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I'm one who doesn't think Championships are the ultimate at the expense of all else. In OOTP, after winning a couple (goes back to the how many you win comment), the most important thing was for me to have players I enjoyed following the careers of. Plus it got annoying having people complain about my team winning. So I found that I was much happier and enjoyed the league more when I traded away all my vets for a bunch of interesting kids that I could watch for many seasons to come. But it does help if you're at least competitive and have a shot at the post-season now again. Stats and player history ended up being what I enjoy in an online league.
Real life is similar but not exactly the same. I alway root for my team to do the best they can but don't mind seeing them trade a stud veteran with only a few years left to get a potential phenom that might be able to help the team for years to come. Unfortunately that usually doesn't play out that way since even if you get a phenom, in many instances he won't be on your team after x number of years due to free agency, trades, etc (See Mike Piazza, I was convinced they would never let him go but boy was I ever wrong).
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