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Originally Posted by Mutts
Frank, you keep trying to lump in those that are most adamant ... I hate the idea of a playoff expansion in any form. I think its terrible. I think its a huge blow to the quality of this league, and a huge step towards fantasy league mediocrity. I can't explain to you how much I despise the idea of playoff expansion. Is that clear enough? Honestly, I despise the idea of any of these changes. I think the league is great the way it is. Its an incredible league, actually, that we're all priviledged to be a part of. Those that can't get up for the competition shouldn't be around IMO.
Brian and I have been discussing this, but I have no problem with long term strategies. I would not have won my championship if I hadn't began preparing a championship team during the previous season. To be clear, though, I don't agree with an owner submitting a starting lineup that includes non-starters, if that team's roster has empty slots and cap space. Short of that, though, I don't think we should be trying to influence differing strategies among truly competitive owners.
Implementing a sever penalty, levied by the rules committee and ratified by a 75% vote takes care of the blatant tanking issue we've seen with Amish. I'm not sure we should be more aggressive than that.
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I'll just share the thoughts I've exhanged with Jake on this one. I just think the rules committee idea is futile. The only scenario this would solve is the Joel scenario where a team blatantly does not start its best players. No one has come out and defended that strategy, and Joel admits it was a mistake. I sincerely doubt that will ever happen again, barring a new owner who's not aware of the history.
However, the rules committee idea would not solve the more subtle tanking by a team phoning in his season. Is the rules committee going to move to penalzie a player because they didn't sign a particular free agent, or sign a second defense when theirs was on the bye, or make any other move to make their team more competitive? I would certainly think not, but all of these things are the signs of either owners not caring about their teams, owners trying passively to get a higher pick next year, or owners who are just not interested in competing on a weekly basis. A toilet bowl not only solves the Joel issue (sorry to have to name if after you), but it goes further and solves the other issues as well. To some, those aren't issues that needs to be solved, and so be it, I can't make people agree with me on that. But, to those of you who agree those are issues that need to be addressed to some point, the rules committee idea just doesn't come close to solving.