Re: NFL Sees No Evidence Of Tanking, Not Considering Draft Lottery

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:05 pm

Roger Goodell sees no evidence of teams tanking and the NFL is not currently considering a draft lottery.

\"The good news for us is we don\'t see that,\" said Goodell on teams potentially tanking.

Barcs · Post #2 » by **Barcs** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 10:03 pm

Thank goodness. Lack of a Draft Lottery is one of the few things left that gives NFL more credibility than other sports. The worst teams should ALWAYS get the best picks, it's the best way to keep the league balanced, unlike the NBA where everyone colludes and makes super teams together. The game gets boring when there is no variety.

What happened in the NBA draft lottery this year was a travesty. NFL is light years ahead of the NBA. If owners of teams are okay with franchises being horrible for a few years to build a young base, then there is nothing wrong with it. The owners take the risk of it blowing up in their face and losing revenue, so they have every right to do it. The fight against tanking is futile and stupid and it penalizes teams that are legitimately bad.

Post #3 » by **TheCage4** » Wed Oct 16, 2019 10:19 pm

What Miami is doing this season IS tanking, so the NFL saying that they don’t see it is bull.

grindtime22 · Post #4 » by **grindtime22** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:22 am

TheCage4 wrote:What Miami is doing this season IS tanking, so the NFL saying that they don’t see it is bull.

They aren't going all out to win, but a lot of what they are doing just seems like what a good organization would do. Making good long term decisions when you already suck just makes it look way worse. You have to start somewhere though.

DCRYsing89 · Post #5 » by **DCRYsing89** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:33 am

Barcs wrote:Thank goodness. Lack of a Draft Lottery is one of the few things left that gives NFL more credibility than other sports. The worst teams should ALWAYS get the best picks, it's the best way to keep the league balanced, unlike the NBA where everyone colludes and makes super teams together. The game gets boring when there is no variety.

What happened in the NBA draft lottery this year was a travesty. NFL is light years ahead of the NBA. If owners of teams are okay with franchises being horrible for a few years to build a young base, then there is nothing wrong with it. The owners take the risk of it blowing up in their face and losing revenue, so they have every right to do it. The fight against tanking is futile and stupid and it penalizes teams that are legitimately bad.

I generally like the NBA draft, and I feel mostly it does it’s job...

NFL does have tanking, but honestly I agree with what you say, it seems NFL teams are always a couple moves from competing at all times.
So sometimes just being bad, means in a couple years the return will be huge

I only personally feel it becomes a problem when teams start the season doing it,
Not just unintentionally

Like I mean, when a team will ‘rest’ players, do very questionable rotations (like purposely putting out old vets) and show no interest defensively, and of course trade away every asset they own for picks for years...
Good example is Philly and Suns years back in NBA (suns were probably just plain incompetence at times)