30-Nov-2012, 10:43 AM
Food for thought.
Deciding the number of tiers and teams per tier is no easy task. 12 is the nicest number of teams to work with, 3 groups of 4 or two groups of 6. Both work with a 15 week rotation schedule. This will lead all of you to ask, but why 16 then? This gives me one more week to ensure a head to head match up for the top two teams.
If you have any number of teams other than 12 it becomes a real mess. How would you divide 11? 10? 13? 14? It can be done but there are challenges with all.
I chose tiers of 4 because it made the most sense at the time. I think transitioning to two tiers of 6 for the second half of the league has merit, otherwise Vern will never play Packer as they will always be ships passing in the night. This decision can be made after the next rotation which will be in the new year.
Deciding the number of tiers and teams per tier is no easy task. 12 is the nicest number of teams to work with, 3 groups of 4 or two groups of 6. Both work with a 15 week rotation schedule. This will lead all of you to ask, but why 16 then? This gives me one more week to ensure a head to head match up for the top two teams.
If you have any number of teams other than 12 it becomes a real mess. How would you divide 11? 10? 13? 14? It can be done but there are challenges with all.
I chose tiers of 4 because it made the most sense at the time. I think transitioning to two tiers of 6 for the second half of the league has merit, otherwise Vern will never play Packer as they will always be ships passing in the night. This decision can be made after the next rotation which will be in the new year.
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