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Originally Posted by HRBaker
You know... I agree with most that the Overall card Rating isn't as accurate as some would wish - but I have to think one solution is to do away with the Promotion/Relegation model and simply weigh teams on their best 25 cards by adding up the OVR rating. Once that is done, assign the level of play for the week based on these ratings.
Teams will add and subtract cards during the week, the 25 top cards will total a different number, and the team will be assigned again for the next week.
You can still have a pyramid. You can still strive to get to Perfect level. You can still do anything you can do now - BUT, a number of problems go away.
1. No reason to tank. Since you are placed based on your best 25 and there is no relegation based on your win-loss record, no reason to lose on purpose.
2. Better teams play better teams ALL the time, and weaker teams never see Whales.
3. You still compete for Championships. You still get awards for winning.
Foe those worried about players hiding cards in the inactive list, I am sure those cards aren't hidden to OOTP. If you inactivate your best 25 cards, you still get assigned as if they are active.
Sure, it changes the game and how we play it, but for the better I think.
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There is one good reason for scrapping the current system and making each league as evenly matched as possible, whether with these ideas or some other way. That is, some (if not many) would be encouraged to spend real money for a shot and winning this week's championship because it would be obviously doable. And then spend more next week to win that one and so on and on.... Presently, there is just no reason to do that because there seems to always be a few teams in every league that overshadow all the rest, it is impossible to catch them.