Posted on 02/03/2022 9:16:05 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
The NFL’s procedure for determining draft order creates a clear incentive to tank. Usually, it kicks in once a team is eliminated from playoff contention, mathematically or as a practical matter. It happened most conspicuously in 2014, when the Buccaneers removed roughly half of their starters at halftime of a Week 17 game against the Saints, which Tampa Bay led by double digits. The Saints came back and won, the Buccaneers lost, and the Bucs secured dibs on the first pick in the 2015 draft. (They took Jameis Winston; some would say the punishment ultimately fit the crime.)
The solution to this problem wasn't mentioned. Do a lottery of the top 5 draft picks. NBA did it. The NFL has to wait for the SHTF moment-preventable. How many sports meet yearly to change the game? (competition committee)
Now Steven Flores gets to run with the issue. Combine his race with the Super Bowl coming up you get another left manufactured-run-with-it distraction. Think kneeling. Spotify. Getting good my friends. Think Covid.
The fact that crappy teams have an incentive to finish last, to get a draft pick, has been obvious for fifty years or more. Particularly if the two worst teams meet in the last game of the seasons. More than forty years ago I remember such a match up occurred, or was close to occurring, and was referred to as the “Loser Bowl.”
FU NFL...pack your little bags and GTFO of this country. Go move to Red China, traitors!
The biggest incentive for a team, is winning, because, without the stadium fans and the TV audience, they lose money and the incentive by other players (good or bad) to join them.
Besides, getting a first-round pick does not guarantee that those picked will result in winning games, like first-round pick Jame Winston ended up being a dud, or Tom Brady (sixth round) ended up being the best quarterback in history.
Getting the best players is not always through the draft, and getting the best players can be the result of winning.
If it's late in the season and a top team has already secured home field advantage through the playoffs, then it has every reason in the world to rest its starters through the end of the regular season.
I say go Pro/Reg, like soccer, if you suck, you get relegated.
I remember when the Colts were awful and fired their coach with one game left in the season. They immediately hired Ron Meyer as their coach. If they lost the last game they would get the first pick in the draft and that’s what everyone expected him to do. Ron said “forget that, I came here to win”. He won that last game and all the fans respected that attitude - nobody held it against him.
I will say this, the Lions easily could have just let Green Bay win that last game, and secure the top draft pick, but they went for the win, and Jacksonville ended up with it.
It’s a pretty weak draft anyway.
Ditto for Dan Campbell and the Lions this year.
LOL I think it should be the opposite. Finish first, pick first.
If I were a GM, my first hire would be the offensive line coach.
If you have a guy that can mold any rag-tag bunch of guys into a solid offensive line, you can have a contender pretty quickly.
I always wonder if someday they will say the draft is illegal and players should be able to sign with whomever they want, straight out of college.
+1
“You PLAY to win the game.” Somebody said that.
There’s more: Is Steven Flores one of the best 32 head coaches in the NFL? Probably not. It’s the same charge brought up as to why Kapernick didn’t have a job. Colin may have been one of the to 64 in the league thereby guaranteeing him a job but he did it his way. Question his motives. Did he really want to play? Flores would rather make a statement than be an assistant. Money isn’t an issue. Kay and Flores have plenty and don’t need football.
So what’s the answer? Be more forthright in dealing with everyone. Especially blacks who can turn on their ‘masters’ more easily.
Drafts are allowed in professional sports leagues because the legal prohibitions are overridden by collective bargaining agreements.
and rugby rules for scoring: Scoring team receives on the following kickoff.
You mean Brian Flores? He definitely was one the better ones. Miami outperformed expectations. I was surprised he was fired. If it was based on what happened on the field, it was stupid. I don’t know what other factors there could have been.
Flores is doing a great job of making owners afraid of hiring black coaches. If an assistant doesn’t get a promotion, or an applicant is not chosen over a white applicant, off to court.
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