Newsgroup: it.sport.americani
Titolo: NFL: in caso di parita' ?

Salve a tutti,
giocando a madden 2001 mi e' venuta da pensare una cosa: ma nella
NFL,quando si arriva a fine stagione,se nelle classifiche delle due
conference(tra le prime 6 che vanno in post-season) vi sono squadre
con lo stesso numero di vinte e perse come si scelgono le squadre che
accedono ai playoff ?
Grazie in anticipo

 wrote:
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Esiste un complesso(?) sistema di tie-breakers che ti elenco qui di
seguito:
NFL Tie-Breaker Procedures 
Formats used to determine Division and Wild Card playoff berths 
DIVISION TIES 
If at the end of the regular season, two or more clubs in the same
division finish with identical best won-lost-tied percentage, the
following steps will be taken until a champion is determined. The same
steps are used to determine the sites. 
TWO CLUBS 
1 Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games between the
clubs). 
2 Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division. 
3 Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
4 Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games if applicable. 
5 Best net points in division games. 
6 Best net points in all games. 
7 Strength of schedule. 
8 Best net touchdwons in all games. 
9 Coin Toss. 
THREE OR MORE CLUBS 
1 Head-to-head (best won-lost-tied percentage in games among the
clubs). 
2 Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division. 
3 Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
4 Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games. 
5 Best net points in division games. 
6 Best net points in all games. 
7 Strength of schedule. 
8 Best net touchdowns in all games. 
9 Coin Toss. 
Note: If one team wins multiple-team tiebreaker to advance to playoff
round, remaining teams revert to Step One of applicable two-club
format, i.e., either in division tiebreaker or Wild Card tiebreaker.
If two teams in a multiple-team tie possess superior marks in a
tiebreaking step, this pair of teams advance to the top of the
applicable two-club format to break the tie. One team advances to
playoff round while other returns to original group and Step One of
applicable tiebreaker. 
WILD CARD TIES 
If necessary to break ties to determine the three Wild Card clubs from
each conference and the site of one of the two first-round playoff
games, the following steps will be taken: 
If the tied clubs are from the same divisions, apply division
tie-breaker. 
If the tied clubs are from different divisions, apply the following
steps. 
TWO CLUBS 
1 Head-to-head, if applicable. 
2 Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
3 Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four. 
4 Best average net points in conference games. 
5 Best net points in all games. 
6 Strength of schedule. 
7 Best net touchdowns in all games. 
8 Coin Toss. 
THREE OR MORE CLUBS 
Apply division tiebreaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club
in each division prior to proceeding to Step Two. The original seeding
within a division upon application of the division tiebreaker remains
the same for all subsequent applications of the procedure that are
necessary to identify the three Wild Card applicants. 
1 Head-to-head sweep (Applicable only if one club has defeated each
others, or if one club has lost to each of the others). 
2 Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
3 Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four. 
4 Best average net points in conference games. 
5 Best net points in all games. 
6 Strength of schedule. 
7 Best net touchdowns in all games. 
8 Coin Toss. 
Note: If two clubs remain tied after a third or other clubs are
eliminated, the tie-breaker reverts to Step One of the applicable
two-club format. When the first Wild Card team has been identified,
the procedure is repeated to name the second Wild Card, i.e.,
eliminate all but the highest-ranked club in each division prior to
proceeding to Step Two, and repeated a third time, if necessary, to
identify the third time, if necessary, to identify the third Wild
Card. In situations where three or more teams from the same are
involved in the procedure, the original seeding of teams remains the
same for subsequent applications of the tiebreaker if the top-ranked
team in that division qualifies for a Wild Card berth. 
Ciao
Massimo