09-01-2016, 09:58 PM
So, again, you're focusing on one--admittedly poorly chosen--word. Instead of "risky," go with "future" or "long-term." Risk really has nothing to do with it. We equally could have made the same move with very little "risk," even those in the championship. The bench is big enough. It's more to the point that one of the benefits of sucking this year is that you can start focusing on the next year. If your problem is that winning teams wouldn't feel as if they had the same latitude to stash Gordon for a couple of weeks, well, so be it. It's not dissimilar to trading away draft picks for better players this year in the pursuit of a championship. That's all part of the strategy.
However, it did occur to me that the even simpler solution to the "Gordon loophole" is to establish a cut-off date for when keepers must be on the roster, a la the playoff roster date that just passed in baseball. It can be at some moment before the playoffs begin, so that the team pays some roster penalty for picking up a player like Gordon. Again, this situation doesn't bother me at all, but that would prevent it from being an issue again.
However, it did occur to me that the even simpler solution to the "Gordon loophole" is to establish a cut-off date for when keepers must be on the roster, a la the playoff roster date that just passed in baseball. It can be at some moment before the playoffs begin, so that the team pays some roster penalty for picking up a player like Gordon. Again, this situation doesn't bother me at all, but that would prevent it from being an issue again.
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