Football- An Infinite Game?
Football- An Infinite Game? Game Theory’s effect on football explained. Football is one of, if not the most popular sport in the world however the popularity of football has led to its fair share of misconceptions. One of them is that the immediate success of teams is pivotal to their survival and growth. This may sound true with the example of Leicester’s league triumph in 2016, which helped them build the foundations to keep them competitive to this date, however those 5000/1 odds are highly unlikely. Game theory is used to better understand rational decision making in competitive situations with there being two types of games, Finite and Infinite. Most people look at football as a finite game, which is when there are set rules and players with the objective to win. This may make sense however if we take a step back and look at football as a game there is no way for one team to ‘Win football’ as there is always a switch up whether it be who wins the league or the cups it never