Unpopular opinion- the tournament was created to facilitate more sports betting by creating fake hype. thats it. Shits so dumb.
If the problem is that players don't typically try hard enough in November/December, the solution should be to minimize the number of games in a season (which would NEVER happen because money but let's pretend) similarly there would be less issues with load management because if youre the best player on a team with a 50-60 game schedule, you're going to want to show up and play.
Imagine if there were actual stakes to the tournament like home court advantage in the finals/playoffs, granted as many people have said, 500k to young/lower paid players is certainly a motivator, but IMO sends the wrong message that love of the game/determination to be a champion/winner isn't what drives players... its money( which even if that is the case for a majority of players, not how you want to market the league) which is shitty.
Unpopular opinion- the tournament was created to facilitate more sports betting by creating fake hype. thats it. Shits so dumb.
If the problem is that players don't typically try hard enough in November/December, the solution should be to minimize the number of games in a season (which would NEVER happen because money but let's pretend) similarly there would be less issues with load management because if youre the best player on a team with a 50-60 game schedule, you're going to want to show up and play.
Imagine if there were actual stakes to the tournament like home court advantage in the finals/playoffs, granted as many people have said, 500k to young/lower paid players is certainly a motivator, but IMO sends the wrong message that love of the game/determination to be a champion/winner isn't what drives players... its money( which even if that is the case for a majority of players, not how you want to market the league) which is shitty.