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[2019 Super Rugby] Round 17 (7 & 8 June 2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 946568" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>Aah I think I see what your problem was. You can think this one through reasonably linearly.</p><p>These are our parameters:</p><p></p><p>1, or 3, or 5, 7,9 etc teams can have a bye on a given week, leaving an even number of teams to play against each other. At least one team has to have a buy</p><p></p><p>Each team plays 16 games.</p><p> </p><p>Let's look at the options:</p><p></p><p>If you played 16 rounds then because one team would have to have a buy each round you'd have 15 teams having played 15 games, but one team would have had to have had two buys, hence only played 14 games.</p><p></p><p>What about 17 rounds? Now that team that only played 14 games in the scenario above can play a 15th, 13 other teams can play a 16th, but one other team has to remain having played 15.</p><p></p><p>What about 18 rounds? Now the two that had previously played 15 games can get their 16th. The remaining 13 could have a bye. Or you could distribute 12 of those buys in chunks of two to previous rounds. I.e 6 of the 18 rounds have 3 teams on a bye, the other 12 rounds have one team on a bye. 6 times 3 plus 22 times one equals 30. 30 divided by 15 teams equals 2 byes per team over the 18 rounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 946568, member: 65365"] Aah I think I see what your problem was. You can think this one through reasonably linearly. These are our parameters: 1, or 3, or 5, 7,9 etc teams can have a bye on a given week, leaving an even number of teams to play against each other. At least one team has to have a buy Each team plays 16 games. Let’s look at the options: If you played 16 rounds then because one team would have to have a buy each round you’d have 15 teams having played 15 games, but one team would have had to have had two buys, hence only played 14 games. What about 17 rounds? Now that team that only played 14 games in the scenario above can play a 15th, 13 other teams can play a 16th, but one other team has to remain having played 15. What about 18 rounds? Now the two that had previously played 15 games can get their 16th. The remaining 13 could have a bye. Or you could distribute 12 of those buys in chunks of two to previous rounds. I.e 6 of the 18 rounds have 3 teams on a bye, the other 12 rounds have one team on a bye. 6 times 3 plus 22 times one equals 30. 30 divided by 15 teams equals 2 byes per team over the 18 rounds. [/QUOTE]
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