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  2. Determining the outcome of a match (association football)

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    Most codes of football from before 1863 provided only one means of scoring (typically called the "goal", although Harrow football used the word "base"). [7] The two major exceptions (the Eton field game and Sheffield rules, which borrowed the concept from Eton) both used the "rouge" (a touchdown, somewhat similar to a try in today's rugby) as a tie-breaker.

  3. Sports rating system - Wikipedia

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    Some systems assume parity among all members of the league, such as each team being built from an equitable pool of players via a draft or free agency system as is done in many major league sports such as the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. This is certainly not the case in collegiate leagues such as Division I-A football or men's and women's basketball.

  4. Three points for a win - Wikipedia

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    The FINA Water Polo World League used the 3 points for a regulation win,1 point for tie, 0 points for a regulation loss point system in 2003 and 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for a Shootout win, 1 point for Shootout loss, 0 points for a regulation loss point system from 2004 to 2022.In 2023 FINA Water Polo World League was ended and ...

  5. Goal difference - Wikipedia

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    Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition.Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches are scored by goals (as in ice hockey and association football) or by points (as in rugby union and basketball).

  6. Games behind - Wikipedia

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    It included all teams from a league, with the exception of the division leaders, and games behind was calculated with respect to the team with the highest standing in the wild card race. In the 2012 MLB season, both leagues added a second wild card team, and a third wild card team was added for each league starting with the 2022 MLB season ...

  7. What does a 12-team playoff mean for college football? One ...

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    Just playing nationally meaningful games late in the season will be a boost to teams such as these across the country. Just getting into the playoff would be incredible.

  8. What does NFL salary cap increase really mean? Three league ...

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    From 2023 to 2024, NFL teams will have 13.61% more salary cap space, per Spotrac.com. That trails the 2022 offseason increase of 14.08% (the initial COVID-19 rebound), the 2006 increase of 19.3% ...

  9. Magic number (sports) - Wikipedia

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    In certain sports, a magic number is a number used to indicate how close a front-running team is to clinching a division title and/or a playoff spot. It represents the total of additional wins by the front-running team or additional losses (or any combination thereof) by the rival teams after which it is mathematically impossible for the rival teams to capture the title in the remaining number ...