All right. I think I came up with a solution that seems fair enough, doesn't take away the picking at midnight advantage, and should be easy enough to keep track of.
IF YOU ARE THE WINNER ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU MAY NOT PICK THE SAME PLAYER AGAIN FOR A PERIOD OF 7 DAYSThis covers the flaw, but will let you pick the guy again as soon as a week is up. It still lets you pick at the crack of midnight as a strategy, and it's way much easier to keep track of just guys who won (as opposed to another rule change I was considering where you couldn't pick ANY player twice in a week - which would be a nightmare to police).
This also means you could pick a guy like Blatche and if he happens to NOT win that night, you could pick him again the next game. In my case this rule wouldn't make a [dang] bit of difference since I never win anyhow
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And Bahku, I want it to be clear from my end, that I don't think you were cheating. You were playing by the rules, it's just that the rules suck for that scenario.
I do think we should enact this rule immediately though, since it will not make a huge difference, and it will solve the problem that has clearly been bugging some of us.
Thoughts?