You're right, that's how the system works. You don't really get teams deliberately losing dead rubbers at the end of the season, mainly because your position only alters the order of your pick in the draft and if you're bad you'll still be going before the majority of teams. The chance of an opposing team wanting the same player is slim, even then deals are worked out before hand to make sure you can have the player you want, like trading draft picks or agreeing transfers. I suppose it would be different if it was a simple as the lower you finish the more money you get.
Lets face it ladies and gents its just never going to be the peoples game ever again. Just pure greed.
Apparently three of the fourteen are in favor!!! Ffs The other 14 clubs have been resisting these moves, in an effort to hold on to their equal share of the money. They are arguing that the sharing arrangement helps them to sign high-quality players and keep the league, as Scudamore describes it, “competitive and compelling” and therefore attractive on TV. Three of the smaller clubs are said to have been inclined at the meeting to agree the new 35% merit payment arrangement, but the agreement of 14 is needed to effect such a substantial change, and 11 remain firmly opposed.
