I'd just like to say that I disagree that Gord's idea would bring PARITY to the league. Is this not just reverting back (with slight changes) to when Limited Protections were NOT in the leaague? The fact that limited protections were introduces, I must assume, was an attempt TOO CREATE PARITY, so why would going back do the same thing?
In that system, the rich-get-richer, AND the poor get poorer. A team like The Buzzards, who just traded away THE ONLY HIGHLY RATED PLAYERS they had, looking to the future (I assume) before knowing that Streaks/Slumps would be eliminated, has now all but given up the chance he will EVER see an 80's rated player on his roster in the future. The ONLY way there may be a chance for these weaker teams, is to play their TOP 5 PLAYERS together, double shifting them, and hope for the best! - IN THE MEANTIME, without any balance allowed on their teams (BALANCE without STREAKS will ultimately result in ALL your players re-rating down!) their 2nd (unless double shifting is employed) and 3rd lines will get BLOWN OUT of the water, and 20 players (less the 5, YOU HOPE) WILL be rerated DOWN!
It's too bad. Protections (ESPECIALLY WITHOUT STREAKS) are now one of the increasingly rarer ways that a poor team might gain any ground on a stronger team - and NOW you want to take THAT AWAY TOO!
It's all over!
Posted on Jul 13, 1999, 12:44 AM from IP address 139.175.186.53
