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Post by Arlon10 on Jan 13, 2018 12:14:51 GMT
Off topic as far as I know I suppose, but
Why aren't this weekend's games called the "quarterfinals"? Why aren't next weekend's games called the "semifinals"?
Is there a story that goes with this?
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Post by Isapop on Jan 13, 2018 14:19:29 GMT
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Post by Vegas on Jan 13, 2018 14:40:37 GMT
Interesting question. I don't really have a definitive answer... only a gut feeling, and that is: In sports competitions "Finals" seems to cover that each team playing each other does so in a "Best out of" scenario - EXAMPLE: Whoever wins "5 out of 7" games moves on to the next team... While "Playoffs" denotes a more "one and done" nature = You either win that one game... or you're off.  |
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Post by Arlon10 on Jan 13, 2018 17:38:52 GMT
Interesting question. I don't really have a definitive answer... only a gut feeling, and that is: In sports competitions "Finals" seems to cover that each team playing each other does so in a "Best out of" scenario - EXAMPLE: Whoever wins "5 out of 7" games moves on to the next team... While "Playoffs" denotes a more "one and done" nature = You either win that one game... or you're off. First of all, I think you have the best avatar in the whole wide world at the moment. Is that from Fast and Furious? I notice different sports do things like this differently for no apparent reason. Why is the "Final Four" the big deal in college basketball? I suspect the real reason in the NFL is that there really were two "separate" conferences with attitudes about each other before the first Superbowl. It makes the "final" of anything open to question. Final in the conference, final beyond the conference, et cetera. As long as I can remember the post season weekends (or Sundays) have been; Wild Card Weekend, Divisional Playoffs, Conference Championships and the Superbowl. It might be that those names just stuck. The other one, the "Pro Bowl" never seemed to matter much to anyone I know. |
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Post by progressiveelement on Jan 13, 2018 18:29:59 GMT
FOOTBALL!!!
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jan 14, 2018 8:20:44 GMT
Interesting question. I don't really have a definitive answer... only a gut feeling, and that is: In sports competitions "Finals" seems to cover that each team playing each other does so in a "Best out of" scenario - EXAMPLE: Whoever wins "5 out of 7" games moves on to the next team... While "Playoffs" denotes a more "one and done" nature = You either win that one game... or you're off. I notice different sports do things like this differently for no apparent reason. Why is the "Final Four" the big deal in college basketball? I suspect the real reason in the NFL is that there really were two "separate" conferences with attitudes about each other before the first Superbowl. It makes the "final" of anything open to question. Final in the conference, final beyond the conference, et cetera. I think you nailed it here for the NFL; it's just set up differently in how it handles conferences/divisions and what that means for the playoffs. Compare to basketball where divisions don't mean anything. Final Four is a big deal in college bball because before that there's too many teams to care about, I think. |
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