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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I have yet to hear a compelling argument for dropping the current point system. The more teams in the fight the better for the league, so how does having the race over in January help anyone??
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The race needs to be over in January for the benefit of the team themselves. The league needs to have really good teams and really bad teams which cycle over 5 year periods, unless they mismanage. Today we reach the trade deadline and almost all teams can't figure out where they are.
So in the regular season all the games are blah as teams shut it down to try and tie 1-1 and get at least 1 point. Why does anyone watch hockey in October when all teams are going to be bunched up in February anyways?
NFL, MLB, NBA. The standings matter from day 1.