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Originally Posted by iadom
Not if they score them, the simple fact that with the normal system the team going first wins just over 60% of the time and with the ABBA system it is 50/50 suggests it is a much fairer system for both teams. 
And with the usual system the team going second is always playing catch up, with this system that dynamic changes every two penalties after the first one. |
When you consider it getting to the sudden death the advantage becomes clearer:
AB 1
BA 2
AB 3
BA 4
AB 5
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SUDDEN DEATH
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Them A goes first, pressure on B.
Team B then goes again, pressure on A.
Then team A goes first, pressure on B. and so on....
Under the old system the person stepping up for team B (if team A had scored) would always know a miss would be instant defeat.