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[QUOTE="psconn, post: 2744036, member: 293"]
Depends how you define "popularity contest".  Geno would claim that any selection not made on a game score board is a popularity contest.  All-Star games that involve fan voting will always be a popularity contest to some degree.  I give the W lots of credit for trying new-ish things.

They have to give the fans a significant say in the outcome for marketing reasons, but last year they started including the players in the voting.  That was a really good step as no one is in a better position to judge a player's talent than her opponents.   A 60% weighting is given to players, head coaches and WBB media to try to inject some actual honest evaluation into the process.  I would be in favor of a 30% fan, 25% player, 25% coach, 20% media split.

Finally, the schoolyard pick just evens out the talent between the squads.  Hopefully, this is done in a way that is completely anonymous.

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