Poll LDS: 5 or 7 games?

[ELTEXAN]

Should the LDS be 7 games? Or is a five-game series enough to fairly advance a winner?

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

5-7-7 works for me. There’s money to be made, so I’m sure it will eventually be a best of 7.

Not a fan of the WCG

 

[Hitman Hart]

NBA Playoffs got worse when the first round was extended to a best of 7

 

[ELTEXAN]

NBA Playoffs got worse when the first round was extended to a best of 7

Good data point. My retort would be that way too many teams get into the nba playoffs compared to baseball. And that there is much more parity in the mlb than the nba.

 

[Hitman Hart]

Good data point. My retort would be that way too many teams get into the nba playoffs compared to baseball. And that there is much more parity in the mlb than the nba.

tbh, i wasn't referencing any data. Just my perspective from my personal enjoyment. The NBA has comically low parity + i think expanding their playoff format hurt the possibility of upsets.