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Originally Posted by LFC_USA
I've not been paying attention. Is that what they're doing? Naming replacement teams in advance for any teams that can't play due to COVID? Assuming that's only for the first round right?
Yes and yes
However, only if a team from a multi-bid team forfeits
If a 1 bid league team forfeits (like a 16 seed) they get replaced with another team from that league (so the team playing against the forfeited team should basically never end up having to face a better opponent)
Afaik this only applies to forfeits that happen within 48 hours of the announcement of the bracket.
If a team forfeits on Weds or Thurs, then it's just a bye
Which is dicey, bc unless literally everybody on your entire team has covid, you're going to hang on as long until the last possible second to try and play