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236495.10 in reply to 236495.8
Date: 2/25/2013 9:45:13 AM
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I don't see it as really being broken. Certainly not to the point of adding a 15th week into every season just to make room for one possible game.

As it is, teams in the finals pay salaries every week of the season since they play every week.

If a team wants to risk losing out on promotion by intentionally tanking a game in order to get a third game where both teams earn half the ticket revenue, I don't see that as being that big of a deal.

For relegation series it more often is the case that one team completely outclasses the other (especially since one could be a bot) so there really may not be much, if any, risk to forcing the series to a third game. There is seems to be a good thing that having a third game means paying salaries for another week.

Last edited by Alec Burke at 2/25/2013 9:46:15 AM

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236495.11 in reply to 236495.10
Date: 2/25/2013 10:29:20 AM
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I didn't say they should add a week, but maybe just count that last game as part of the next financial week. So, if you don't have a game there then maybe you only pay half the salary next week for the Saturday game. That would be more consistent and fare. I mean I beat my previous two opponents in the playoffs by 30 and 20 points and the next one isn't much better, I don't think. So, this definitely got me thinking now if I shouldn't do it. Plus, I just realized that I can put some of my players up for sale on Thursday, that I don't plan on keeping for next season, and avoid paying a week of salary without any risk of being caught with my pants down for the last game. Maybe they would be better of running that last update on Sunday morning instead. Not sure if it's possible logistically but it would make more sense for sure.

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236495.12 in reply to 236495.11
Date: 2/25/2013 11:33:57 AM
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What about series that are legit?
Close battles that need 3 games, why punish those people?

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236495.14 in reply to 236495.12
Date: 2/25/2013 12:36:17 PM
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How would it punish them? They would still get payed. If anything it's the vast majority of others who end up getting punished in comparison by having to pay full salary the first week of the season for what amounts to 1 meaningful game. This would just level the playing field instead of basically giving a reward for taking it to 3 games whether on purpose or not.

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236495.15 in reply to 236495.12
Date: 2/25/2013 12:38:28 PM
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Very good point.

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236495.17 in reply to 236495.16
Date: 2/25/2013 1:01:19 PM
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Right, but if the game had been played on Tuesday like it should have been then I would have to keep them one more week. They will end up getting payed for 2 games, but play in 3.

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236495.18 in reply to 236495.17
Date: 2/25/2013 1:11:32 PM
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Right, but if the game had been played on Tuesday like it should have been then I would have to keep them one more week. They will end up getting payed for 2 games, but play in 3.


Think of it as a concession by the players union to have two teams occasionally get a free game from their players in exchange for getting their full paycheck for the AllStar week despite there only being one game.