in real life that may look realistic, but then tell me... shouldn't the PO teams get extra TV cash for the broadcasts? In BB they don't. ;)
So far for realism, all I wanted to say is it is a pain in the game, and it mostly has a negative effect.
The only upside I can see is when a team lost his last regular TV game. And then still the effect wouldn't last that long unless you can win the championship (and in that case I think most teams will not have lost their regular TV games anyway.

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Hope you get the point. I'm not saying it needs to be changed, I just try to point out the pain-in-the-b*t-level.

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