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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
It's pretty liked that 1678 had already talked with all four teams and was told they'd be declined. Knowing that, they clearly wanted to breakup any potential powerhouse alliances to make sure they still had a chance at winning the division. Given their eventual pick, I wouldn't be surprised if 148 suggested the strategy to begin with, really. So you shouldn't feel bad for the rep, they almost certainly expected that and were executing the relatively standard scorched earth strategy that non-powerhouse 1st seeds often end up with.
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We thought they might decline us the night before in our strategy session. We got some confirmation just before the draft. We didn't talk to 148--we were trying to decide between them and 67 right up to the end--tough choice! We knew that 1983 would finish the job if one of other teams accepted us. (We had talked with them--I sat with the Skunks much of the weekend.) Our team captain was in no way disturbed by the outcome.
But as an economist, I'll say that the correct response to a "punishment game" generally is cooperation. John Nash didn't win the Nobel for nothing.