A Couple of Suggestions

[AndyP]

You didn't seem to understand my suggestion on a lottery. All odds among the non playoff teams for the first 5 picks would be equal odds. After those 5 numbers are taken the remaining teams will be ordered for 6 and beyond picks.

The incentive to lose for a top 1, 2 or 3 pick vs a top 10 pick is a lot lot different and would have a certain impact.

In addition to Vert's point, all your lottery system does is shift "tank for 1st" to "tank for no worse than 6". It's why lotterys don't work, they don't ever truly take the incentive to tank away unless you totally inverse the draft. And that ain't happening.

What about this:

Teams that do not win at least 50 games are subject to having their entire cash stock depleted and lose all winterball spots for 5 seasons.

Teams that do not win at least 60 games will docked 50M or down to zero bank, whichever comes first.

We don't tamper with the file and we take away two sizable assets from teams that are clearly tanking. Keeping up 50 wins isn't hard.

We can also substitute for player ratings in place of wins if necessary.