>World Cup uses playoffs
>Europa cup uses playoffs
>champions league uses playoffs
>we are the dumb ones
>>67311396
>Comparing tournaments to leagues
shiggy
playoffs are goat I agree
but those are cups not leagues despite the name
>>67311396
Football gets the best of both worlds because its a more popular sport than any shitty american sport. Feels gud man.
>>67311408
>Champions League
>is actually a tournament
>>67311409
>>67311408
That's the point. If the league system is the "best for determining a winner why do all the most important competitions use the playoff system?
Think of the group stages of the world cup as mini leagues with 4 teams each. The winners of the group stages go into the knockout stages. The premier league is pretty much one of those groups, the winners advance to the Champion's league.
>>67311446
>If the league system is the "best for determining a winner why do all the most important competitions use the playoff system?
Because these tournaments either run at the same time as the leagues or in the space of 4 weeks over the summer? Even in the latter's case the qualifying games take place while the league campaigns are running.
>>67311453
You could literally think of the NFL this way. Each division is a mini 4 team league, and the playoffs are knockout stage.
stop trying to enforce your stupid systems onto my country you filthy american, I'm not some middle-eastern shithole you can just carpet bomb and try to mold to your ideal society ok
>>67311480
The qualifiers are also league tables too.
>>67311446
because they run at the same time
>>67311396
And what would know, its easier to fluke a CL/EL/WC win than a League win.
>>67311487
Then that means Americans also use a league system so they have no reason to complain.
There isn't enough time to have a league so we go with a faster tournament. We all know that the result isn't perfect.
>>67311410
rekt
>>67311396
>your sports will never be so popular worldwide that they can handle multiple competitions at the domestic, continental and international level
Yes, this is because of the specific format of a club league.
See, in this kind of competition all teams will play a total of 2 games against eachother: one game at their home stadium, another game in the other team's stadium.
The goal is simple: whichever team has the most points at the end of the season will be crowned champions.
But now the hard part will start for you. Because there is no play-off system, you need to be able to track other team's performances at the same time in order to calculate a team's chances to win the title. It will take some practice to wrap your head around it.
As the season draws to a close, the amount of games -and thus the amount of points to be won- will be limited. This slims down the number of possible scenario's. A given team may have gained a significant lead in points that exceeds the maximum amount of points the second-ranked team can accumulate over the remaining games. In this context, team A can be crowned champions if team B fails to win the minimum amount of points to keep their mathematical possibilities of winning the title real.
I know this is a lot to process right now, but soon enough you'll get a hang of it. Good luck, Amerifriend!
>not knowing the difference between a league and a tournmanet
>implying every league doesnt also have a tournament
>>67311408
>not realizing the playoffs are a league
>not realizing teams are awarded for winning the division and conference
americans have severely embarrassed themselves since leicester won the league, what a nice treat
>>67311746
Which sports? Surely not Baseball or Basketball?
>>67311396
That's why they are called Cups and not championships.
Entire World has Leicester on the front page.
Every American newspaper has Leicester on the front page.
It will never happen the other way around, that the rest of the world will care about apehoop, handegg or softball.
Burgers are just salty.
