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So why is a game win worth 4 points?

by GeorgeM — Tue, 2008-07-29 22:45 — Last Updated: Tue, 2008-07-29 22:45

I can understand avoiding an odd number for a game win - in the event of a draw, you get into fractions and that's just messy.

But why isn't a game win 2 points, a draw 1 point each? It's not that it makes a huge difference, but it just seems a bit odd they'd go with 4 and 2+2.

Was there ever a circumstance where premiership game points would be split up a different way that might explain this?

Just curious....

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ovalball's picture

Points

Submitted by ovalball on Wed, 2008-07-30 20:54.

Well, George, your picture may be gone, but I can tell you're still smokin' somethin'.

Now that was just for fun---but I think the simple answer is that making it 4-2 increases the value of a win. 2-1 makes a win just one point more than a draw. 4-2 makes it two points.

I know there are not that many draws and in both formulas a win "doubles" a draw, but the 4-2 formula stresses the importance---and value of winning.

admincms's picture

Good question - we're going to find out!

Submitted by admincms on Tue, 2008-08-12 13:19.

George,

We've asked around and no one on the AFANA staff knows.  So, I'm going to ask the AFL!  Stay tuned.

-Rob
AFANA Chairman and Site Admin

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Re: So why is a game win worth 4 points?

Submitted by admincms on Sat, 2008-08-30 21:23.

We consulted with the AFL Media office and the AFL's official historian and the verdict is:  they don't know either!  The best they can tell us is that it is a historical artifact going back many years.  study

-Rob
AFANA Chairman and Site Admin

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And then--

Submitted by ovalball on Thu, 2008-07-31 09:48.

---of course you have soccer where a win is 3 points and a draw 1. Better yet, rugby union, where a win is four points and a draw 2, but you get a bonus point for scoring more than four tries in a match (win or lose) or even get a bonus point if you lose by seven points or less.

Then there's baseball where a game is really a half-game------

Aussie Rules is making more sense, huh?

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