@ESPNFC@SportsCenter This gets praised yet the Giants pitcher with scripture on his hat gets torched by the media for showcasing his beliefs in what the rainbow truly means. Don’t forgot we’re celebrating 250 years of freedom this weekend which is supposed to include freedom of religion
Glad to see the conversation is starting, I tweeted about this after Major 1. We need to see a change. LB shouldn’t get a better chance because of “excitement” WB team desires to have an advantage #CallofDuty
Good conversation on Finals format - this is essentially showing the impact of the bracket reset. While we all agree the Winner’s Bracket team deserves an advantage, our position has been that having two lives in the Finals is too big of an edge and this data seems to reinforce that. WB teams winning 80% of the time entering the Finals can dampen the excitement: 1) The outcome seems predetermined and 2) during the match it's not as intense since it's not do-or-die for the WB team during a large portion of the match.
Now should there be a bigger advantage for WB? Potentially (e.g., 1 map win). But we don’t think a bracket reset is the answer. Winning 4x as much (vs the 2nd best team no less) seems imbalanced and I’d argue that the now 60/40 split between winner of WB and LB is much healthier