good dolphin wrote:
No one is fighting to restrict. As a labor guy, I want the workers to get their money. The league is better with stability. They do to an extent but I would heavily incentivize players staying (while getting their money) if I was the league.
The problem that goes hand in hand with movement is the lack of personal and team rivalries. Everyone wants to play with his friends, like a little league draft writ large
Its because the regular season is meaningless. That's where all these issues generally come from, even the over-the-top woke pandering was pushed so hard just to get people to watch otherwise irrelevant games. A random ass game between two teams this time of year in baseball is vastly more impactful than any NBA regular season game, despite the fact that baseball teams play twice as many games.
If weathering the season became a necessary priority to even have a shot at the dance you'd see an end to star stacking and much attention being paid to building a roster that can handle attrition. Also guys would develop some serious enmities towards each other, getting rid of these bullshit atmosphere where every is too bored to even have rivals anymore.
But there's no way to do it without going to a eight or even four team playoff. The league will never stand that. So it'll continue to circle the drain. Bit of a shame.
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