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Originally Posted by actionjackson
Hmmm...Not sure I like a system where the team with the best head to head record among the three teams has to win two games to reach the playoffs, while the 3rd best team gets a bye.
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I think the key to the idea is that teams get to choose whether they are club A, B or C. The balance then becomes that if you choose to be A, you have to play twice (if you win the first game!) but will be at home. If you choose to be C, you only have to play once but will be on the road.
The team with the best head-to-head will get to choose first - Boston in your example, followed by Washington, leaving Chicago with whichever designation was left!
In my fictional leagues, I ignore this and organise it much like you did in the end. The team with the best overall head-to-head record gets the bye to the second game (and plays at home), then the team with the better record between the other two is at home for the first game.
I always schedule tiebreaker games - especially three-way ties - manually rather than letting the game do it, so I can be sure I get the set-up I want. Anyway, I'm glad you sorted it out!