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Thanks for the replies, guys!

Wakes, I wasn't aware of the effect of regular season record on the next season's ticket revenues (I've been promoted/relegated every season I've played so far). That does ameliorate the situation somewhat, but I still think (as apparently you do as well) that there should be SOME kind of boost for making the playoffs or getting a higher seed in the playoffs.

Re: the discussion about the NBA---I'm talking about BB, not RL. What happens in the NBA definitely cannot be assumed to translate to this game. Interesting discussion, but not quite on point for the issue I was asking about.

As far as "It would be nearly impossible to catch up to the best teams," wouldn't the fact that the higher teams get promoted take care of that? I mean, the best teams won't even be in your league any more! You could also reduce the payout in the very highest leagues where champions stay put.

Aye- it's the top part of fan survey. A few seasons back, I finished 12-10 and got to the finals, losing in 3 games, and still only had 2.5 balls on that category for the season. It's been much different the past few years despite the same final result. It seems a good record matters the most for that category. I'd imagine eventually there will be some form of boost for making the playoffs, but the glitch they've fixed for now is to mitigate some of the advantage offered for coming in 5th place, which while it sucks for a good team (losing ticket revenue) it ultimately is a good idea. Something just needs to change, like you said, where maybe the ticket revenue is multiplied, as real life playoff tickets are higher than regular season.