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Originally Posted by PlayfulGenius
I have still never seen any evidence of teams throwing games or losing on purpose...that's my perspective, I guess.
Other than the current system, the only other system that I see as fair is if there was a set rotation for the picks... So each team would pick 1st every 30 years.
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You do make a good point. I always make the assumption we are watching teams tank... and have never seen any solid evidence that a game has been thrown.
So, leaving purposeful tanking as a question mark this would also resolve the other explanation of poor teams finishing even more poorly: they stopped caring. I fully agree that the players themselves don't really give any care to where they are drafting, but management and coaches do. A team that would typically finish the season going through the motions for the last 20 games now fighting for a player to turn their franchise around puts a considerably different focus on the media and fan excitement. That does a lot for player motivations and game excitement. I'd love to see it.