Forge Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Seriously, honest answers to this scenario. I'm just curious. Yes, its collusion, which is awful, but also, could be in your own self interest to preserve your season. I can see how some would defend it as strategy. So I have an interesting scenario in my league. There are 4 teams vying for the final 2 playoff spots. 2 8-5 teams, 2 7-6 teams. In a twist of fate, the 8-5 teams play each other and the 7-6 teams play each other. I'm one of the 7-6 teams, and I hold the tie breaker on everyone (most points scored; I'm the highest scoring team in the league, have had the second fewest points scored against me...don't ask how I'm 7-6) and my opponent also has the tie breaker over the 8-5 teams. So basically, if I win, I'm in. In my game, my opponent was heavily invested in last night's game, and I had one player going. It did not work out well for him - I had Michael Thomas, who outscored all three of his players going last night combined (Matt Ryan, Mark Ingram, Kamara). I'm up 24 - 16.5, I have 9 left to play, he has 7. So this is a great start for me to look like I'm going to win. So here's my question - if you were one of the 8-5 teams, neither of whom had a player go last night and currently sit at 0-0, would you talk to your opponent about benching everyone and taking the tie to get in? They have no hopes on the tie breaker - both of them trail my opponent and I by over 120 points for the year. There is some risk - I could still lose this game of course, and then my opponent would knock out one of them out since he holds tie breaker on whoever loses that game. However, if I win, and they both tie, they both get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incarcerated_Scarface Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Why isn't this week the playoffs for you guys??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalamania Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I would not and if it was my league I would make sure something like this never happened. Everyone else played fair to get into the playoffs no reason for two folks to bend the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 1 hour ago, steadypimpin said: Why isn't this week the playoffs for you guys??? Honestly, have no idea. Just the way its set up...I'm thankful though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesPeteC Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarCrazy2832 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Yea i think that is a major issue if someone would go that far to do that. Never crossed my mind but yea thats not cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 2:37 PM, Remixxxxxxx said: I would not and if it was my league I would make sure something like this never happened. Everyone else played fair to get into the playoffs no reason for two folks to bend the rules. But is it actually in the rules? I understand that some leagues do address tanking, but others do not. If the league doesn't address it, then is it actually against the rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 hour ago, JaguarCrazy2832 said: Yea i think that is a major issue if someone would go that far to do that. Never crossed my mind but yea thats not cool I don't think they'd actually do it. Hard to trust the other person. But if they agree to it, and the rules don't address an issue like it (and/or if it has never been addressed by the commissioner), then it'd be hard for me to argue that it isn't permissible. Shady, Not Cool, and collusive, but I can definitely see it as strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 But it does depend on the culture of the league. If the commissioner thinks he can do whatever he wants, then even if the 8-5 teams agree to bench everyone, the commissioner may step in and force them to start lineups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 6 hours ago, EaglesPeteC said: Love that show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 3:34 PM, Forge said: Honestly, have no idea. Just the way its set up...I'm thankful though lol. Is week 17 the week of the championship game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 5 minutes ago, the lone star said: Is week 17 the week of the championship game? Nope. Only 4 teams out of the 12 make it. 2 rounds of playoffs, and championship game is only one week. I know years ago that we did a two week super bowl structure, I'm not sure why it got changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 minute ago, Forge said: Nope. Only 4 teams out of the 12 make it. 2 rounds of playoffs, and championship game is only one week. I know years ago that we did a two week super bowl structure, I'm not sure why it got changed. Yeah, makes sense why playoffs aren't this week then. Only 2 rounds, so you get an extra week of the regular season. I personally like 2 week Championship Games. I know others don't though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 8 minutes ago, the lone star said: I don't think they'd actually do it. Hard to trust the other person. But if they agree to it, and the rules don't address an issue like it (and/or if it has never been addressed by the commissioner), then it'd be hard for me to argue that it isn't permissible. Shady, Not Cool, and collusive, but I can definitely see it as strategy. This is actually where I'm at. I don't think that I could ever trust somebody to do that, but I get how it's actually a strategy and the rules don't disallow it, so to speak. This is my money league, and we are all friends, so I can't imagine anyone would do it, but at the same time, in the like 10 years we have been doing this league, I've won it like 5 times, finished runner up 3 other times lol. They may just be getting tired of me there at the end (in fairness, it's not that I'm super good or anything, but some of the other are really, really bad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 minute ago, Forge said: This is actually where I'm at. I don't think that I could ever trust somebody to do that, but I get how it's actually a strategy and the rules don't disallow it, so to speak. This is my money league, and we are all friends, so I can't imagine anyone would do it, but at the same time, in the like 10 years we have been doing this league, I've won it like 5 times, finished runner up 3 other times lol. They may just be getting tired of me there at the end (in fairness, it's not that I'm super good or anything, but some of the other are really, really bad) Would you complain it they decided to make it a tie? If so, how do you think the commissioner will handle it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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