Fair FA draw?

[pcmacdaniel]

And how is it fair?

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No manipulation here.

It's a subgrouping overflow.

The number of associations that have both 4 members and a 9* average is not divisible by 4.

So those associations that are not subgrouped against all high 8*/9* competition, must compete in a tournament with other associations that are the overflow of there subgroups.

Another example is, lets say there are 4002 platinum associations. 4002/4 = 1000.5. This means that there are 2 platinum associations that won't be able to participate in a tournament with 3 other platinum associations. But those associations must have an opponent, so who do they play?

This is one reason why we get bizarre matchups such as "9* assoc vs. 7* assoc", "Gold 1 vs. Platinum", "7* vs. 5* assoc", etc.

Somebody will get a raw deal every weekend because of this problem. Best defense is to play with 6 members and with a lower average quality to expand upon the size of the subgroup you are in.