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Topic	Sports Discussion Topic #172: Gentlemen, start your bandwagons! (NBA/NHL ed.)
STLCards1991 02/27/18 12:11:57 PM #28:	I think the lottery is ultimately better than what MLB and NFL do without it though because having no lottery blatantly encourages tanking. And I realize teams definitely still tank even with a lottery system around but guaranteeing a huge reward to the worst team is a bad system. The only thing that makes sense as far as putting things on a level playing field is to just make every amateur a free agent but that will never happen because there's no way any sport will ever pay an 18 year old phenom what he's worth. <cite>STLCards1991 posted [p:896863871] in Sports Dis... [t:76361234]...</cite> <quote>I think the lottery is ultimately better than what MLB and NFL do without it though because having no lottery blatantly encourages tanking. And I realize teams definitely still tank even with a lottery system around but guaranteeing a huge reward to the worst team is a bad system. The only thing that makes sense as far as putting things on a level playing field is to just make every amateur a free agent but that will never happen because there's no way any sport will ever pay an 18 year old phenom what he's worth.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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