How to Win by Losing
How to Win by Losing
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Baltimore, Md: Operations Research Society of America
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Baltimore, Md: Operations Research Society of America
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Can it ever be advantageous for a football team intentionally to lose or tie a game that it could otherwise win? This paper cites real-life examples from the 1971 NFL season when such situations apparently arose. These stem from the league rule admitting a second-place team ('wild card') to the playoffs in each conference. Even without such a rule,...
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How to Win by Losing
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1303077940
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1303077940
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0030-364X
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1526-5463
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10.1287/opre.21.2.639
