A Couple of Suggestions

[Vertigo]

Not interested in the career window suggestions but an anti-tanking suggestion is needed and has been needed for years.

I've suggested a draft lottery for years where lottery teams (non playoff teams) each have a chance to get the 1st ovr pick. I suggest this scale be simply even for each team in the lottery so every non playoff team has an equal shot. I think a reasonable way to do this would be similar to the NBA where the 1st 5 teams are chosen from the number drawing and after that the remaining picks are distributed in order or descending record. So if you were the team with the worst record you would at worst get the 6th ovr pick.

In my opinion this would make losing on a purpose a much less attractive strategy because mogul simply does not adjust well to this tanking strategy. Teams are allowed to run a piss poor budget and just rake in the cash because the doofus artificial fans are still showing up to the games and advertisers are still paying the TV network like the team is decent. The money aspect just does not play out like it would in real life.

2 things I absolutely hate about your idea of the lottery.

1. I think it's totally unfair that a 90ish win team who just missed out on the playoffs has an equal chance at a TOP pick as a 70ish win team who clearly has less talent to be competitive.

2. I also think it's unfair that an 85 win team who got into the playoffs because of a weak division only to be annihilated in the first round would be ineligible while a better team who missed out on the playoffs because of being in a tougher league would be given a random opportunity for a top pick.

IMO, this penalizes too many teams who ARE trying but just don't have the talent to compete with the upper-level teams. Which is why, again imo, a weighted system would make much more sense.

If I was the best team in a terrible division, but knew I didn't stand a chance against the elite, this would make me want to tank out of the playoffs and be given a great opportunity at a really high pick.

You're trying to discourage those feeding off of welfare while putting the middle and upper class on equal footing.