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216864.330 in reply to 216864.329
Date: 8/6/2012 1:33:18 AM
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I agree that the battle for relegation is going to be a beauty but I choose not to get sucked into the battle for the bottom. For me it's all about playoffs and teams striving for glory.

It seems a bit funny to me that people get more excited about who avoids relegation, rather than who gets promoted. The ABBL is the classic case of this, as those teams are all about the trampoline effect. Doing enough to save as much as possible without relegating so they can consolidate a spot up top for a season or two.

Very unlucky for Windies to have such a good record and then come up against Lordy, who had it easy and was able to save enough to buy in some relegation savers. Gonna be some good match ups, might even have to pull up too sore for footy training tomorrow night! lol

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216864.331 in reply to 216864.330
Date: 8/6/2012 2:46:13 AM
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Sorry to be butting into your forums but I will explain the ABBL phenonom. It doesn't affect everyone as obviously last season Koop spent a fortune gunning for gold but when you win division II what do you get?

$1,000,000 cash bonus.
$2-300,000 extra a week for the entire season ofset by having to spend $1-200,000 more a week to compete.
Shiny trophy.
Great fan survey the following season.

When you win the ABBL you only get the bottom two. Therefore teams are willing to go in hard to try and win a division II or III because the cash rewards will well make up for it. I ended last season in debt before promoting and hopelessly addicted was famously on his last benkruptcy warning when he won but the extra money fixes all of that. When you win the ABBL there is no extra money, just a debt you need to somehow fix. This is why lots of the "old timers" don't believe in risking too much to win.

Good news is on the horizon however. We have II.3s own Aussie Pride and Chelsea Seagulls being 2nd in the Big 8 and Great 8 this season as well as CROCKERS and I don't think any of us are known for being too conservative. I suspect that within a couple of seasons all of us will have had a serious crack at it.

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216864.332 in reply to 216864.331
Date: 8/6/2012 5:14:45 AM
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Valid points there Yoda, which raises the question of why isn't there a cash reward for the ABBL winner? If that is all it would take to drive more teams to go hard at a title, then throw in the cash I say. It's always a risk because only one team can win and if three teams from each conference give it a fair crack, then it would be a more lively comp.

I just think it's funny that the majority of the talk in the ABBL is not who's gonna win the title but who's gonna avoid relegation. Something just doesn't seem right about that and I'm not necessarily blaming the contestants. You can't deny it doesn't quite add up and even a little bit like Olympic badminton players...

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216864.333 in reply to 216864.332
Date: 8/6/2012 6:58:18 AM
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Winner gets B3 invite, which, has a small cash incentive for wins. ($20k or smoething isnt it?)
still... better than a poke in the eye with a blunt rocket surgery.

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216864.334 in reply to 216864.333
Date: 8/6/2012 10:04:59 AM
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Well best of luck to all playing games Tuesday night!

From: lordy
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216864.335 in reply to 216864.1
Date: 8/7/2012 4:12:45 AM
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Damn, nearly had him.

From: akuma

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216864.336 in reply to 216864.335
Date: 8/7/2012 4:29:42 AM
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its a nail biter, thats for sure!

From: Violator

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216864.337 in reply to 216864.336
Date: 8/7/2012 4:46:44 AM
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Never mind your games, mine IS a nail biter!!! I can't even watch the 2nd half as I have to head to footy training... Dagnabbit!!!!

From: lordy
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216864.338 in reply to 216864.2
Date: 8/7/2012 5:41:33 AM
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On another note, very impressed with windies' ratings. Don't think my lineup can stop that unfortunately.

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216864.339 in reply to 216864.338
Date: 8/7/2012 6:01:15 AM
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i think its unfair on the guys you put in your lineup, to refer to them as, 'a lineup'


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216864.340 in reply to 216864.339
Date: 8/7/2012 7:56:08 AM
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Looks like I will be with you fellas again next season

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