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Will there exist a "circle of parity" in the 2023 NFL Regular Season (Equivalent to no undefeated or winless teams)?
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Definition: if for any two teams (A, B) in the NFL, there exists a sequence of teams t_1 to t_k such that A beat t_1 beat t_2 .... beat t_k beat B.

Examples:

Current Status as of week 5:

  • Eagles and 49ers undefeated

  • Panthers winless

  • Vikings only beat Panthers

  • Exists a circle of parity for other 28 teams

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New market title "Will the Panthers win a game this season?"

Note that these 2 propositions are not actually equivalent - suppose you have 2 bad teams that each beat each other once (they are in the same division), but lose to everyone else. Then they would not be winless but they would not participate in a circle of parity....

predictedYES

@MattLashofSullivan I believe it was true for the 2023 season at the time of publishing the question.

In other words, as of week 5, there was no such scenario since the Eagles and 49ers aren't in the same division and the Panthers were the only winless team

predictedNO

@ChinmayTheMathGuy yeah I'm just saying "there exists a circle of parity" and "there exist no undefeated or winless teams" are not logically equivalent claims, which the title to this market claims they are.

predictedYES

@ChinmayTheMathGuy The part I'm unsure (but still mostly confident) about is if the definition I provided implies the existence of a circle of parity with each of the 32 teams included exactly once. Obviously the converse is true.

predictedYES

@MattLashofSullivan the title includes "in the 2023 NFL Regular Season" so it's a valid claim.