I agree. But we are still open for ideas. Removing the enthusiasm options for the finals is one of them, even though I'm not sure who would profit more from this, the HCA holder or the opponent.
Why is this even a concern? In games that are played on Xbox where you can zip through a season in days to a week, or immediately start over and progress after a bad season, these kinds of proposed options are not as impactful, but in a game like this that is played in real time, I believe that working hard all season (4 real months of life) to earn 1st seed only to see your season go down the tubes and not be rewarded with HCA would be especially frustrating.
Plus, if you remove HCA from the finals, you are likely to see more teams load up at the end of the season believing they have a better chance to win a Finals series on a Neutral court....whereas loading up at the end the way things are now, is very risky because even if you have a better team than the 1st seed, you are likely to lose that 3rd game on the road.
I hope we keep HCA and the benefits associated with it, and never consider changing them.