Final week + expected matchups?

[Jon]

So last night there was a lot of discussion about the conclusion of this year's winter league. Last night was a fun league night with random matches for all teams and apparently next week is the start of Playoffs. My problem is that WINTER leagues are always 16 weeks, as posted by Chris at the top of the League section titled "2012 Winter League Official Thread". It clearly states that the duration of the league consists of 16 weeks + 1 mid season DYP + 1 week Playoffs. I don't think it's fair to simply end league one week early so we can avoid a possible tie, almost every year we end up in a tie somewhere and we handle it accordingly. Really what organization would choose to end the season early to avoid a tie!?! If Frank is in 1st and we are in 2nd in the running, we could have potentially beaten them having a 2 way tie for 1st, same thing for 3rd and 4th etc. Now not only have we taken away the chances for teams to get their stats up but we have erased the possibly of players fighting for a chance to gain a higher seed for the playoffs, which for me as a competitive player believe that week to be just as competitive as the Playoffs themselves! Remember this is WINTER league not summer. I know we only had one week left and we would not have been able to do a full rotation, some may argue that is unfair in it's self but we have to draw the line somewhere and cutting out the last week of the season just doesn't seem right.

However I'll be fine with whatever outcome, as it stands Frank's team is in 1st place and has been for longer than any other team this season. If they are already deemed the winners than let me be the first to congratulate them on a very solid season! We have needed a team like this for a while in league!