Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:21:19 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: sports seeding
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 05:12 AM 3/29/05 -0500, ronkean at juno.com wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:31:45 -0500 "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> writes:
>
>> And then there's the sports news "seed" thing.  I'm pretty sure it
>> really
>> is "seed", but it makes very little sense in context.  "Seat" would
>> make

>I had wondered about that myself, so I asked around until I got an
>answer.  'Seed' is the correct term, not a misuse.  'Seeding' is a
>feature of tournament procedure in which individual players are initially
>pitted against other individual players deemed to be of a similar ability
>level, to give all players a more nearly fair chance in the early rounds
>of play.

Thanks.  That makes some sense anyway.  I'm not sure I agree with the
intent, and a better term may have been possible, but I guess if you've
ever planted a lawn it makes some sense as it is.

-- Mike B.
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"Thirst for victory leads to defeat; not tiring of defeat leads to victory."
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