Options for a lopsided comp

[Stewie]

Thanks for your effort there stewie. Care to make any statements about the rest of the games? Or is it fence sittin for you, awaiting for one of my predictions to be untrue so you can yell "there, look you dont know what you're talking about"

Goes for you too phelpsy ya lame lil thing.

Or are you guys happy with my predictions and this submissive to the fact the basketcase league is alive and well?

I agreed with them except for the Swans game, hence why I pointed it out.

FYI I've got Melbourne winning in my multi, so GWS will probably win now :P

[King-Eliagh]

Who else is in the multi stewie?

[King-Eliagh]

Alllllllllllriiiiiiiggggggghhhhhhttttttyyyyyyyyy THEN!!!!

It's BACK in just a few short weeks folks! :D Yes its that time of year again when 5 or 6 AFL teams will battle it out in a league of their own,

THE BASKETCASE LEAGUE

Yes its 2014 and I've been thinking of how abysmal last season went for our basketcase league, as it was in 2013. There was one anomaly with port shatelaide, somehow, like a north Korean expat, escaped the blackhole cesspit of AFL clubs we commonly refer to as the basketcase league. For new members, this may be new but basiucally for some years now there's been two professional marngrook comps running, the AFL and the AFL basketcase league, or just the basketcase league for short. So newbies, I'm sure you might be aware how horribly lopsided the AFL is, i.e. its been quoted by officals as

the most lopsided competition in history

so newbies I assume that therefore you'd be fairly familiar with the basketcase league at the bottom of the AFL table. So please feel free to join in, participate with your evidence based research or even help me in drafting up this years basketcase league if you think you got the kudos :D I'm also thinking of a basketcase league tipping competition this year and will, like beaussie provide the winners with cash prizes :D :D

I've drafted up the Basketcase league of 2014 as follows.

Brissie
GWS
Gold Coast
Stkilda
Westernbulldogs
and the ever classy Melbourne demons

I urge readers who have some spare time to look back on this thread for some classic alltime comments from our AFL supporting members.

Here's a real doozy from the smartest AFL supporting member of this site of all times, piesman.

Gold coast suns will make finals in 2014

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The delusion! This thread really brings it out in our AFL fans

Here's an example of the pure intelligence of our resident mod bitche, Xman

KE, why is an even comp important?

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I mean... imagine an image of the brainwaves going on in this knobs head



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Alrighty, enough of the reintro. Please folks lemme know your thoughts on this years basketcase league. Who do you think will win? Do you think I have the right teams? Will the AFL ever take options to reduce the lopsidedness of their comp? Will GWS make it three in a row?

It's gunna be real exciting!!!

Yours,

KE - CEO of the basketcase league.

[King-Eliagh]

Oh yeah and guys, one way in which we can describe a basketcase side fairly accurately is this:

A basketcasse side is a side which struggles to get more than 2 wins throughout the season against any other side which is not in the bottom six of the competition. As we all know the sun can shine out the arse of a basketcase leaguer at times so we thought two games a season is pretty much tops for that to occur. And its proven awfully true over the past two seasons where ive been CEO of the basketcase league...awfully true.

[NRLCrap1]

You have no clue what you are talking about, goose. Shut up before you sink to Dave's level of obsessive behaviour......

[King-Eliagh]

Sorry to say it cwapper but since becoming CEO of the basketcase league the stats prove me to be correct. The awful truth is the teams ive chosen to participate in the basketcase leagues have struggled to get 1 or 2 wins against any other team outside the basketcase league...hence the two different leagues matey

Awfully true I know. Check it up if you like? :D

Yours sincerely,
KE - Basketcase league CEO 2011-Present

[NRLCrap1]

You don't know what a basketcase is, goose. STFU!

[AFLcrap1]

You don't know what a basketcase is, goose. STFU!

In human terms I would say YOU

[King-Eliagh]

Yes im happy to go with beaussies suggestion too. Not too phased as its highly likely you'll welch if you lose.

But your conditions seem to be chopping and changing a lil. If Essendon were in the b league, I'd prob put em at short odds to win it. with 7 teams in the b league that'd mean 6 wins might be a bit of a shoe in to them. As you know I prefer to judge basketcase leaguers mainly on their inability to compete against teams not in the B league. So if ya wanna go on how many wins they achieve I'd prefer to say no more than 3 wins against teams in the AFL comp i.e not in the b league. Think about it but in any case this discussion belongs in the ''options for a lopsided competition thread.''

So if Essendon beat all 6 other teams in the B league, plus a few more wins when they play the b league twice, and then 2 wins against in the A league theyd have 9-11 wins. 11 wins will almost make 8th spot...... :_<>

Youre so full of crap. You can't have half an 18 team comp ranked as uncompetitive!

our bet terms could be Essendon to finish bottom 7 or with 8 wins only. Deal?

It's just part and parcel of having a massively lopsided comp im afraid xman. I mean look at brissie last year. They got smashed from pillar to post in about 80% of their games against real AFL teams, smashed from pillar to post. But they managed to knockoff most the baskettcase leaguers and the sun shone outta there a holes a few times and its like wow, they almost made the finals. It's just how it works mate. If you need any more info on how the b league works within the AFL comp just ask me mate. eels of west, the basketcase league research assistant can also prob help you out.

As for betting talk and anything else re the b case league, please, don't take things off topic, discuss appropriately in my options for a lopsided comp.


KE - Basketcase league CEO

Youre very confused. High scoring games often result in blowouts. Young teams often produce inconsistent games, resulting in blowouts.

Going on your parameters, how many b league teams play in the NRL?

Yes good question Xman. One in which I, CEO of the AFL basketcase league worked on last year. I'm pretty sure the answer is within this thread but to save you the time the answer is 1. Numero uno. Unfortunately that team is my fav nrl team, Parramatta eels.

Yes I worked it out last year, based on wins and losses and it came out that Parramatta would've been placed ahead of IIRC 5 of the basketcase leaguers in the AFL had they been in the same comp. So in other words parra would have just been in the bcase league but woulda been one of or more likely the best bleague team.

As for your high scoring games often result in blowouts I think you'll find that there is a very high statistical significance for bleague teams in the AFL to get absolutely thumped week in week out

[NRLCrap1]

I'll repeat this again. You don't know what a basketcase is, Eliagh!

[Xman]

Yes im happy to go with beaussies suggestion too. Not too phased as its highly likely you'll welch if you lose.

But your conditions seem to be chopping and changing a lil. If Essendon were in the b league, I'd prob put em at short odds to win it. with 7 teams in the b league that'd mean 6 wins might be a bit of a shoe in to them. As you know I prefer to judge basketcase leaguers mainly on their inability to compete against teams not in the B league. So if ya wanna go on how many wins they achieve I'd prefer to say no more than 3 wins against teams in the AFL comp i.e not in the b league. Think about it but in any case this discussion belongs in the ''options for a lopsided competition thread.''

So if Essendon beat all 6 other teams in the B league, plus a few more wins when they play the b league twice, and then 2 wins against in the A league theyd have 9-11 wins. 11 wins will almost make 8th spot...... :_<>

Youre so full of crap. You can't have half an 18 team comp ranked as uncompetitive!

our bet terms could be Essendon to finish bottom 7 or with 8 wins only. Deal?

It's just part and parcel of having a massively lopsided comp im afraid xman. I mean look at brissie last year. They got smashed from pillar to post in about 80% of their games against real AFL teams, smashed from pillar to post. But they managed to knockoff most the baskettcase leaguers and the sun shone outta there a holes a few times and its like wow, they almost made the finals. It's just how it works mate. If you need any more info on how the b league works within the AFL comp just ask me mate. eels of west, the basketcase league research assistant can also prob help you out.

As for betting talk and anything else re the b case league, please, don't take things off topic, discuss appropriately in my options for a lopsided comp.


KE - Basketcase league CEO

Youre very confused. High scoring games often result in blowouts. Young teams often produce inconsistent games, resulting in blowouts.

Going on your parameters, how many b league teams play in the NRL?

Yes good question Xman. One in which I, CEO of the AFL basketcase league worked on last year. I'm pretty sure the answer is within this thread but to save you the time the answer is 1. Numero uno. Unfortunately that team is my fav nrl team, Parramatta eels.

Yes I worked it out last year, based on wins and losses and it came out that Parramatta would've been placed ahead of IIRC 5 of the basketcase leaguers in the AFL had they been in the same comp. So in other words parra would have just been in the bcase league but woulda been one of or more likely the best bleague team.

As for your high scoring games often result in blowouts I think you'll find that there is a very high statistical significance for bleague teams in the AFL to get absolutely thumped week in week out

Higher scoring games are also more likely to result in the better team winning. Conversely the number of upsets is usually less than a lower scoring game. I prefer the former. Lower scoring games will more often be decided by a fluke or poor umpiring decision.

Youve crapped on about the lopsided AFL comp for ages. I totally agree its more lopsided than ever before, which is due to two issues: 2 new teams in expansion markets, and a large gap in the finances available to the rich and poor clubs.

Both these issues are high on the AFLs agenda and are a priority to resolve in coming years. The affect of the current lopsided comp has been minimal on crowds or ratings, both of which increased last year. Once the comp becomes more even the AFL will reap the benefits of these few years of pain.

[King-Eliagh]

Well said Xman my man. Jolly good. Apart from the effect. Unfortunately you use the numbers in a biased manner i.e. total crowds. GWS had a shocking avg crowd at home which drew down the avg. Melbs crowds have dropped markedly. As have brisbanes. And in terms of avg AFL crowds the gold coast are well below the mark.

Yes I agree, the shoddy and woeful financial situation as well as poorly developed expansion teams have caused this massive lopsided competition. An less measurable effect is the drop in credibility of the entire competition. As ive highlighted, quite poignantly, theres two clear definitive standards in the one comp. A basketcase league standard, and the AFL. People across the country are simply laughing at the woeful competition the melbs, GWSs, GCs, Western Bulldogs, St Kildas etc etc of the comp put in week in week out against teams other than themselves. Commentators are clearly bored to commentate games where a basketcaser is up against an AFL team. They basically drone on with lines like

"this will be a good test for Melbourne to see if they can get a few goals and challenge the swans for atleast a quarter of the match" ... before the game is even played!!

A bunch of foregone conclusions is not what you want in a competition round, every round. Across the country AFL tipping comp percentages show its a damn sight easier to tip AFL matches. As do the betting odds. People aren't interested in dead rubbers, that's just human nature.

So don't you dare suggest the affect of the lopsided comp is minimal Xman. Doing so is a disservice to the game you love.

It's potentially disastrous. The AFL need to move swiftly, merge melbs, stkilda, westernbulldogs and perhaps Essendon into one team is an option I think would be very reasonable for this horribly lopsided comp. I place Essendon in not because they are a clear cut basketcase but because they have a highly distasteful culture which is negatively impacting on the entire AFL.

[Xman]

Well said Xman my man. Jolly good. Apart from the effect. Unfortunately you use the numbers in a biased manner i.e. total crowds. GWS had a shocking avg crowd at home which drew down the avg. Melbs crowds have dropped markedly. As have brisbanes. And in terms of avg AFL crowds the gold coast are well below the mark.

Yes I agree, the shoddy and woeful financial situation as well as poorly developed expansion teams have caused this massive lopsided competition. An less measurable effect is the drop in credibility of the entire competition. As ive highlighted, quite poignantly, theres two clear definitive standards in the one comp. A basketcase league standard, and the AFL. People across the country are simply laughing at the woeful competition the melbs, GWSs, GCs, Western Bulldogs, St Kildas etc etc of the comp put in week in week out against teams other than themselves. Commentators are clearly bored to commentate games where a basketcaser is up against an AFL team. They basically drone on with lines like

"this will be a good test for Melbourne to see if they can get a few goals and challenge the swans for atleast a quarter of the match" ... before the game is even played!!

A bunch of foregone conclusions is not what you want in a competition round, every round. Across the country AFL tipping comp percentages show its a damn sight easier to tip AFL matches. As do the betting odds. People aren't interested in dead rubbers, that's just human nature.

So don't you dare suggest the affect of the lopsided comp is minimal Xman. Doing so is a disservice to the game you love.

It's potentially disastrous. The AFL need to move swiftly, merge melbs, stkilda, westernbulldogs and perhaps Essendon into one team is an option I think would be very reasonable for this horribly lopsided comp. I place Essendon in not because they are a clear cut basketcase but because they have a highly distasteful culture which is negatively impacting on the entire AFL.

The OVERALL affect has been minimal. While Melbourne struggle on the bottom Geelong flourish on top. When Melbourne rise and Geelong struggle the crowds will rise for one and fall for the other. This pattern is followed in every sport known to man I'd suggest.

Fact is the AFL have factored in a difficult period during expansion, and within 3-4 years we will see a far more even comp. financial equalisation will also benefit the comp and is already beginning this year. Things are looking up already, despite the fact crowds and ratings are increasing.

[King-Eliagh]

A very simple and totally inaccurate view posted above, written by a simpleton. The effect is massive as I highlighted in my previous post. In fact twas all over the news in 2012. Now everyones kinda used to the lopsidedness so its understandably less news worthy.

Please note that all posts on this thread, other than those posted by myself or eelfofwest, do not represent the opinions and perspectives of the basketcase league.

© Basketcase league inc.

[Xman]

A very simple and totally inaccurate view posted above, written by a simpleton. The effect is massive as I highlighted in my previous post. In fact twas all over the news in 2012. Now everyones kinda used to the lopsidedness so its understandably less news worthy.

Please note that all posts on this thread, other than those posted by myself or eelfofwest, do not represent the opinions and perspectives of the basketcase league.

© Basketcase league inc.

Your highlights are BS. Overall crowds and ratings went up last year, as did the leagues revenue. If thats a massive negative affect, I'd hate to see a good result!