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Which league format does /sp/ prefer: A promotion/relegation format where the best teams in a lower division move up, and the worst from the above move down. Or a single league structure where the teams all remain the same. Also do you think the team who finishes top of the league should be the winners or that their should be some form of play-off system to work out the best?
>> Anonymous
not a sport
>> Anonymous
>>257583

Single league works better because it keeps talent and money within a single structure. Bad teams can always improve with draft rules to help them, and trades.
>> Anonymous
is this some sort of trap?
>> Anonymous
Play-offs are more exciting, but making the team with the best record the champion is more fair, ONLY IF all teams have equally balanced schedules.
>> Anonymous
while we're at it, why don't we argue about the BCS shall we?
>> Anonymous
>>257589
I'm of the opposite opinion. Drafts, and single leagues just make shit teams tank after the half way point of the season. Relegation gives teams something to battle for and makes for a more interesting league throughout the ranks.

Also league toppers should be champions, but cup competitions are so much more interesting.
>> Anonymous
I think it's very clear and obvious where the answers in this thread are going.
>> Anonymous
>>257656

Shitty teams in a given season will be shitty, promotion/relegation doesn't fix that.

At least a single league keeps the money and athletes together, which is better for advertising, licensing, contracts, and broadcasting. If you partition the talent, you also lose depth.
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>> Anonymous
>>257666
Giving a team a first draft pick for finishing last is rewarding failure.

A promotion system also gives more player an opportunity to play in the big league.. What's wrong with that?
>> Anonymous
>>257681

Rewarding failure? It encourages more balance in the league.
>> Anonymous
>>257695

Are you fucking serious? No, because being the worst team in the league will fuck you over with sponsors and fans.
>> Anonymous
>>257681
lol wtf are you talking about. If that encourages failure in your opinion then the bottom 3 teams dropping a division must make them feel like suicidal pieces of shit.
>> Anonymous
>>257699
Being relegated will do that worse! Finishing last in a single structure you get the better draft picks which will bread optimism within fans and put them at a better advantage the next season where they can gain from improved sponsorship.

Have you seriously not watch a poorish team towards the end of a season and thought "fuck they must be tanking this" or do you just think everyone will fight to the bitter end for nothing gained?
>> Anonymous
>>257716
It does feel bad. Because finishing low should be feeling like shit. Not. Hey, at least we get the first draft lol. Good job we threw those last 3 games.
>> Anonymous
>>257723

...You clearly miss the point.

Nothing is more devastating to a professional team than losing its fanbase and sponsors. Intentionally tanking a season will kill a franchise.
>> Anonymous
>>257731
>Intentionally tanking a season will kill a franchise.

Fucking idiot. Tell that to the Spurs.
>> Anonymous
>>257731
lol idk I was actually kind of pissed when the lions tried and actually beat dallas a couple years ago at the end of the season, blowing their chances at the first round pick. but it didn't matter, because 1st or 2nd we were getting calvin johnson either way.
>> Anonymous
Promotion/relegation is superior. Epic battles between the lower teams are epic.
>> Anonymous
>>257731
It would do if you had something to lose. I'm not saying teams tank from game two. But towards the end of a season.

Also finishing last but not going down has less affect on fans and sponsors than finishing third bottom and going down does.
>> Anonymous
>>257729
I don't think you understand a sports team too well then. teams know if you lose you have to try hard to win, which won't come easy. Plus more goals are set throughout a season. Plus in draft picks, a single player can turn a team around. not completely around, but have enough impact to greatly improve the team.adrian peterson, chris paul, alexander ovechkin, etc. It's really too complicated to get into but all I have to say is you don't know what goes on in the locker room, so stop acting like you've been there.
>> Anonymous
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Teams haven't got the extra push play. Players in a none draft system can be brought into a team which can help turn fortunes. You don't have to be drafted in to be a new player bringing a new lease of life.

I think you are totally underestimating what can happen to a team who have their back against the wall in a relegation position with the right management and motivation.
>> Anonymous
>>257779
ah I see what you're saying. idk about it though being in america. it would be interesting but at the same time our teams have come along so far in history that we wouldn't be able to do something like that now, maybe in the past, yes, but not now.

I did mention in a previous post about new goals set throughout the season, every season. The underdog teams do try their best to beat the other team as we reach the end of our regular season. shit, last year was the best, every fuckin team came after the patriots the second half of the season to try and stop them, they came close, but as each time they failed, /sp/ bawwwd. thank god for the giants. but anyway, you get my drift.

tl:dr I understand, I just have nothing else better to do with my time than type shit like this
>> Anonymous
A league without promotion/relegation is just stupid.
Playoffs are just stupid: leagues are about regularity, if you want to play eliminatories make another competition like leage&cup.
Learn2sport amerifags.
>> Anonymous
>>257911

Blah blah blah Euros think football is the best sport and their leagues must therefore be the best.

Blah blah blah Americans think football is the best sport and their leagues must therefore be the best.
>> Anonymous
I've always liked how promotion/relegation works, and thought it would be interesting to see in the US, but I don't buy the argument about teams tanking when there is a draft and no threat of relegation. In most cases, (especially baseball, where you won't see a top draft pick for years, and they rarely have an impact on their team) the draft pick will not turn the team around, and the individual players are not going to play poorly and diminish their own market value for the benefit of their team.
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