Percentage: Out of the mouth of babes

[spell_check]

So SANFL 1 AFL 0.

[cd]

As posted earlier - with some wishful thinking on my part

They measure different aspects.

SANFL it is the percentage of the game that you scored.
That is if Eagles score 60pts and Roosters score 40pts (sorry Wedgie)
Then Eagles have 60% of game score (60 out of 100) North have 40%

In AFL it is the percentage of your score against your opponents
Using the above it would be:
Eagles 150% (60 out of 40) North 66.7% (40 out of 60)

At the end of the year in SANFL your % is how much you've scored out of the total scored in all your games. To be ahead really need % over 50%

In AFL 100% or more means you are ahead of what is scored against you.

I prefer SANFL measure - believe it to be more accurate as to how you are performing.
It is mathematically better, as in example above in the SANFL the total score of both Eagles & North is 100% - in AFL version the match had a total of 216.7%.

[Barto]

At the end of the year in SANFL your % is how much you've scored out of the total scored in all your games.

That's exactly how The Record described it.

[doggies4eva]

Maybe because its because in the AFL you have to give 110%!!! What a bullshit clique

Can't explain why they would want 4 points for a game - the number needs to be even as a draw must be half so the logical number would be 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

But then when has logic ever come into it

[Wedgie]

They don't know why we went with 2 points and the VFL etc decided on 4 however.

The VFL/AFL's 4 point system is even more bizarre than their percentage.

2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss is the only system that makes sense.

4 points would only make sense if 3 points were awarded for something.

Weird, weird, weird, would make no less sense to have 52 points for a win.

That is if Eagles score 60pts and Roosters score 40pts (sorry Wedgie).

That's a big if looking at this year's form CD!