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Originally Posted by Brad K
If letting an 80-82 team into the playoffs isn't a mistake then at what won-lost record is it a mistake to let a team into the playoffs?
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If we changed the structure of sports seasons in real life than I understand we can start focusing more on how many wins rather than winning conference/division to make playoffs/postseason. In the NBA this year alone there is a .441 team that is lined up to make the playoffs. In previous years the East tends to be much weaker than the west, so .500+ teams from the west would miss out on the playoffs when -.500 teams in the east would make it to the playoffs.
Right or wrong, that is how the structure is setup. There may be better structures to setup, but our Major sports hasn't figured it out.
I am currently upset with the new Major League wild card setup. It blows my mind that the world series this past year consisted of teams that wouldn't have made the playoffs a if the structure was the same it was a few years ago. If they were even #1 wildcard team it would've made more sense to me, but neither team was even that. It kind of makes the regular season less important, when a team that has the 13th best record in the Majors league end up making it to the world series.