Correct Roy the lottery lends integrity to the overall scheme of the league
NFL needs a draft lottery
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Right, and the effect of teams tanking in a league where teams play 82 games per year is a lot greater than a 16 game season. That infamous 1984 NBA season which lead to the NBA employing the lottery that very next draft had teams basically tanking 40+ games. The funny thing about the 1984 NBA draft is teams weren't tanking for Jordan but were tanking for Olajuwon. The Bulls lost the tanking race but still ended up with the best player, even though Olajuwon turned out to be the hall of fame player every one wanted.
roy_miami
2020 cant get here soon enough
I think its a lot easier to tank a 16 game season vs an 80 game season, especially when you're effectively out of playoff contention after an 0-3 or 1-4 start. One of the things that keep teams honest is the threat of not selling tickets to games, in the NFL you might only have 5 or 6 home games left to worry about when deciding to tank vs 20 or 30 in the NHL.
How well do you think it would work if a draft lottery were already in place and we finish 4-12 this season only to have the Patriots or Jets wind end up with the number one pick? Draft by record is the only chance for teams who aren't very good to get better.
roy_miami
2020 cant get here soon enough
I would just have the bottom 3-5 teams involved in the lottery. Maybe weighted, maybe not. Playoff teams would definitely not be in the lottery.
Luck will bring up lottery issue - I don't know why a futile franchise get.to determine their fate they should not be given tthe luxury they suck so too bad you go into a lottery - the lottery balls are then weighted accordingly and LUCK determines how far up and down you pick if you don't suck so bad you just pick at where your season landed you in the draft order - anyways picks can still be traded and all that
yeah its not like the NFL didnt do everything the could to cover up spygate. didnt goodell burn the tapes or something to that effect? cleary there was something to hide. if the man is willing to take steps of this nature there is nothing he ISNT willing to do "in the name of the game" plus he had an existing relationship with kraft when he took control.
i wouldnt put anything past the guy, including selected big market teams getting picks of that nature. its a bad idea. and u might be able to tank games in basketball. its quite a bit harder to do in football
You want a draft lottery to prevent tanking?
Because that stopped Cleveland from unloading all of their decent players the year that Lebron James was coming out, right?
Teams will still tank, there will just be a chance that they won't be successful. That's not going to dissuade a terrible team.
As far as the conspiracies go. The New York team wins the first lottery? Lebron James, Cleveland native, winds up in Cleveland? Derrick Rose, Chicago native, winds up in Chicago (who had a 1% chance of winning the lottery)? The year after losing Lebron, Cleveland gets the #1 overall pick again? The Wizards get the #1 pick a few weeks after their founding owner dies? Come on. Especially these last few years, it's starting to get a little ridiculous.
Because that stopped Cleveland from unloading all of their decent players the year that Lebron James was coming out, right?
Teams will still tank, there will just be a chance that they won't be successful. That's not going to dissuade a terrible team.
As far as the conspiracies go. The New York team wins the first lottery? Lebron James, Cleveland native, winds up in Cleveland? Derrick Rose, Chicago native, winds up in Chicago (who had a 1% chance of winning the lottery)? The year after losing Lebron, Cleveland gets the #1 overall pick again? The Wizards get the #1 pick a few weeks after their founding owner dies? Come on. Especially these last few years, it's starting to get a little ridiculous.
There's was no lottery after Elway. There was no lottery after Manning. There will be no lottery after Luck.
. 1. Why reward crappy teams subject them to a lottery for being bad 2. You don't understand the lottery so read up on it ....
FinsKickArse
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My fantasy league doesn't use a lottery, why would the NFL? :m359:
Sorry. I must have missed the hypothetical NFL draft lottery handbook that came with your post.
No it doesn't. For years the Western Conference teams were winning the lottery creating a imbalance between the two conferences. The notion of a 53 man team tanking games for draft position is ridiculous. These guys are proffessional athletes and coaches who have spent their lives competing.
roy_miami
2020 cant get here soon enough
We saw Monday night on national television what these "professionals" are capable of. Its obvious from watching all the players interviews that they are coached or instructed on when to fake an injury. The "professionals' all seam to think its pretty funny actually.
They said this year that Manning has been worth something like $400 million to the Colts franchise. I wonder what Jake Long has been worth for Miami?
Tanking for a player worth potentially 100s of millions is going to happen, there is no question about it. The only question is do you want to be proactive and nip it in the bud now or reactive and fix it after its already done serious damage.
Have a little imagination and think about what it'll be like around here if the Dolphins end up being the team that gets screwed out of the next Marino because of some scandal.
The size of the roster doesn't matter at all, its not like all 53 guys are of the same skill level. All you have to do is replace a few of your top play makers with the bottom feeders of the roster. Like by putting Nolan Carrol on Andre Johnson for example.