Question about tournaments Olympics and elsewhere.

[Wolf Frankula]

Almost always we are hearing of a Round Robin. Why do we never hear of a Round Batman, or a Round Pigeon?

[MacKasey]

1. It comes from the French

round robin is a system where every participant, team, or item in a group takes a turn, faces every other participant, or is processed in a set, rotating order. Common in sports tournaments, it ensures everyone plays everyone else, while in business or computing, it is used for fair scheduling, task distribution, or brainstorming to provide equal opportunity and efficiency.

Origin:
The term is derived from the 17th-century French term ruban (ribbon), which was corrupted over time to "robin". It originally referred to petitions where signatures were arranged in a circle to hide the order of signers, protecting sailors or others from retribution.

[3catwoman3]

3. DU is so educational.

Merci!

[a kennedy]

2. Ok, I laughed at this......

and I did see my first Robin TODAY!!!! Feb 17th, is that a record or something??? Ok ok, I just Duckduckgo’d it and some Robins stay around here, SouthEast MN, ALL year round!!!