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Debate - World footy rankings 2008 - other countries to consider

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Friday, March 12 2010 @ 12:58 am ACDT

Some of my other concerns have also been allayed. Such as:

1. Including too much history - no, that is okay, as it sets the rankings but they then adjust as new data arrives, steadily washing out old results.

2. Points exchanged the same for a top team defeating a lower team as vice versa - no, a top team gains less points than the lower team would for a win. The top team on the other can lose whatever the lower team can gain.

3. Initial teams ranked too high - no, although they get 40 points, they are provisional only, used in the number crunching, but not displayed/ranked until a certain number of games to qualify.

4. Teams rewarded for playing often - no, they risk losing just as much as they can gain, unless they systematically keep playing lower sides over and over to very slowly increase their total.

So overall, looks like a pretty reasonable system. Let's keep discussing offline how we might test it and trial it.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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