Y'all aren't considering reddit's downvote system is actually one of the site's biggest flaws in that it inevitably leads to a Hivemind mentality.

You may be right? It was just a suggestion, and that doesn't mean the way it works here can't be tweaked..

Limited number of downvotes by a user within a certain time period.
Freeze the option for habitual abusers. Make up and down votes public.

It's just an inherent feature of the system. Downvotes tend to hide alternative points of view.

The only serious way to improve "football discussion" is to allow absolutely no criticism of the team.

Needs more Lil Chiefy

self moderation, get the greasemonkey scripts to enable universal ignore