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Originally Posted by rsegrest
Another idea that occured to me (after I submitted the post) came from the realm of sports drafting. In that world the team with the worst record chooses first. So in this scenario the #8 seed would choose first and the #1 seed would choose last. Basically I am proposing reversing the selection process. Any thoughts?
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That would have a similar problem; teams would have an incentive to throw matches if they're the top seeded team and have a chance to drop down to rank 6-8 by losing their last match.