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Recently, most clubs in the highest Belgian football division have become convinced that the format of the league should be changed. Moreover, the TV station that broadcasts the league is pleading for a more attractive competition. This paper discusses the current league format, and two other formats that are presently being considered by the Royal Belgian Football Association. The attractiveness of each of the formats is measured by the number of unimportant matches: the less unimportant matches, the more attractive the competition.
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Goossens, D.R., Belien, J. (2010). Comparing League Formats with Respect to Match (Un)importance: A Case Study in Belgian Soccer. In: Fitt, A., Norbury, J., Ockendon, H., Wilson, E. (eds) Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2008. Mathematics in Industry(), vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12110-4_74
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