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Suggestion to make teams "tanking" less

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219023.42 in reply to 219023.41
Date: 6/23/2012 11:25:28 AM
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Tanking doesn't work. It's not a nuisance it's only a "comedy of errors."

What I would suggest is simple. Fans want you to do what's in your power to avoid relegation and put a good product on the floor. The more cash you have in your bank account, the more fans hate losing. It's true in real life. If you support a struggling team financially you're ok with being an underdog. But if your team has amassed huge amounts of money you expect them to use it one way or another and you cannot accept a team that lets itself drown while having the means to prevent it.

Last edited by Thelonious at 6/23/2012 11:32:09 AM

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219023.44 in reply to 219023.40
Date: 6/23/2012 1:49:37 PM
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i think it is really hard to judge when it is tanking or not, but situation like yours might be punished(which is somewhat especially on a realistic standpoint), but imho the damage would be short time to and maybe we had to adjust then our tactics a bit(more GS training, less 7-8 men rosterr etc.)

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219023.46 in reply to 219023.42
Date: 6/23/2012 6:32:13 PM
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Tanking doesn't work. It's not a nuisance it's only a "comedy of errors."

What I would suggest is simple. Fans want you to do what's in your power to avoid relegation and put a good product on the floor. The more cash you have in your bank account, the more fans hate losing. It's true in real life. If you support a struggling team financially you're ok with being an underdog. But if your team has amassed huge amounts of money you expect them to use it one way or another and you cannot accept a team that lets itself drown while having the means to prevent it.

Wow, this is one of the best ideas I've heard, yet. It completely makes sense.

+1 for you.

Does anyone have arguments against it?

From: Axis123

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219023.48 in reply to 219023.47
Date: 6/23/2012 11:08:32 PM
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#2 Losing record

I don't think a losing record necessarily constitutes a tanker. I think there are a string of things that need to happen. For example, if someone loses by 20+ 3-5 games in a row, and their bank balance is over a million, fans should decrease. If someone loses by 30+ 3-5 games in a row, and their bank balance is over 2 million, fans should dramatically decrease.

Certain other things still need to change, however. A team can still go through, win all the games before home games, tv games and rival matches, lose all the rest and get good money from attendance.

Add that to the possibility of a team doing that, then buying up big just before the playoffs, and it makes things silly.

From: CrazyEye

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219023.49 in reply to 219023.47
Date: 6/24/2012 1:42:08 AM
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the problem i have there ar estill player types who are worth a lot of money, ie i sold a 32 yo dude for 2,5M before 1,5 season.

I was pretty happy with him, and maybe i am going to buy a younger version of him someday, but i am quite sure that i need to collect money for a while. That wouldn't be tanking, but having a loosing stiring or a negative record is possible. And when then the income decrease dramatically, with a quite normal team salary(maybe 100-150k less) that wouldn' be great too.

I mean sometimes you don't want to buy the first best avaible player, or maybe target for a better one(and more expensive).

Last edited by CrazyEye at 6/24/2012 1:46:30 AM

From: Axis123
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219023.51 in reply to 219023.1
Date: 6/24/2012 8:04:48 AM
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Wow.....................

Just wow.......

From the NBA:

"At the end of the day, your revenue is tied into winning, so teams have to make the decison that they are willing to compete," Bartelstein said. "Competing and giving your fans hope comes from assembling better teams with better players."


It's a really good article. Link here: (http://www.nba.com/2012/news/features/fran_blinebury/06/2...)

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