I haven't read all this but here is what i think.
There are 2 Different types of tanking,
1) Tanking for draft picks
2) Tanking for Money.
To fix any tanking problem you need to take away the reward for doing it.
1) Tanking for draft picks.
The objective here is to finish as low as you can so you get the first pick in the draft, So all we have to do is not give the lowest team first pick, So i suggest making the picks random for the lowest 6 teams. Finishing last will not automatically give you the first pick, and the bottom/weaker teams still get the 6 best picks in the draft.
2) Tanking for Money.
Problems are,
1)buying up big before the playoffs.
2)sending in 3 players or forfeiting and getting money for it.
3)Training has become useless at the moment because of the TL.
1)buying up big before the playoffs
To fix this we need to change the ineligible for the playoff rule. It need something like you are only aloud to buy 1 player in the 3 weeks before the playoffs and all other players MUST have played at least 6 league/cup games for your team or they are ineligible for the playoff.
2)Sending in 3 players or forfeiting and getting money for it.
Easy fix, increase minimum player number to 5 for starting a game, Increase the Player Salaries Floor, and if a game is forfeited there is no income that week, if there was no game then there should be no income from attendance, no Merchandise sold and TV money. TV stations are not going to pay for a game that never happened. (This is only for the forfeiting team not the opponent) (And if you forfeit an away game you loose you income for your next home game)
3)Training has become useless at the moment because of the TL.
We need to increase the Merchandise for players on your team that you have trained by yourself and decrease the Merchandise income for players you buy of the TL. Training need to become important again NOW because in about 6+ season we are going to have a player shortage on the TL and then the TL prices will go through the roof and screw the TL again. The TL needs balance where the prices stay the same, not going from 1 season where the prices are high then crashes the next season and then becomes unpredictable the next season.
Focusing on your solution to #2
In Baseball, since I am former pro, I reference it a lot, In baseball... if there is a Rain Delay, or postponement... OTHER games or even a different program ENTIRELY is televised.
So maybe something like, if your game is a WO game... EVERY other team in the league, then splits what would have been your TV money. *edit* unless another team did this, they then are not eligible, and again the split happens.
Also, attendance is refunded to the people to see double header in future kinda thing. Attendence money should be refunded, and since theres no re-scheduling of game, owner eats the costs of refund because of it. Merchandise they can keep.
Last edited by LBJisaCancer at 6/21/2012 2:23:54 AM