Quote (rattle-trap @ Jun 28 2021 07:28pm)
The amount of hate on Tampa is hilarious. There's nothing against the rules on what they are doing. Most teams can't sit there star players and still make the playoffs comfortably. Tampa built themselves so well to where they could afford to do that. If another team tried it, they don't make the playoffs most of the time. If it was your team that was able to do this, you would not be complaining
It is against the rules though.
That is why I am mad.
The LTIR is for injured players. That is clearly stated.
You are not supposed to sit your star players the entire season when they are in fact healthy for a least a month prior to the playoffs begining.
They intentionally held a healthy player out of the lineup in order to stock up at the deadline and resign players they should have never been able to afford to keep.
If he was legit injured the entire season and returned for the playoffs I would be annoyed because it would work to their advantage but I would not call them cheaters.
Simply, you are not supposed to have a healthy player on the LTIR. That is what they did and they skirted the salary cap through deceit. It is goes against the spirit of the game and makes a mockery of the league.