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A change like this would never happen. But it is a fun thought exercise. The current system in North American sports rewards losing. Between getting better draf
by jkingsbery 5y ago
A change like this would never happen. But it is a fun thought exercise. The current system in North American sports rewards losing. Between getting better draft picks helping to improve the roster and revenue sharing agreements minimizing any financial impact of losing, it is better to be a bad team than a mediocre team. Over the past 10 years or so, the result is that there are the teams that are trying to win championships, and the teams that consist of replacement-level talent. The current rules only make sense when everyone is trying to win with similar effort every year.
- nigerian1981 5y agoSeems to be the model adopted by Manchester United too in recent times who coincidentally have American owners
- remarkEon 5y agoIt’s probably more accurate to say something like “NA sports rewards losing after a certain threshold of mediocrity”, but you make a good point. The division of talent tends toward the extremes.
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- ethbr0 5y ago> the result is that there are the teams that are trying to win championships, and the teams that consist of replacement-level talent And then there are the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets, who consistently spend hoarded top draft picks to not win championships.
- thrower123 5y agoThere's nothing worse in an American sports league than being the best team not in the playoffs. Well, maybe being a perennially mediocre team in a state with high income taxes, maybe. Or a Canadian team when the dollar is strong.