Guys - I like what you've done with the lottery system for the first two picks. I've done similar things in other leagues (including a leaf blower driven "lotto-matic" which ejects ping pong balls through a tube in a 5 gallon bucket... but I digress). I like home field for the higher seeded teams making a title run.
But for teams not making that run, I don't think we should reward a lower seeded team. We want teams putting together their best line up every week. You are creating the lottery system in order to support that and remove the guarantee of the top pick by tanking. If we now reward the lower seeded teams with home field, then we've just created a different reward for tanking.
So not to overthink it, but my vote is to keep it with the higher seeded team (and lower the points awarded if that helps) or eliminate home field and we play straight up for the bonus %. I just can't see how giving bonus points to a lower seeded will play out as a good thing during the regular season.
Just my 2 cents
