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Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

If by "sim" however you are referring to the artificial and nebulous house rules that people in communities like this one selectively abide by with the explicit goal of pantomiming what happens on television to the greatest possible degree - ex. no Gronk at fullback, no "user catching", etc. - tournament style players are very obviously going to ignore "sim" because the game doesn't explicitly enforce those house rules. The tourney player isn't going to deliberately handicap himself from winning in a prize money setting over what basically amounts to a user gameplay preference.

This is basically the answer. People will look for every advantage possible when money and prestige are on the line. It is no different than what NFL teams do.