Standings Clarification

[Bill Rawlinson]

Team,

We have been wondering about the standings for quite a while so I wanted to let you know why they say what they do (though I really disagree with the forumla, it is what it is).

Wins = 1 point

ties = .5 points

forfeits = -.75 points

losses = 0 points

I don't understand why a forfeit counts as a -.75 point but that's what the rules say when I found this formula in the WAKA Division Tournament Guidelines:

Win Percentage = [W + (T/2) – (F*.75)] / GP

So plugging in our numbers we have:

(4 - .75)/7 = 3.25/7 = 0.46

So our winning percentage comes out as 46% instead of what we expected which would be 57% based on our 4 win 3 loss record.

Bill

[Ed Dorsey]

It appears that there is an intentional deterrent to forfeiting built into the formula.

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[Bill Rawlinson]

Yes - I thought that was a natural thing since you were, you know, losing :O)  I didn't think we really needed additional an deterrent