Umm, no. You don't get out of it THAT easily!!

First off, it's a "new" game, where they can't assume players have played the first half. Second, if values were left where they ended up in season one, it'd be virtually impossible to have any decent player a month from now, at like $9-10 million.

I don't see it as "dumbing down" so much as I see it taking a different strategy perhaps. And different is a good thing. If you don't feel you can keep up, well, then, concede the victory to me now and I'll look for you when football starts -- if you dare!