Competitive integrity is at the forefront of the current labor discussion in Major League Baseball. The MLB Players Association is aiming to stop the “race to the bottom” where teams cut payrolls to the bare minimum and lose as many games as possible in order to obtain a higher draft position and pocket revenue sharing checks.
The great Jayson Stark recently wrote a column in The Athletic detailing a plan to curb tanking. Instead of teams drafting in reverse order by record, the top picks would be awarded to the teams who just missed the postseason.