Tanking Length

Post by **Jesse** » January 12th, 2025, 11:30 am

Joe wrote: January 11th, 2025, 1:48 pmvery strongly agree

Post by **Jesse** » January 12th, 2025, 11:32 am

In a league Ashes and I were in together, there was a "Contract Year" where you couldn't have 4 losing / non-playoff seasons in a row or else you'd be replaced.

If we get a wait list - looking at you LaBrony - it was always a unique aspect of the league that made things hyper competitive.

BRING THE JUiCE!

Post by **Jesse** » January 12th, 2025, 11:41 am

My half baked idea.

-if you tank for >3 years (e.g, you have missed the playoffs and finished with one of the eight worst records in the league, and owned your own draft pick during each of those 3 years), your own lottery pick will be moved to #13 post lotto for every subsequent year thereafter

(I am sure there are some issues with this but just a thought)

Post by **pacers** » January 12th, 2025, 11:45 am

Jesse wrote: January 12th, 2025, 11:32 am In a league Ashes and I were in together, there was a "Contract Year" where you couldn't have 4 losing / non-playoff seasons in a row or else you'd be replaced.

If we get a wait list - looking at you LaBrony - it was always a unique aspect of the league that made things hyper competitive.

BRING THE JUiCE!

this would be nuts. i love it

Post by **jwoo** » January 12th, 2025, 11:49 am

The easy fix here is people rebuilding with a little more initiative and being willing to take risks to improve. The new lotto odds should help in theory, but the behavior is the behavior - as a tanking team I’m in favor of whatever the league decides, think a four season rebuild window is prob fair but it’s also kind of a case by case thing

Post by **Jordo** » January 12th, 2025, 11:53 am

jwoo wrote: January 11th, 2025, 9:11 pm What about tanking girth

MOTY/Bonk

Post by **heimer** » January 12th, 2025, 12:20 pm

if a team misses the playoffs for 5 years in a row while holding own picks then next 2 first round draft pick(s) are revoked

Post by **Jesse** » January 12th, 2025, 12:45 pm

If team misses playoffs 4 years in a row, they are subject to public embarrassment voted on from the rest of the league.

(Think: loser in fantasy football)

Failure to complete punishment within a week leads to immediate dismissal

Post by **Matt** » January 12th, 2025, 1:29 pm

Def in favor of this - although i don't think the flattened lotto odds will do much to help (I actually think it'll be the opposite - worst teams less likely to get franchise-changing talent through the draft and any team in serious danger of tanking for 4 straight years is likely to be more reliant on draft talent vs. trades to improve)

Post by **ashes** » March 11th, 2025, 1:12 pm

Bumping this. We have some teams that haven't won since the dawn of time currently, implementing a change effective next season.

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