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I can see where there might be cases where losing on purpose can be financially beneficial, but also many cases where it wont be. If losing one game drops you to 5th, and you had no way of winning your first playoff game. However what if you have to lose your last 3 or 4? Is it still financially sound to lose? How much gate revenue will you lose for having a bad fan survey? As the first place team I recently lost to the 4th place team on the road and the next home game my attendance dropped about 18%, that is a lot of lost revenue for just one road loss, what happens when you lose 3 on purpose? how much will those three tanked losses cost you in next season's 11 home games? It will be different for everyone of course, but its a factor that all of the 'haters' just keep skipping over, maybe because it diminishes their argument?

If you only need to tank 1 game to drop from 4th to 5th, dont you think the 5th place team might tank too just to maintain 5th? Or are you the only smart one in your series? Then you tanked, lost attendance next season, and still payed your PO salary the first week.

I invite anyone to tank their way to fifth place. The rest of my league taking note of this? Remember tanking to fifth is a GOOD IDEA.

Last edited by Hoosier at 12/23/2010 1:57:17 PM

I invite anyone to tank their way to fifth place. The rest of my league taking note of this? Remember tanking to fifth is a GOOD IDEA.

YES!
Or eighth, don't forget it!

Since people don't seem to read what I write...

Do you REALLY believe that this was the best way to fix the issue of 5th position?

No.

AH!

Excluding jokes, there are several ways to avoid that who will finish in the 5th position will earn more than the 4th position and you've half season to think about it.

Excluding jokes, there are several ways to avoid that who will finish in the 5th position will earn more than the 4th position and you've half season to think about it.

Seriously? Can you show me proof, anecdotal or other, that the 5th seed will make more than the 4th seed? Can anyone?

You do realize you responded to a post by Charles saying 'since no one reads my posts' and then go on to post in a way that makes it clear you are not reading his posts.

Pls read:

Salary roster: 579,500
Average revenue home game: 147,086

What should I add? It's clear enough?
O_o"

You do realize you responded to a post by Charles saying 'since no one reads my posts' and then go on to post in a way that makes it clear you are not reading his posts.

Well what did he say actually? All I read in this thread was a pretty nonspecific message that said 2nd place is better than 5th place (not really on topic) and the second post is just a sarcastic reply...

Any other posts on this topic might be somewhere in these forums, but with the board structure and the limited search function we have here I doubt I will find them.

I dont doubt that second place is still better than 5th, but I think there might occur many different situations that favor finishing 5th over 4th and this would be pretty irrational and no improvement over the current situation.

I can't follow the argument that this change will " help rebalance several pieces of the game" - pretty obscure imo.