Round 1: Las Vegas Discussion / *Spoilers*

[gregjm87]

I reckon psychologically it’s fairer. Like we don’t have to start from last this season. No real impact at the end of the day though.

You'd still be starting from 9th on the ladder. 8 teams having lost will have a negative for and against

 

[gregjm87]

I agree with you, however interesting that most of the biggest football leagues in the world have this very scenario (3 points if you win, while a total of 2 points shared by teams if a draw).

Thanks, I'm not a football guy so would never have known. Do they do extra time or penalties for the 3rd point?

 

[weststigers]

I never said that . I said it rewards teams for competing . Teams that don’t compete don’t get the extra point . It also puts more value on the actual 80 minutes . Ie. if it ends in a draw both teams get the 1 point , then battle it out for a second . I don’t know where you’ve twisted yourself in a knot about fairness . I never mentioned fairness once . Does it mean a team can lose 4 times in golden point have the same amount of points as another who won 2 games . Yea so ! IMO there should be some reward for going 80 minutes without losing.
Technically they never actually lost in 80 mins. And GP is a crap shoot.

What you said is "it doesn't need to be fair"

The premise of the general discussion is the allocation of points is not fair, therefore we have engaged in a discussion about a superior points system which rewards a losing team in Golden Point to ensure a fairer distribution of points.

If fairness is not important, then we should keep the current system, not move to a differently unfair system where a team that wins 2 times in golden point and loses 3 times in regulation time by a field goal on the buzzer can earn less points than a team that has lost 5 golden point games.

We'd be the first ones complaining in the above scenario.

I hear what you're saying, but I view a golden point win as less than a regulation win, so of 4 points, the GP winner gets 3 and the loser gets 1. The regulation win should be the most valuable in my opinion.

Anyway...I am not PVL. It's up to him.

 

[hank37w]

You never know mite go as the fifth team 🤣 hahaha

How good would that be, go to Vegas for the bye.

That should add a few pages to the Player Dramas in the NRL thread.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

I still reckon that a draw at full-time should mean both teams get one competition point, THEN they play golden point overtime (5 each way) for the other competition point. It makes the 'Golden Point' name have a double meaning and would make the ladder a truer representation as currently a team losing by one in Golden Point gets the same as a team getting beat by 50. Ie. Nothing.

play for 3 points for a win
if a draw at 80 mins 1 point each
the winner at golden points gets the other 1 point
Dogs 2 points
Dragons 1 point

 

[Odessa]

How good would that be, go to Vegas for the bye.

That should add a few pages to the Player Dramas in the NRL thread.

I think they such low respect for the Tiger's it could happen

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

What happens when the game finishes a draw in golden point under your system?

stays at 1 Point each

 

[weststigers]

play for 3 points for a win
if a draw at 80 mins 1 point each
the winner at golden points gets the other 1 point
Dogs 2 points
Dragons 1 point

Yes, but now a draw doesn't share the points. It only distributes 2 points from a possible 3.

 

[Dr_Ice]

Thanks, I'm not a football guy so would never have known. Do they do extra time or penalties for the 3rd point?

No they don’t during the competition rounds

 

[tig_prmz]

apologies if this is in another thread, listening to MMM poddy this afternoon and the host said we are officially 100 percent heading to Vegas next year. Well at least if we do go, we wont get the first round bye again 🙂

Funny enough I think of Vegas as Round 0. We still get a bloody Round 1 bye!

 

[innsaneink]

play for 3 points for a win
if a draw at 80 mins 1 point each
the winner at golden points gets the other 1 point
Dogs 2 points
Dragons 1 point

What if its a draw at the end of gp?