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Question about Survivor pool, what happens in a tie?

cjac : 11/17/2008 9:27 am
Big argument going on over here about the Eagle game yesterday. How is a tie scored?
Aren't you picking the team that wins?  
Davisian : 11/17/2008 9:28 am : link
Or supposed to be at least.?. I'd say its a loss..

(Nice to see you)..

You're supposed to pick the team that WINS the game.  
Dave in Richmond : 11/17/2008 9:30 am : link
Everyone in my knockout pool who took the Eagles lost yesterday.
That is correct, you must pick the team that WINS. In a tie both sides  
doncam : 11/17/2008 9:32 am : link
lose.
A Tie is scored  
VA Jints : 11/17/2008 9:35 am : link
As a win and a loss. It goes back over 40 years to a year the Steelers had less wins than the Giants but they had 3 ties and no losses. The Giants had more wins but 1 loss.

In those days, a tie wasn't scored at all, so the Steelers had a better winning percentage because they had no losses, 1.000%.

As you can imagine, there was a big outcry from Giant fans.
tie equals loss  
bb in nj : 11/17/2008 9:35 am : link
You pick a team to win not to not lose. Luckily my pool specified that up front so no room for debate.
I thought it was a "Survivor" pool  
Dannyc58 : 11/17/2008 9:47 am : link
So techincally you survived (No, i didn't pick the eagles).
What if  
nygirlie : 11/17/2008 9:48 am : link
Say the eagles go 10-5-1 and we go 10-6-0. Who wins the division?

Is it based on the winning percentage of all games played?
For winning %,  
Enoch : 11/17/2008 9:50 am : link
10-5-1 is scored as 10.5-5.5
Based on winning %  
Fred in Atlanta : 11/17/2008 9:51 am : link
Eagles would win.
nygirlie  
Fred in Atlanta : 11/17/2008 9:53 am : link
Forgot to add, BBI would have a melt down if that happen.
Alright so there is my answer  
cjac : 11/17/2008 9:57 am : link
Good to see you too Dav
In my pool  
Mad Mike : 11/17/2008 10:15 am : link
you're out when your team loses. So the Eagles survived yesterday. About 30% of the remaining people had them, so it made a big difference.
My pool  
Paul from Queens : 11/17/2008 10:21 am : link
2 teams tie both survive.
In mine it's a loss  
ShOcKwAvE 80 : 11/17/2008 11:00 am : link
they didn't win so that's the bottom line in the one I'm in.


Only 3 people left in the one I am in and I'm one of the 3!!
It depends  
TRJoe : 11/17/2008 2:27 pm : link
on how the person running the pool sets the rule. In mine, the 96 who took Philly advanced, as the rule is a tie advances, just as a win would.

As long as the rule is determined at the beginning of the year, regardless if a tie is considered a win or a loss, there shouldn't be any arguements over it.
a tie is not a win  
gidiefor : Mod : 11/17/2008 3:41 pm : link
so in a survivor pool - it's a loss
Forget about how it's scored for plyoff positions, winning%, etc.  
Matt M. : 11/17/2008 3:50 pm : link
In most, if not all, survivor pools, you must successfully select one team to win each week. If that team doesn't win you are knocked out. In this scenario, a loss and a tie have the same impact; the team didn't win.
you lose!  
damdevs : 11/17/2008 3:56 pm : link
tie is comsidered a lose in every survivor pool I've ever played in.
why would there be a meltdown?  
lalalalala : 11/17/2008 4:01 pm : link

10-5-1 is a better record than 10-6.

The Eagles break any ties with that tie. That's a plus for them. The negative is that they tied the Bengals and that doesn't bode well for the future.
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