In a country that always produces a winner and a loser, it is refreshing to see a result like this:
Eagles 13, Bengals 13.
It is a reminder to all of us that sometimes we suck so much, there is no need for a winner, we both need to lose. And a loss it is. The net effect of a tie is not zero. If a team was 4-5 prior to the tie, they would have a win percentage of 4/9 = .444. After the tie, they would be 4-5-1, and have a winning percentage of 4/10 = .400. As you can see, the NFL's ranking process does count a tie as something negative.
In this way, a tie game is not like when the kids get a participation trophy and are told "everyone wins", this is a time in which the big boys are told "you all suck, and it would be a travesty to the game to give either of you a win, so you get a half loss."
Interestingly enough, this phenomenon is not very common. Today we had the first tie game in six years.
1 comment:
That is interesting. The Lions lost. To me, that's funny. The Lions should keep losing too.
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