Tanking has to be contained. I think if a team's salary is significantly less than the average of their league then there should be some kind of consequence for all this losing. One example is Wake Forest (22795). They are 0-22 in USA NBBA(1st division) Yet somehow their lowest attendance rate in the last 10 games is about 63%. I remember going on a 3 game losing streak and then winning the next two games and my attendance was at 67%. I understand that he is in the top division and I'm in the fourth division but that is still ridiculous. His highest salary is a 3k scrub. His tanking makes him an abnormally large amount of money. He probably is one of the richer/richest players in the game. That is unfair. Teams like this should get severe drops in their fan survey and attendence. If you drop his attendence to 25% then tanking isn't as "worth it" as it is before.
Either do that or make a "double demotion" for teams in the first division(and maybe 2nd) that are CLEARLY taking, ie. selling/cutting best players and having abnormally low salaries. Tanking in D.V,D.IV or even D.III isn't that big of a problem because that won't have a huge impact. But tanking in D.I in many major countries is a huge problem that needs to be corrected.
I think WFU is quitting, not tanking (he hasn't logged in since the 28th of March), but that's beside the point.
Here's two perfect examples of what's wrong with the attendance formula in relation to tanking:
Match #1 (29542562)In this game, #8 Wake Forest (0-20), who have lost every game of the season up to this point by an average margin of 80.7 points per game, host #7 King Drive Ballers (1-19), who have lost every game not against Wake Forest this season, and whose average margin of loss is 60.4 ppg (with the win heaped in there for good measure). What was the attendance?
19,936.
Match #2 (32667165)In the semifinals of the playoffs in the top league in the country, Big 8 #1 seed Chicago Bulls (21-2), fresh off a QF win and riding a 15-game winning streak since their Cup loss, host Big 8 #2 seed Manhattan Beach Metal Detectors (15-8), who have won two straight, most recently a QF victory over the USA Cup winner, Silverbacks. What was the attendance?
19,910.