Lost in the Brian Flores situation is the Tanking Situation that has been going on in Pro Sports for decades. I believe the MLB PA brought this up as one of the proposals for their new agreement that will never happen. I actually thought of this solution years back as a result of watching European soccer but thought that this was too much until this came up for baseball.
Instead of tanking for draft position or for more lottery balls (which is another abomination of its own), just simply have the draft order starting with the first team with the best record out of the playoffs on down to the 1-16 dregs. This will give extra incentives for those playoff chasing teams to keep playing hard after they’re eliminated to get that missing piece or two that will get them over them him and into the playoffs. It will also save those Top 5-10 talents from playing and getting killed on those 1-16 dregs by playing on a team that’s closer to the playoffs.
I know it will never happen because the NFL is a spread the wealth league. Plus Jamar Chase/Joe Burrow’s play this year doesn’t help this proposal. But with this set up, those dregs Lions, Giants, Jets, etc will be forced to do whatever it takes to improve their systems.
Like I said, this will never happen but it would prevent less tanking.
What say you?
Instead of tanking for draft position or for more lottery balls (which is another abomination of its own), just simply have the draft order starting with the first team with the best record out of the playoffs on down to the 1-16 dregs. This will give extra incentives for those playoff chasing teams to keep playing hard after they’re eliminated to get that missing piece or two that will get them over them him and into the playoffs. It will also save those Top 5-10 talents from playing and getting killed on those 1-16 dregs by playing on a team that’s closer to the playoffs.
I know it will never happen because the NFL is a spread the wealth league. Plus Jamar Chase/Joe Burrow’s play this year doesn’t help this proposal. But with this set up, those dregs Lions, Giants, Jets, etc will be forced to do whatever it takes to improve their systems.
Like I said, this will never happen but it would prevent less tanking.
What say you?