A change like this would never happen. But it is a fun thought exercise. The current system in North American sports rewards losing. Between getting better draft picks helping to improve the roster and revenue sharing agreements minimizing any financial impact of losing, it is better to be a bad team than a mediocre team. Over the past 10 years or so, the result is that there are the teams that are trying to win championships, and the teams that consist of replacement-level talent. The current rules only make sense when everyone is trying to win with similar effort every year.