In light of recent discussions that I've seen around both PT Passes and the league economy at large, I believe it's time for me to reassert my greatest wish for a change to the league that would affect both of these things. That change would be to make PT Passes publicly available for purchase by any and all players in the league. This would allow any user to spend league money in exchange for passes on a weekly or seasonal basis. The idea behind this is to give players more and more options for how and when they engage with the league and put in the work to improve their players. This certainly seems to be a growing prerogative for league leadership after the change from posting prediction threads directly after the preceding games to posting all of the week's prediction threads at the beginning of the week, and this kind of flexibility is a priority I think we should all be embracing. As it stands, PTs reward a task-focused mentality, with most players simply completing their PTs with the least effort possible, but offering the ability to purchase PT passes allows for more creative and involved mentalities to be rewarded equally. All-in, putting the cost of the PT pass at ~$20mil would require much more effort per season when looking at pure word count to word count comparisons, but this would allow for more creativity and flexibility with the content, style, medium, and schedule that users can operate in. I believe this change would be absolutely positive for the player experience and the economy of the league.
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