DISSOLVING A POSITION TIE BY TEAMS
WITH THE SAME RECORD
Following steps will be followed to resolve any position tie
between teams:
STEP 1. Comparing
game results between teams. Team with most wins is superior.
STEP 2. Comparison
of scores in games between teams. Points scored will be reduced
by points allowed and team with better point difference is superior.
STEP 3. Comparison
of team records in games played in their division if both tied teams
were in the same division with best won-loss record as superior.
STEP 4. Comparison
of team scoring in games played in their division if both tied teams
were in the same unit of play. Points scored will be reduced by
points allowed. Team with better point difference is superior.
STEP 5. Comparison
of team won-loss record in games played only in the same league (if
inter-league play occurred). Team with most wins is superior.
STEP 6. Comparison
of team scoring in games played only in their league (if inter-league
play occurred). Points scored reduced by points allowed.
Team with the best point difference is superior.
STEP 7. Comparison
of team scoring in all games played. Points scored reduced by
points allowed. Team with the better point difference is superior.
STEP 8. Coin toss
by commissioner in meeting with involved team representatives.
MULTIPLE-TEAM
POSITION TIE
If three or more teams have a position
tie, the above formula will be employed until teams are found to be
superior or inferior. Teams will be positioned in reverse order
of their elimination in this process.
TEAMS
PLAY DIFFERENT GAME SCHEDULE
If teams by league or division played a
differing number of games and a tie resulted between two or more teams,
this will be resolved by a method that gives superiority to the team
acquiring its point total in the fewer number of games.
EXAMPLE: Team A played 12 games has 16 points (8
wins at 2 points each) with Team B playing 11 games has 16
points. Team B is superior because it acquired it's point total
in one fewer game.
CLEAR
SUPERIORITY REQUIREMENT
When teams play different number of
games and tie or are within two points with a play-off berth at issue, clear
superiority has to be established to claim the
position. Following guideline is used when a tie or close finish
between teams occur and the teams played a different schedule by
games. In examples below, Team A played a 12 game schedule while
Team B played 11 games. If teams tied by points with one play-off
position at issue, Team B would gain that position based on superiority
of point total in fewer games.
If teams complete a season with Team
A having a one-point advantage, Team B would gain the play-off position
as Team A did not have clear
superiority from its one-game schedule advantage and potential for
two-point superiority. A one-point advantage is not superior.
Team A finishes with a two-point advantage over Team B but had only
this status from the schedule advantage and is not clearly superior to Team B which
would get the play-off berth.
Team A ends season with three point advantage over Team B. It had
a one-game/two-point advantage by schedule but did demonstrate clear
superiority and would gain a play-off berth.
When three teams with differing schedules are involved in
qualifying for play-offs and their point totals do not
evidence clear superiority, the above guidelines will be employed with
all teams compared until one team is judged clearly superior.