I’ve mentioned this solution before. It’s not perfect, but certainly a bazillion times better than status quo and fairly easy to implement. Set the standings for lotto purposes using the records from halfway into the season (after game 41) as opposed to final records. The truly terrible teams who need the draft stock…

Sidney Ponson (14-6 at the time for BAL) to SF for Damian Moss, Kurt Ainsworth, and Ryan Hannaman in 2003. Who won the trade?

Because, wait for it, there are multiple countries in the world and they don’t all have the same requirements.

Because the country that you are visiting wants to be sure that you will be able to leave by the time you have to leave. They don’t want you “stuck” there because your passport is expired.

Even flying private, you still have to go through passport control at your destination. In the worst case, you get to make the whole flight before being turned away and sent back.

“Cobb County homeowners will not see their taxes go up one penny”