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Originally Posted by Jay Random
No. The goalposts are exactly where they always were. You just want to be playing your game in a different place.
If the North Division were really worse than the others, you would expect that to show either (a) in lower than average winning percentages by the North Division teams when they had to play against other opponents, or (b) in a significant increase in their winning percentages when they no longer had to play other opponents, or both. Neither (a) nor (b) is true. I therefore conclude that there is no evidence that the North was worse than the other divisions.
If anyone has moved the goalposts, it is you. You started by saying the division as a whole was worse, and then shifted your ground to claim that it should be judged solely by the records of the top four teams.
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No, you're wrong here.
The average winning percentage, league wide, is about .540 (due to 3 point games). When teams play only within their own division, their average winning percentage will be about .540 (because they are always playing each other, and there is always a winner and a loser).
If you put the 8 best teams in the league in a division, and they only played each other, they would end up with an average winning percentage of about .540. If you put the 8 worst teams in the league and they only played each other, they would also have an average winning percentage of about .540.
Suggesting the division was not weak, based on the winning percentage, is just flat out wrong - the percentage proves neither good nor bad, it only proves what we already know, that, with 3 point games, the average winning percentage league-wide (or division-wide in a closed schedule) continues to be about .540