League Integrity

What do you care more about, the integrity of the league, or helping your team win?

It's an interesting topic to talk about at this time of the season.  In one league that I am in, my dynasty league, two 3-9 owners square off this week for the right to the first pick in the 2010 rookie draft.  To the loser goes the spoils in this case, as the team that loses and finishes 3-10 will pick first in every round of the draft next year.  Because there is also a team that is 4-9 (and well on its way to 4-10 with a low point total), there is a very good chance the winning team in that 3-9 battle will drop to the third pick in every round of the draft.  You think that's significant?  Let's take a look at the top rookies in each of the last three years.  I'll try to list them in order of their perceived fantasy value in a dynasty league at the time of the draft.

2009
K. Moreno
D. Brown
L. McCoy
C. Wells
M. Crabtree
P. Harvin

Those six were (and still are) very close in value.

2008
D. McFadden
M. Forte
K. Smith
C. Johnson
R. Mendenhall
F. Jones
R. Rice
M. Ryan

McFadden would have gone first in most dynasty leagues.

2007
A. Peterson
Cal. Johnson
M. Lynch
Ginn Jr., Bowe, A. Gonzo, Meachem, S. Rice, B. Jackson, etc.

What can we conclude?  Well, in two out of three years, it wouldn't have mattered in the least if you had the number one pick, as McFadden and Moreno don't appear as though they are going to be fantasy superstars, though Moreno does have some hope.  Others on that 2009 list have just as much hope though.  In 2007, the drop from 1 to 3 would have been devastating to your fantasy organization.  AP was pretty much a can't miss guy though (Calvin was as well).  Do we have any can't missers in this upcoming draft?  It isn't likley, as the top 10 picks could go by without a RB or WR even taken.  There are going to be some starting running backs coming out of the draft, there always are, but there is no AP.

That being said, I still haven't answered the tanking question.  Would you tank?  Why or why not?  Is it bad for the league?  What is the definition of "the integrity of the league" anyway?

Cheers,
TFAM