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Originally Posted by AndrewPospeshil
That's interesting - if playoff ties were to be decided by a third match, that would be another 18 matches this season, or 45 total minutes of game play. Not that anyone isn't really against it already, but data seems to show that the current playoff tiebreaker rules aren't worth keeping.
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Originally Posted by EricH
I would say that they are worth keeping.
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I think you're both right, for eliminations play a 4th rubber match, AND have a tiebreaker in that 4th match only. (This prevents problems of never-ending eliminations.) But the rules for the tiebreaker have to be non-subjective - ie, not based on fouls.
And in case someone wants to bring up schedule pressure, while a valid point, remember FIRST calls FRC "the ultimate Sport for the Mind." Virtually no sporting events have a hard, fixed schedule that dictates what time the event ends. The game ends, when the game ends. I bet if after Einstein F3 they called a tie and a 4th match the crowd would have gone just as nuts to see that 4th match as they did for the champs being crowned.