Chris - the goal of RPS was not necessarily to reduce match length - it was
to make game length, and indirectly match length _more predictable_, not
necessarily shorter (or longer, for that matter). The goal was to have most
matches fit into a 110 to 130 minute window, predictably. Reduce the
variance of game length. Some, of course, will be outside the window; that
is true regardless of system.

You probably also remember both the experimental Big Ten system (1996 IIRC -
Doug probably remembers) and also Dr. Erbe's prototype 'system' - which he
used a few times at MSU, as well as later (1999) trying to get the D-I
coaches to accept it - they did not. Erbe's system involved a clock and
win-by-1, among other things. It was interesting to say the least.

Rob



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Wolf [mailto:wolfcj@...]
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 9:33 AM
> To: bigtenvb@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [bigtenvb] Big10 stats
>
>
> > Anyway, the point of all that is RPS, when you break it down, won't
> > affect career stats much at all.
>
> I would agree that rally scoring will have the most effect on
> match kill records, less effect on season kill records, and
> least on career kill records. However, one main point of the
> switch was to reduce the lengths of the extremely long
> matches, and extremes after all are what create records.
> (Extreme talent always helps of course.)
>
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