Originally posted by Larry Roadgrader
The stat whoring for MVP nonsense could have been dramatically reduced with a single step: Code it where any dot who isn't on a team with a winning record (1 game over .500) is ineligible for the MVP.
Sure, *somebody* would still occasionally stat-whore their way to a 9-7 record, but it would do away with a lot of the riff-raff running up meaningless numbers while going 5-11.
Could also make it limited to the final 4 teams. How valuable is the player really if he can't help his team win a playoff game?
NFL has an un-official bias towards playoff teams
The stat whoring for MVP nonsense could have been dramatically reduced with a single step: Code it where any dot who isn't on a team with a winning record (1 game over .500) is ineligible for the MVP.
Sure, *somebody* would still occasionally stat-whore their way to a 9-7 record, but it would do away with a lot of the riff-raff running up meaningless numbers while going 5-11.
Could also make it limited to the final 4 teams. How valuable is the player really if he can't help his team win a playoff game?
NFL has an un-official bias towards playoff teams