Quote:Good God, how long can this go on? The idea of a NFL team tanking for a draft choice is about the same as Nasa intentionally blowing up a shuttle so they could build another one that they are not even sure will make it into orbit. It just ain't gonna happen. So, if you truly believe this TMD then you should not follow the sport anymore. You claim to be of a time that standards and morals were so much higher than nowadays so certainly you would not want to follow a league that would embrace planned failure and manipulation of the system. Right?

 

Dude, IMO, tanking for the first pick isn't some strange thing. Look at the NBA, NHL they do it there too. There's a history of it. Thats why the lottery was invented.....but it still doesn't stop it....look at the 76ers (and probably at least the Bucks) this year, you gonna tell me they didn't deliberately try to lose games so they could get the most ping pong balls??? 

 

The only reason its not done in baseball, is because 1st overall (or even top 5) picks are much further from a sure thing there. 

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