I think they should fine teams that lose on purpose, only problem is that you don't really know if they tanked.....unless you see a dramatic drop in standings....so I think a reasonable way to do this is to award $$$ to all the playoff teams, and only give the 5-8 teams 5% of income. Or subtract 70% of their income so it'd be equal, like give to the league........then PO teams get full income, since they worked hard for it.........or give em $$$ something like this; for D5USA:
Quarterfinals; $40,000
Semifinals; $60,000
Finals; $80,000
Winner; the usual winning $$$ since they're the only team that benifit from the PO+ an extra 20k
Then increase everything in higher divisions by like, 25% or 20%................
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