美國體育運動文化

sssyyy

好多既美國體育運動,都係用季後賽決定總冠軍,
佢地d賽制都係幾多場幾多勝制,
但係唔明點解足球就只係將兩回合賽果相加,而唔係好似nba果d咁,
令到季後賽的種子排名變得沒有意義,
根據此原則,你地又覺得季後賽又有什麼意義呢?

skyhookii

Well, football is a lot more tiring than, using your example, basketball is. Football games generally occur once a week per team or, at times, twice a week. If football seasons go by the postseason system, the season would have to be a lot longer and demand a lot more from the athletes. I doubt a full season with a postseason would even fit in a calendar year, so no rest would be given to the athletes. Also, football is outdoors and pitch regulation is very important. A 90-minute match would probably wear down the pitch a lot already, so if it has to accommodate for a few matches per week, the quality of the pitch would be really bad and they'd probably have to use synthetic grass.

To be honest, I'm not too sure if it's the American culture or just the sport. Even in Hong Kong, basketball tournaments are determined by a system similar to the NBA postseason. In my opinion, more matches would provide a sufficient amount of data to determine whether or not a team is worthy of winning the series rather than a 2-match system where the aggregate results determine everything.