Even though it's nearly guaranteed that you would still advance via bot promotion, it's not the hard coded fact that winning=promotion is. Your situation is different because you also have the best record on your side, but I know a team that finished 21-1 in USA D.V last season and didn't bot promote.
It's a tiny risk, but another 3.5 months in D.V is a pretty rough sentence if you did somehow miss out on promotion. Throwing a game to get the extra cash from the 3rd game is fine, but do it because you're confident you are going to win the series regardless, not because bot promotion has been there for other teams in the past.
Probably you would bot promote if it came to it, but why put yourself at the mercy of that?
(edit= For the record you look like a huge favorite, especially to win a game three at home, so this is probably all a moot point as far as bot promotion goes. Your teams looks like the kind that can throw a game without much risk of actually losing the series)
Last edited by J-Slo at 6/25/2010 10:06:41 PM