Tennessee girls teams banned from post season for tanking

[crosscountry55]

I've worked in seven states and not one has had a similar playoff and seeding system. C'est la vie; you abide by the rules you're given.

I will say this: If TSSAA has a bylaw that states outright a determination of a team intentionally trying to lose is grounds for a post-season ban, then I'm all for that. This may have been the case here. If so, I'm ok with the result.

If not, they (and all state associations, for that matter) need to encode such a bylaw ASAP. That will stop this kind of thing.

Also, not to excuse the teams, but shame on TSSAA for having an established playoff seeding system that rewards a loser. Fix that. Winning should provide better seeding. Period. If that didn't happen here, shame on TSSAA.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Also, not to excuse the teams, but shame on TSSAA for having an established playoff seeding system that rewards a loser. Fix that. Winning should provide better seeding. Period. If that didn't happen here, shame on TSSAA.

I think any league that thinks a team won't expose a long-term benefit through losing is being naïve.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I think any league that thinks a team won't expose a long-term benefit through losing is being naive.

Draft choices. Wait? I'm being told ... What? Not the Knicks? High school? Never mind.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I think any league that thinks a team won't expose a long-term benefit through losing is being naïve.

I'm guessing it happens far more often than they think. They just don't notice because it never involved both teams doing it at the same time.