A Modest Proposal

For some reason, this just seems an appropriate choice for 2020

I know you guys generally hate any and all ideas I have for improving the league, and I wouldn't suggest this if the world weren't going to hell this weren't a uniquely challenging time.  But considering the fact that, even in the unlikely event that there IS a 2020 NFL season, it could end at any moment, it seems like we should seriously consider playing a different format this season.

And that format is: Guillotine league.  (Actually, a modified guillotine league, but there's no reason to --- ahem --- split hairs).

Since I would estimate that there is approximately NO chance the NFL plays a full 16-game season, the guillotine league format provides a sort of escape hatch.  Here's the basic idea.

There are no head-to-head matchups.  Everything is based on points until the championship game in week 16, if things last that long.

Every so often, the 'guillotine' will fall, and the team with the fewest points on the season will be kicked out of the league.  All of the players on that team then return to the player pool to be picked up on waivers (and what a great thing that we now use a blind-bidding auction system for waivers!).

Specifically, the team with the lowest point total will be kicked out after weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.  Week 16 will still be championship week, with a head-to-head matchup between the remaining two teams, who will be STACKED!

And if the NFL shutters the 2020 season at any point, the money in the prize pool will be split equally among all surviving teams.

Or, if we want to reward the high-point scorer and punish the low-point scorer, we could agree to split the prize pool proportionally.

So anyway --- thoughts?

(Another fun league format is called vampire, but it really isn't helpful in the current circumstance.  But I'd be happy to describe it to anyone who's curious)