Whenever A is related to B and B is related to C, then A is also related to C.
The transitive property is a simple and useful property in mathematics whose most common form is the first sentence to this story. That’s according to the math whizzes. To us sports nerds, it takes on a slightly altered version.
Whenever Team A beats to B and Team B beats Team C, then Team A is better than Team C.
It’s math, bro! We know of course that the sports world is not the math world.