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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Small four-team divisions are becoming a big problem in the NFL. Sending every division winner into the playoffs with a home game is pathetic. Simple solution: 2 8-team divisions in each league. You play every team in your division once, ...
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06-22-2023, 01:20 PM | #1 |
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A big fix for the NFL
Small four-team divisions are becoming a big problem in the NFL. Sending every division winner into the playoffs with a home game is pathetic.
Simple solution: 2 8-team divisions in each league. You play every team in your division once, but the home/away team alternates every other year. Welcome to your new NFL. Winning a division still leads to top 2 playoff seeds and a first-round bye. But winning a division pennant is now a real achievement. AFC Shula Division: Miami Buffalo NY Jets New England Indianapolis Jacksonville Houston Tennessee AFC Noll Division: Cleveland Pittsburg Cincinnati Baltimore LA Chargers Kansas City Las Vegas Denver NFC Landry Division: Washington Philadelphia Dallas NY Giants New Orleans Tampa Bay Atlanta Carolina NFC Walsh Division: Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Chicago Seattle San Francisco Arizona LA Rams |
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06-22-2023, 01:48 PM | #2 |
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Re: A big fix for the NFL
Looks interesting from a fan standpoint, but how will the owners make all that loot from playoff rounds?
What do the playoffs even look like? |
06-22-2023, 02:42 PM | #3 |
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Love the names... But RG can't have none of dat...it makes too much sense!
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06-22-2023, 02:44 PM | #4 |
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Re: A big fix for the NFL
Originally Posted by leilung
There's no chance in hell the owners would do anything to reduce the number of playoff games. That is a given. If anything I think an 18 game regular season is coming soon, and a 16 team playoff with no byes won't be far behind.
As for restructuring the league, eight divisional championships give individual fanbases more hope and is another layer of definition in the overall structure which relates to more money in marketing (NFC South Champion shirts, AFC West Champion hats, NFC East Champion huggies, etcetera). I really don't see any scenario where the NFL would move from that. |
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06-22-2023, 07:05 PM | #5 |
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Re: A big fix for the NFL
Originally Posted by AsylumGuido
Actually, I misspoke on the playoff structure and forgot it was 7 teams per conference now. I'd keep the playoff structure the same, for revenue purposes and to keep the drama of clinching the #1 seed.
Here is the existing structure per conference:
This would also end the scheduling stupidity of divisional games clumping together - like if we have to play the Falcons twice over a course of 2-4 weeks. IMO not having repeat games will create more fan engagement. |
06-22-2023, 09:39 PM | #6 |
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Re: A big fix for the NFL
The current structure works better to give fans like our the illusion that because we can contend in a weak division and might get a home playoff game we are glorious contenders for a ring. Combine the nfc south and east and that illusion begins to fade. And suddenly Bucs fans cant come in with grandeose notions that because they are division champs everyone has to go through them. Its more likely the nfl would consider two team divisions to give every bears vs lions and colts vs texans matchup major paper flag implications.
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06-23-2023, 10:27 AM | #7 |
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Re: A big fix for the NFL
Originally Posted by AsylumGuido
That's right. The NFL is a corporation built on capitalism and greed! There's absolutely no way in Hell that they take less money than they can squeeze out of the fans.
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06-23-2023, 12:46 PM | #8 |
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This is America. The whole country was built and based upon capitalism. The day we lose that completely is the day we lose the country.
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06-23-2023, 01:33 PM | #9 |
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Nothing wrong with capitalism, the greed part will bite you in the butt. Mark Cuban may have missed a bit on the timeline but I do agree his prediction will eventually come true.
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06-23-2023, 06:54 PM | #10 |
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Re: A big fix for the NFL
Here is the alternative I think is more likely for 2 team divisions so the NFL can promote more games as meaningful and more teams as relevant every year:
AFC New York: Buffalo NY Jets AFC Atlantic: Miami New England AFC Southeast: Jacksonville Houston AFC Central: Indianapolis Tennessee AFC Ohio: Cleveland Cincinnati AFC Colonial: Pittsburgh Baltimore AFC Southwest: LA Chargers Las Vegas AFC Great Plains: Kansas City Denver NFC Lone Star: Dallas (Cowboys guaranteed a playoff game every year for ratings). NFC East: Washington Philadelphia NY Giants NFC Gulf South: New Orleans Tampa Bay NFC Southeast: Atlanta Carolina NFC North: Minnesota Green Bay NFC Rust Belt: Detroit Chicago NFC Northwest: Seattle San Francisco NFC Southwest: Arizona LA Rams |