How do teams get "worse" after tanking for a season or three and saving up millions?
Money is pretty worthless when the players you're looking for are not on the market (I had to invest various amounts of training in almost all of my starters to have them fit my needs -- and this takes time).
I can see how this makes sense; it's a good point.
Thing is, if you tank, and fans blindly come to your boring games for season after season, saving up loads of money as a result, you can buy a MASSIVE roster, afford their salaries and win that way.