If you let home team keep ticket sales from the 17th game, it would be worth a few million to them. It would be a reward for 1st place, 16 game winners, as-wel-as 3rd place winners of the first 16 games. The 2nd place team would still be playing for playoffs since they have expanded that. The 4th place team in the division, well who cares about them?
I know there would be some dog games in the last games, but could be some real gems in that 17th game, so TV might be really interested in that game.
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