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Re: FRC Blogged - Doing the Right Thing

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Originally Posted by lemiant View Post
Perhaps open up one tiebreaker match. If no team has two wins by the third match the team with more wins takes the set. If the number of wins is equal play a fourth match. If the fourth match is a tie use the tiebreakers. It allows for a tiebreaker match without the possibility of dragging things out forever.
I like this option it's sort of like NFL overtime during the regular season. Elimination rounds could only ever go to 4 matches and most years you would hardly ever need the tiebreakers. You keep the excitement of overtime and avoid the risk of events going to far over time.
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