MLB Teams all play 162 games.
At any point in an MLB season, when Team A has the most wins in the division, 1 more than Team B, and the same number of losses as Team B, we don’t say “Team B is in the top spot in the division.” Instead, we say “Team B is a 1/2 game out of 1st place” or “Team B is in 2nd place, a 1/2 game behind Team A.” Right?
Why would we phrase it any differently for SoCon Football?
To not be a “stretch,” the Tweet would need to have said something along the lines of “Furman battles ETSU for, potentially, a share of the top spot in the Southern Conference”
Don’t get me wrong - said I loved it - FUBeAR majors in “PARTIALLY TRUE, POSSIBLY MISLEADING.” It’s his daily stock-in-trade.
At any point in an MLB season, when Team A has the most wins in the division, 1 more than Team B, and the same number of losses as Team B, we don’t say “Team B is in the top spot in the division.” Instead, we say “Team B is a 1/2 game out of 1st place” or “Team B is in 2nd place, a 1/2 game behind Team A.” Right?
Why would we phrase it any differently for SoCon Football?
To not be a “stretch,” the Tweet would need to have said something along the lines of “Furman battles ETSU for, potentially, a share of the top spot in the Southern Conference”
Don’t get me wrong - said I loved it - FUBeAR majors in “PARTIALLY TRUE, POSSIBLY MISLEADING.” It’s his daily stock-in-trade.
NCAA MANUAL
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model