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Originally Posted by Gator
I don't think the loss of an entry fee of say $10-20 would prevent poor GM's from quitting, anymore than the price of a ticket would prevent me from walking out of a bad movie. In my experience, the problem you reference above is a common one, but can be better overcome by a set of rules (salary cap, no trading draft picks, limited financial inequities) which don't allow teams to become too dominate or too decimated. However, many league commissioners who also own teams want some kind of payback for all the hard work they do and as commissioners tend to be a very honest bunch, that tends to be in the form of a rules package which allows teams to dominate or be decimated. These commissioners often have two or three very close friends who are GM's who also have strong teams in the league so nobody feels like there's anything wrong with abusing the guys who rotate in and out of these leagues. If you want to join a strong, fair league, look for one with a good rules package which promotes equity and where the Comish has a losing team.
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I don't know how else to say this...
What a complete waste of crap that was. I'm rather insulted by it.
You're trying to tell me just because my team has a career 1264-1004 record in 14 regular seasons (.557 Pct), and a 20-19 lifetime playoff record (.513), winning the World Series once back in 2005, that my league isn't STRONG AND FAIR!?!?
And for the record, I do have close RL friends in the league: One has managed Texas since Day 1 (1018-1250 career...or a .449 Win Pct), and the two others have joined in the past 3 seasons, only one having one season with a .500+ Record.
But because I've had a +.500 record, and my friends are not given any roles of authority in the league to avoid a conflict of interest....my league is still unfair and a piece of crap.
I want a refund. I could've spent the time reading that post doing something more productive...like cleaning my tub with a lint brush.