I posted this in the Top 25 rankings discussion and we have been talking about running one. I just wanted some more feedback on my method of running it. We are debating on which method to use, so I wanted to see how popular this way would be. Remember this would be next season.
GLB's International Pro Tournament of Champions
The basics
-32 teams, 4 from each Pro league.
-Group stages (I'll go more into this later)
-16-team Bracket where it becomes single-elimination
How to play in it:
-You must QUALIFY for the tournament.
-Qualification will be determined in the following way:
1) Each Pro league's top 4 teams from the PREVIOUS season gets an "invite" to participate in it. The Pro Champ, the Pro runner up, and the 2 teams that lost in the conference championship. I'm going to call these teams "divisional" champions because it's easier to type. I know we don't have divisions.
2) If any of the 4 teams has gutted during the offseason or doesn't want to participate, the next most qualified team will get an invite based on something like average playoffs points differential, most points scored, or least points allowed. Something like that.
Group stages
-32 teams, 8 groups of 4. In order to make sure there are fair matchups, groups will be determined in the following way.
1) Every Pro league champion will be in a separate group. This is to ensure the best of the best don't all beat each other having some of the better teams miss the bracket rounds.
2) Every group will have 1 Pro league champion, 1 runner up, and 2 "divisional" champions. All Pro champions will be in separate groups, and the remaining 3 teams will be chosen at random. Meaning 1 out of 8 runner ups will be chosen for each group, and 2 of 16 divisional champs will be chosen. Hopefully they will be from varying regions, giving us a good variety of teams and matchups.
3) All 4 teams will play each other in 3 games. You will get 3 points for a win, 0 points for a loss. 1 Point if you somehow manage a tie. The 2 point leaders after all games within the group are played will move on to the bracket stages. Example: Pro champ goes 3-0, (9 points), runner up goes 1-2 (3 points), divisional champs go 2-1 (6 points), and 0-3 (0 points). The champions and divisional champs with 6 points would move on.
Bracket stages:
-Pretty self-explanatory. I'm not sure how the "seeding" would work at the moment.
-Single elimination
-Last team standing gets bragging rights for the year as the International Pro Champions.
Thoughts? The guys in the top 25 forum had problems with my qualifying method. They would rather wait til mid-season and rank teams themselves, then send invites. I think it's better my way because you have an objective way of selecting them based on when teams are playing at their best (the playoffs). The only thing it doesn't account for is off-season acquisitions. But hey...qualifying for a best of the best tournament should be hard in the first place, so those teams that made power moves in the offseason will have to prove themselves during the reg season and playoffs to make it the following year.
GLB's International Pro Tournament of Champions
The basics
-32 teams, 4 from each Pro league.
-Group stages (I'll go more into this later)
-16-team Bracket where it becomes single-elimination
How to play in it:
-You must QUALIFY for the tournament.
-Qualification will be determined in the following way:
1) Each Pro league's top 4 teams from the PREVIOUS season gets an "invite" to participate in it. The Pro Champ, the Pro runner up, and the 2 teams that lost in the conference championship. I'm going to call these teams "divisional" champions because it's easier to type. I know we don't have divisions.
2) If any of the 4 teams has gutted during the offseason or doesn't want to participate, the next most qualified team will get an invite based on something like average playoffs points differential, most points scored, or least points allowed. Something like that.
Group stages
-32 teams, 8 groups of 4. In order to make sure there are fair matchups, groups will be determined in the following way.
1) Every Pro league champion will be in a separate group. This is to ensure the best of the best don't all beat each other having some of the better teams miss the bracket rounds.
2) Every group will have 1 Pro league champion, 1 runner up, and 2 "divisional" champions. All Pro champions will be in separate groups, and the remaining 3 teams will be chosen at random. Meaning 1 out of 8 runner ups will be chosen for each group, and 2 of 16 divisional champs will be chosen. Hopefully they will be from varying regions, giving us a good variety of teams and matchups.
3) All 4 teams will play each other in 3 games. You will get 3 points for a win, 0 points for a loss. 1 Point if you somehow manage a tie. The 2 point leaders after all games within the group are played will move on to the bracket stages. Example: Pro champ goes 3-0, (9 points), runner up goes 1-2 (3 points), divisional champs go 2-1 (6 points), and 0-3 (0 points). The champions and divisional champs with 6 points would move on.
Bracket stages:
-Pretty self-explanatory. I'm not sure how the "seeding" would work at the moment.
-Single elimination
-Last team standing gets bragging rights for the year as the International Pro Champions.
Thoughts? The guys in the top 25 forum had problems with my qualifying method. They would rather wait til mid-season and rank teams themselves, then send invites. I think it's better my way because you have an objective way of selecting them based on when teams are playing at their best (the playoffs). The only thing it doesn't account for is off-season acquisitions. But hey...qualifying for a best of the best tournament should be hard in the first place, so those teams that made power moves in the offseason will have to prove themselves during the reg season and playoffs to make it the following year.
