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Originally Posted by Ktulu
One thing that you should be careful of is that there is already very little incentive to try and win if you are a middle of the pack team. If you can't make the playoffs you are better off losing rather than being competitive. The more you penalize the good teams the less incentive there is to be a good team unless you are a true contender.
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One way to get around this is to set up your league with a lower percentage of playoff teams. In a division of 8 teams and no wild cards, it's very hard to turn a cellar dwellar into a contender without going through a season or two in the middle of the pack first. I also believe that teams hold on to key players a little longer since they know it takes a little more effort to get to the top, but I think that depends a bit on the GM's involved.