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Thanks - greatly appreciated!

It's a hypothetical. Instead of 18th getting first pick, 9th does. But it doesn't work in your case. So I'll pose a different question. You get to play finals from 5th - 8th position OR you get Darcy Moore but don't play finals. So if you finish 5th-8th, you no longer get him. Which would you...

Sounds patronising. It's a very "nice" idea, young fella. Now off you go, there's no problem. Why are we even discussing re-arranging the order of draft picks, if that's the case? Let's up the ante and suggest that Collingwood has the option of a finals berth or their first round pick. In other...

So you let Buddy get to 100? That's very magnanimous of you. Gee, if not for the Blues, Buddy would never have reached 100. My deepest gratitude to your football club for letting him get there - sorry we were stingy and didn't let Fev do the same...

One instance where everyone wants to be last...

Now we're getting somewhere! I could see this turning into a gimmicky event, however. We'd need a band to play or some rot...

True, but they won't be tanking for that position unless they don't value a spot in the finals. I would be surprised if any team deliberately tanked as opposed to gunning for a finals berth, even if 5th - 8th. The flip-side of this argument with the current system is that middle-of-the-road...

So they're not honest or smart if they say "no thanks"? I've duly asked them: http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/top-draft-pick-or-finals-berth.1070910/

Sorry to intrude, but I'm curious to get your opinion: Which would you prefer this year: 1) To play finals from 7th or 8th position 2) Finish 9th, not play finals and secure the number 1 draft pick? In other words, you can play finals or tank for 9th position where you'd pick up the number 1...

I'd agree on this point - there is no sign of tanking this year.

The reason they are on the bottom may be in part due to tanking, which is the whole point of this thread, no - searching for a way to eliminate tanking? My system offers, at worst, a disincentive for bottom teams to tank, rather than an incentive to stay down the bottom. As for how Collingwood/...

I had a feeling Richmond would be referred to at some point. Imagine the feral Richmond fans after their team had been seen to be tanking for 9th position rather than trying to secure a position in the 8 and a finals berth... or the Collingwood fans...!!!

Where are these figures?

One example. Some others?

And your intelligent alternative solution is?

So far having the top picks near the bottom generally hasn't helped the bottom teams get out of their quagmire of mediocrity. The system I propose gives these bottom teams an incentive to win, rather than tanking, which doesn't work anyway. A bit of fight by them might actually help lift spirits...

I hope it's a cracker! Really looking forward to the theatre, with us needing to shut down Buddy. If we can restrict him to 2 goals or less, I think that's a good effort.

I hardly think Breust is the type of player to play for his own selfish purposes. I reckon he just fluffed it - people make mistakes. He's so tucked in on the boundary that it is pretty acceptable to try to find a teammate with less of an angle. I can imagine a counter-argument where people...

I hope so...

The problem is if your team keeps getting the lowest draft pick each year. Still, it's a gamble anyway - top draft picks are often proven to be duds.

Good to see the Footy Show doing what it does best and displaying footage of nude people. It seems every time I watch even a portion of that show, someone's is walking around nude. Great footy coverage...

I bet someone will do it.

I've suggested the following a few times, but doesn't register a blip: Final ladder position | Draft pick 9 | 1 10 | 2 11 | 3 12 | 4 13 | 5 14 | 6 15 | 7 16 | 8 17 | 9 18 | 10 ------- 8 | 11 7 | 12 6 | 13 5 | 14 4 | 15 3 | 16 2 | 17 1 | 18 This would give teams in the lower portion of...

Team morale?

Race for the wooden spoon? Tanking, you mean?

Geelong have been exceptionally clever the way they've gone about this season. It's funny how they're sitting second on the ladder and flying under the radar. If things click into place for them come finals time, watch out.

I think this is the main purpose it would serve. Imagine the pages and pages of threads...

Go ahead and change. I'm sure Lethal wouldn'tgive a flying fridge.

That's probably why none of them is taking me up on the issue...they don't want to feel like their precious premierships count for nought. ..

Are you another one of those Blues fans who thinks we should have just let him kick his hundredth? Ridiculous...it's a competitive sport...teams don't just hand out goals to the opposition. I'm sure Carlton would have done exactly the same given the roles had been reversed...