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Originally Posted by Pronkytonk
This is funny because in european soccer every couple of years someone proposes the invention of playoffs for the national championships because it would add more thrill. I agree with you that giving away the championship to the team with the best record rewards the best team over the course of the season, but coming off two years seeing the German Championship decided months before the season ended because one team (mostly because the fact that their payroll is at least three times higher than anybody else's) dominated by far I start leaning towards a playoff mode to keep the season interesting to the very end. The Champions League that should decide who is the best team in all of Europe does have a playoff mode, and for the fans it might be a good idea to add one for the national championships, too.
Points can be made for both options, but in the end it might not always be the wish to find out who the real deserving winner is that decides but the amount of money from TV-contracts etc.
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This is true. Good point. I suppose there would need to be some way to combat this. You could just have every team have the same payroll, rather than have them be based on market size. Sounds good to me.
Probably not good to Yankees and Dodgers fans though lol.