Why does everyone hate this game so much?

[mrnoble]

I have a few quick points to make this morning.

1) There may be general agreement about 2013 being one of the best games ever (as referenced in this thread several times), but I recall last year seeing threads with posts that pointed out how bad the game was in comparison to previous years. For more cases like this, see also 2012, 2011, 2010, etc.

2) There have been several recent posts that suggest that teams that didn't win (for whatever reason, though everyone seems to be pointing to the rules) "wasted their money". Really? Is that what you do this for? Are your sponsors going to fire you if you don't win the regional? I always thought that winning was the thin icing on a very big cake that is the development of fantastic young people through inspiration.