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106780.30 in reply to 106780.21
Date: 8/29/2009 2:52:36 PM
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Why not use post-cup scrimmage time to address another problem - the issue of of 5th place being stuck on an island?

Expanding a conference to, say, 2 divisions of 5 teams each would only generate a few extra fixtures - few enough that they could be played after the cup final on what's now Scrimmage Day. And with the top two in each division going to playoffs, the bottom side auto-relegated, there'd be no more tanking for match cash. Before the cup had finished, cup-eliminated teams could play scrimmages as normal.

Last edited by gpallis2 at 8/29/2009 2:56:34 PM

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106780.31 in reply to 106780.30
Date: 8/29/2009 3:31:59 PM
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That would seem to deal with three issues: undervalued scrimmages, tanking, and new divisions often seeming like unclimbable mountains, all the while making BB more "NBA-like", which I imagine most players would welcome. It would also give extra heat to rivalry games, since now they'd be even more important.

What would be the objections to such a scheme?

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106780.32 in reply to 106780.2
Date: 8/29/2009 4:02:04 PM
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How about creating a pool for scrimmage? We would only need to put our team in this pool and we would automatically have arranged scrimmage.

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106780.33 in reply to 106780.32
Date: 8/29/2009 5:05:09 PM
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i find it sorta funny this thread is running during the nfl preseason. talk about worthless games -- unless you are the owners and tv networks. realism for us would be getting revenues for the scrimmages (none going to the players -- they have signed for the whole week, right?), factoring in the tv element. injuries would still count. my scrimmages don't draw flies (as in the nfl, fans realize the games have no meaniing), so the revenue numbers would be pretty small.

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106780.34 in reply to 106780.26
Date: 8/29/2009 5:22:09 PM
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The experimenting with tactics argument is absolute nonsense. IF your players are good enough or important enough to you they wouldve already had their minutes by the time your scrimmage comes about.


Nope. People are allowed to take different ways than you. Try to realize that.

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106780.35 in reply to 106780.11
Date: 8/29/2009 5:23:36 PM
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Fot the record: scrimmages need to be uncompetitive. Otherwise it would dramatically cahnge the game (for some team, only a bit for others).

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106780.36 in reply to 106780.21
Date: 8/31/2009 3:12:43 PM
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thank you both

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106780.37 in reply to 106780.32
Date: 9/1/2009 9:30:50 AM
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Creating a scrimmage pool would take away from rewarding the coaches who put in a little bit of extra time to help there team improve. The concept of rewarding the coaches who check in on there teams several times a week, watch the games, etc. needs to be acknowledged and rewarded. Allowing for a scrimmage pool lets someone setup a team, log on when they need to in order to stay active, and develop a good team over 2-3 seasons without really doing anything to earn it.

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106780.38 in reply to 106780.37
Date: 9/1/2009 10:17:38 AM
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Not really.

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106780.39 in reply to 106780.37
Date: 9/1/2009 3:29:24 PM
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yes, really that high possibility.

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