have a tournament for the lower leagues, one for the bigger leagues, and one that tosses everyone together. (the FA is one of the more interesting because it's every team in the country capable of entering actually entering and seeing how far they can get)
>>67302155
Why bother seeding them? Won't that make it more exciting and add more pressure?
>>67302092
>holiday tournaments
>conference standings
>conference tournament
>march madness / NIT
similar to CBB
>>67301915
No, because not every team plays each other in a season. But unlike the NFL (which is garbage because 1 game eliminations are a horrible way to decide champions), every other major sports league in the US does playoffs with a series format. So when two teams meet in the NBA, NHL, or MLB playoffs they play best out of 5 or 7 games (depending on the stage of the playoffs) to advance.
>>67302184
What is
>AT&T Arena
>Staples Center
The US doesn't do a lot better with naming things.
>>67302222
At the end of the day, it's March Madness that matters. Everything else is irrelevant. Nobody cares who fucking won the NIT.
>>67302242
>KFC Yum! Center
>>67302241
>which is garbage because 1 game eliminations are a horrible way to decide champions
How so?
You make it that far by beating teams, you beat the best teams and the teams that beat the best teams to get there. In the end, the final two are literally the final ones standing. A 1 game finale is just fine.
>>67302155
>seed
Wait, what happened to this 'parity' Americans claim their sports have? Why do they suddenly need seeding?
Just toss a coin to decide to winner ffs
>>67301893
You think that's a lot?
Baseball teams play a 162 game season.
Why is it so hard to understand that there are leagues and then cup competitions that run along side them?
>>67302322
No it isn't, because 1 game playoffs have nothing to do with deciding the best team. Half the time it's just the team that got luckiest on that day.
A 7 game series controls for randomness and unlucky slip ups. Have the same teams play 7 times and you'll see the best team emerge, not the team that happened to luckily avoid a slip, an untimely injury, or a single bad call on one particular day.
>>67302418
Yeah but baseball is retarded, I think we can all agree on that shit.
>>67302523
I think what's so hard to understand is the point in having both.
One or the other ends up seeming entirely superfluous, like a consolation prize.
>>67302418
>baseball
>""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""athletes""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
you could literally play boreball every day, there's no exhaustion involved
>>67302565
Well this board is filled with mongoloids with a single digit IQs, so I can see how that view might be popular here.
>>67302544
>A 7 game series controls for randomness and unlucky slip ups
And completely disregards a team's accomplishments throughout the season. It's not the best team winning, it's "the team that just so happened to be going through a good streak", there are too many variables involved and it literally becomes a game of what-ifs as opposed to the teams just throwing everything they have out for one final game.
>>67302544
Why not make each game of that 7 game series into a best of 3 to control for randomness and unlucky slip ups? Seems only fair.
>>67302696
>And completely disregards a team's accomplishments throughout the season.
...and a single game playoff doesn't?
18-1. I feel like that's all that needs to be said. A 1 game playoff completely shits on any accomplishments a team had throughout the season.
>>67302765
Hey, I'd watch it.
>>67302586
Because you can.
Because it is something to play for as well.
Because a league with say 80 teams in it is a bit of a slog over a year.
A cup competition will have more than just 1 league in it.
The FA cup has a lot of the leagues in England competing in it.
The League cup is for the top 4 leagues in England.
The Johnstone's paint trophy is for the 3rd and 4th leagues in England.
The Champions league is for the best teams from the top leagues in Europe.
The Europa league is for the second best teams from the top leagues in Europe.
And the cup competitions are not superfluous for the smaller teams.
They go on a good run in them and they can play the bigger teams and get much needed TV money and revenue from attendance.
If they get that then it can save their season. Save them from relegation. Give them a boost to get promoted.
Thinking about I can understand why it seems weird because without that kinda system and local representation and small teams it doesn't make sense.
>>67302114
>>67302100
If they can't win in the playoffs, they clearly aren't the best team.
>>67302375
It's still parity since every team is allowed to compete for the higher seed. Unlike in the semen slurping world of British soccer, the seasons aren't decided in ties and just the regular season.
Another problem with soccer. Extra time, ties and shoot outs are garbage, Do it like hockey, shoot outs in the regular season, but in the playoffs, you keep playing until someone scores
>But mum tiring out the players
Good, just means one team is going to score quicker if the other team is exhausted.
>>67296516
well played
Although their are problems using the popular vote, the electoral college is still retarded.
>>67302184
Yup. It used to be the autoglass trophy but its gone up in life since then
Damn, somebody had to cap that, right?
>>67303007
Why not just have every sport as the first to score wins? If match durations (be it halves or quarters) aren't concrete, why have them at all?
>>67302155
Carlo's let himself go.
>>67303007
No one likes shootouts
>>67303007
>just the regular season.
There is no "regular season" outside of the US and your nigger infested sports
>>67303007
>If they can't win in the playoffs, they clearly aren't the best team.
Why bother with the normal league in the first place? It doesn't matter who is the best team from that, they just have to win the play-offs to prove that
>>67303086
Good slippery slope. You play regulation as is, and if regulation time ends. You keep playing that sudden death you're desiring.
Ties are for faggots. Champions who are decided by a tie is even worse.
>>67303117
The play soccer matches until someone scores
>>67303184
For Seeding of course. Part of that parity we love in sports.
>>67303006
>Thinking about I can understand why it seems weird because without that kinda system and local representation and small teams it doesn't make sense.
Basically this. We have tiered leagues in hockey and baseball, but the lower leagues are owned by the major league teams and serve primarily as developmental proving grounds for young prospects or rehabilitation for guys coming off injury.
I'm going to a minor league baseball game this Wednesday actually. We're a farm team for the Chicago Cubs, and I've seen about half of the current Cubs starting lineup play here in my city. So that's pretty cool.
>>67303219
>For Seeding of course
But why would the seeding matter? If you're the best team then you're meant to beat all the other teams in the play-offs to prove it right? Why should it matter who you play in what order?
>>67303269
>Why should it matter who you play in what order?
Because we like order, not random seeding shit.
>>67303219
>Ties are for faggots. Champions who are decided by a tie is even worse.
Leicester won from their 22 wins, 11 draws and 3 losses, if Tottenham had beaten Chelsea, Leicester would have won or drawn Everton this weekend instead to win the league.
>>67303269
for example, golden state will have a much easier semifinals matchup than the thunder or spurs, who have to battle one another. could tire them out. Also, more obviously, home-field/court advantage.
>>67303269
Means you just did well in the regular season, again the playoffs are a different environment which takes much more planning because a loss there is much more devastating. Would Curry have taken such a risk and ended up injuring himself like that in the regular season? Obviously not, but because of how he pushed himself more to produce, it happened. True champions wouldn't do that. Also it's going to show how much depth Golden State really has. If they can't at least be competitive without Curry, they don't deserve the right to be called the best team.
I'm seeing the problem now. You brit bongs are just stat whores and think whoever scores the most overall should be given the trophy as opposed to looking at all the factors that contribute to the win.
>>67303334
You'd think a country that treat their sports like a spreadsheet in regards to their obsession with stats would be better at calculating these things.
>>67297209
>Who is more retarded
>the retard
>American_education.jpeg
>>67303266
Yeah my local team has one of Man United U-21 goalkeepers on a development loan and he is actually half decent for a 19 year old.
I can't think of anybody who has gone on to greatness higher up but it does happen.
>>67303434
>brit bongs are just stat whores
>says the yank
Watch the FA cup or Champions league for knock out football.
>>67296386
>Exhibition game that none of the players care about
>Managers change pitchers every inning, swap players at random to get everyone playing time
>With players voted in by the fans
>The team from the league that wins this game gets home field advantage for the World Series
Nice """"""sport""""""" we have here.
>>67296386
if you don't understand this. then I am glad you don't like football. we are better off without people like you.
>>67296386
>I don't understand the concept of a league
>>67303557
If we were stat whores, we'd just be crowing whoever scores and wins the most the champion.
We don't, which ended up being the undoing for the top two offenses in the NFL that made the Super Bowl. First one suffered from the greatest choke in modern sports history, the 2nd was blown out by the top defense.
>>67303619
We have plenty of leagues here. It's just that in none of them are champions decided by ties that the champions don't even play in.
>>67303593
>>67303619
i think he understands it, he's just scorning it.
>>67303682
For the last fucking time, even in Tottenham won this, Leicester would have beaten Everton this Saturday and won the league regardless.
>>67303682
It wasn't the tie that decided it, Leicesters wins throughout the season were a factor
>>67303577
>exhibition game
it's called "the all-star break" for a reason. 162 games is a long time nigga.
>>67303682
Has a top seed never been guaranteed because of another teams result?
>>67303768
>Completely missing the point.
I am a baseball fan, I understand that the all-star break is needed. That does not mean that the all-star game (an exhibition game) should decide home field advantage for the world series.
>>67303789
Is a top seed a championship?
>>67303822
It would be in a logical system
>>67303768
>162 games
You're kidding right?
>>67303831
But it isn't.
>>67303840
Nope. Every baseball season.
Feels good coming home to watch your team play almost every single day.
>>67303859
Get a more logical system
>>67303840
>His league can't play 162 games
Soccer confirmed for pussies.
>>67303931
Only for stat whores.
>>67303875
162 games?
Then after that, the only way you can work out the best team is to play some more?
>>67303682
>>67303690
Literally the only reason anyone is having this retarded argument is that if you're brought up in a culture that doesn't give a shit about a certain sport then you won't either and will reflexively dismiss any format that doesn't play out in the way you're accustomed to.
>>67303931
Are you afraid of All or Nothing?
>>67303979
Yes, Because the best team by wins got wiped out in first round of the playoffs. So record doesn't matter.
>>67303997
Ironically, you're arguing against England's 1966 World Cup win.
>>67296386
Premier League
>play each team twice, once home and once away, team with most points at end wins the league
NFL
>play 3 teams in your 'division' twice while not playing other teams at all, winner decided by two teams from each 'conference' playing each other during breaks in the 5 hours worth of ads
Yeah, its the premier league thats retarded.
>>67304044
Do you at least play every other team in the country during those ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO games?
>>67304108
Yes, but not evenly.
>>67304059
With the NFL, the system is designed to prevent the same old shit each year, by cycling match ups every year.
>>67304044
>162 games and the record doesn't matter
>>67304141
If you're good enough to win a lot of games, what's stopping you from winning 12 more?
>>67303979
Yup. In fact, the origin of the sports American sports league and post-season championship format comes from baseball.
The National League and American League used to be separate legal entities, and each was intent on proving it was the "real" major league. So they started staging an end of the year championship series (World Series) back in 1902 to prove who was the better league.
It used to work like European leagues. The team with the best record in the NL played the team with the best record in the AL. But then they gradually expanded it later.
Basically it started as a dick measuring contest between billionaire club owners.
>>67304059
>only play each team twice
>Decide the winner off some point system and not who wins the match
Yeah, your system is retarded.
desu eurobros i enjoy watching soccer i just cant bring myself to accept the whole fiscal structure. This is no doubt probably the biggest underdog story in sports (although not my favorite) but this is an outlier. The norm is that the filthy rich teams will continue to dominate, and in my opinion a more consistent form of parity would make euroball much more enjoyable. But I get thats not how it's setup, revenue sharing in baseball alleviated some of the problems (not all) so maybe euroball could look into that?
>>67304108
yes but it sucks, used to be two completely separate leagues. actually originally you'd play every team evenly in your league and the two winners would meet in the World Series
>>67304108
Nope. Not even close in fact. Major League Baseball is split into two leagues (American League and National League), which used to be separate legal entities. It used to be that the only time NL teams played AL teams was in the World Series. They operated completely within their own leagues apart from that, until the last 10-15 years when MLB started expanding inter-league play during the regular season.
But even now, an NL time might play AL teams maybe a handful of times throughout a season.
>>67304202
Leicester have won more games than any other
>America are so obsessed with playoffs they put one in fucking NASCAR
That one is still baffling to me.
You can literally win no races and win the championship.
Someone almost did this.
>>67304202
>decide the winner of the league based on which team performed best in the league throughout the season
ftfy
How many times should they play each team throughout the year?
>>67304051
No, I'm arguing against the mong who thinks that performing consistently over the course of 38 games makes you less of a worthy champion than pulling it together and scraping 1-0's for 7 or something. I'm arguing for the cause of a domestic league, not against tournaments entirely. We already have tournaments, I'm happy with those tournemants (apart from the League Cup I guess), the domestic league helps to determine who can enter some of said tournaments. We have a system that works and has worked since the late 1800s and works in nearly every country across the world because we invented a sport that people in more than one continent actually play.
>>67304397
>worked since the late 1800s
That's antiquated shit. No wonder Euros aren't keen on using Instant Replay. Get with the modern times, you fucks.
>>67304397
>We have a system that works and has worked since the late 1800s and works in nearly every country across the world because we invented a sport that people in more than one continent actually play
Hi, all of this applies to us too. Just FYI.
I await your snide rebuttal.
>>67304349
Same could theoretically happen in F1. Everyone likes an exciting last few games which might be why F1 doubled the last race points possible
Most years you don't even need to win a Premier League game and you would be safe from relegation.
>>67304351
Us decent Americans try to forget that Shitcar exists
>>67304176
because after one hundred and sixty fucking two that should be it
