This discussion has been put up many many times.
5th place: certain of staying in the league, but less training, less revenue.
6th place: more revenue, more training...
Wrong comparison! You should compare 6-7 teams with the 8th and the 1-4 teams with the 5th. Now the things don't look fair, aren't they? The 8th not only is relegated but his team will become weaker and with less money. And the 5th not only lost chance for promoting but now will have to suffer. Not the 6th, the 7th place is better than the 5th!
why is comparing a 5th and 6th place wrong? one can compare any of the places and try to decide what he favors.
to cwiki:
Not all managers have the same goal, and every manager will do his best to reach his goal. So there can be no unfairness. There can be talk of being unlucky because the other managers have goals they try to reach which are not fitting for the goal you have for your team, but
unfortunate is not
unfair.
I can imagine some managers that favor a 6th place and manage to get there, but are unlucky enough to get their best 2 players injured for 2 or 3 weeks, with no decent back-ups. Due to this they relegate, where they normally counted on winning the degradations games. BANG! I'm sure they will not try to get into 6th place again when they can reach 5th afterwards, because it might take many seasons to promote again...
Ofcourse this is diffrent for lowest division teams, but then again, managers will strive to get out of lowest division asap, so it will only count for a very small time in your careers...
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