Should the NFL do a Lottery?
 

I happened to see a few moments of the Indy game yesterday and one thing seemed certain to me- that team is clearly NOT interested in winning football games.

I figured Miami was doing the same until yesterday's game against our hapless Chiefs.

I have to wonder if Indy is seriously losing to grab Andrew Luck?

So, should the NFL institute a Lottery draft like the NBA and NHL? To prevent teams from losing on purpose?

The first five picks in the draft go into a lottery pool? Would this field more competitiveness in the NFL? And prevent teams from losing on purpose?

I don't recall a year when a team or teams lost on purpose, but I have to think Indy is doing just that this year. I mean seriously, that team has some talent there to win a few games without Manning.

No.

The end.

No. The NBA lottery is ****ing stupid.

I'd say Indy has no fucking right to get Luck, but any other team should be able to get him.

So yeah, some team needs to tank it against Indy so they HAVE to take a W.

I like the lottery idea, and think it accomplished what it was designed to do. Now that the #1 overall pick is more valuable than it has been in quite some time, it may be a good idea.

I don't think Indy is purposefully losing games. It's just that the team was built completely around Peyton Manning. The entire organization believes that they need him on the field to be successful because it's true. As the weeks wore on and losses piled up many of the players have fallen into a culture of losing. They have a built in excuse as long as Manning isn't out there.

This.

Anybody else think the NBA lottery is rigged?

I think it's rigged. At least the first couple spots are rigged.

Every year it seems the team with the best "story" needing the 1st overall gets the 1st overall.

Just kinda weird that the Sacramento Kings have never landed it, is all I'm saying.

I don't think there's any doubt about it.

Cleveland gets shit on by LeBron. They have, I think, the worst odds to land the #1 pick. The owner sends his kid up there to hold the card and they end up getting the #1 and 2 picks in the top 5.

#1) Instilling a new rule because one team appears to be tanking 1 season for the first time ever in the history of the league? You must be a fan of Congress.

#2) The Colts are trying to have Manning play at the end of the year. Does that sound like a team that is tanking the season? He isn't on IR yet. If they were actually tanking the season, then he would be on IR.

#3) Fans are whiny when their team is going to miss out on a perceived 'great' QB. There is only one Luck. That means that only one team gets him, and the fans of the other losing teams in the NFL will be upset about that. Of course, unless somehow Luck actually doesn't pan out....then those fans are going to talk about how they knew he was overated.

FYP

See 1989.

I voted no because the difference is one player in the NBA can make a bigger impact than one player in the NFL.

Lighten up, Francis.

I'm not whining about anything here. This question was posed on another football site last week and after witnessing some of Indy's flashy moments in yesterday's game, I have to wonder if they truly are tanking in the season for Luck.

Just throwing the question out there to see how the Planet feels. And it's obvious how you feel.

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