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Originally Posted by Locke
I understand the need to help bad teams dial the suck down to a reasonable level, but what the draft needs is a 'poison pill' to disincentivize tanking.
Something along the lines of:
- Getting the first overall pick in Year X means that they are prohibited from drafting in the top 10 in Year Y.
It removes the incentive to constantly acquire top picks. You get the help but theres no sense in trying to tank the next season because you're not getting the payoff anyways.
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Yeah, I think the best idea I've seen mentioned so far is to have a lottery for the first 5 picks overall which all non-playoff teams participate in. The big difference is that the weighting system would not only take the standings into account, but also whether a team has had a top 5 pick in the previous 5 drafts. Using some TBD formula, a teams chance at a current year top 5 pick would be reduced by a percentage which is tied to the top 5 picks they obtained in the previous 5 drafts. Having the first overall in the previous year's draft would carry the highest chance reduction. Looking at the picks from the previous 5 drafts for the teams currently below us in the standings:
Edmonton: 1st, 1st, 1st
Colorado: 3rd, 2nd
Florida: 3rd, 3rd
Tampa: 1st, 2nd
So those 4 teams would face some sort of chance reduction to obtain a top 5 pick in the current draft. It would basically prevent Edmonton from getting a top 5 pick in the current draft, with Colorado, Tampa, and Florida a having significantly reduced chance. This is all based on the assumption that teams that have had drafted previous top 5 picks should be improving (aside from terrible management).