I am beginning to see another set of misaligned incentives in this case, too, Aligning incentives properly is very important to keeping things on an even keel.

Rothbardian_fanatic

Stacker_Sports

The Impression of Impropriety

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The problem there is that the commissioners work for the owners. So, you'd need a majority of owners to care about those high minded ideals more than they care about their bottom line.

I think it has to come from us (the fans and betters) and work it's way up.

There's also a potential problem with swift harsh punishments, in that they may incentivize retaliation. There are a lot of skeletons in these leagues' closets and they try to stay on the good side of those who know about them.