So basically everyone except for the cream of the crop 95+ win teams should even bother trying. Thinking like that was largely ruining the competitive integrity of the sport as essentially half of the sport was actively trying to lose. I think the extra wildcard spots have been a godsend in that more teams are actually trying to compete, and nearly every year seems to have a surprise team largely spinning their wheels for much of the season, getting hot at the right time, and making serious noise in the playoffs. But of course with your mentality those teams should have packed in their respective seasons in May and not bothered trying to compete.