Quote Originally Posted by LawMan View Post
The equally important advantage of a bye is it equals a win! You have no risk of not making the 2nd round and that's certainly a strong argument in favour of rewarding the top-2 seeds who dominate 20+ weeks of the regular season.
This. Especially in a H2H, where things can fluctuate so wildly on a week to week basis, getting a bye for dominating the regular season is tremendously valuable.