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NFL-style MLB Realignment (playoff format would mat h that of NFL with Wild Card Round consisting of five-game series and all other series consisting of seven games)
American League
East
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Raleigh/Durham (formerly Tampa Bay Rays)
North
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Montreal Expos (expansion)
Toronto Blue Jays
South
Chicago White Sox
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers
West
Las Vegas (expansion)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Sacramento Athletics (formerly of Oakland)
Seattle Mariners
National League
East
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Washington Nationals
North
Chicago Cubs
Colorado Rockies
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
South
Atlanta Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Miami Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals
West
Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Here's a handy (albeit crudely drawn) map so you can see that despite some weird divisions -- such as St. Louis and the White Sox both being aligned in the South -- this actually makes a hell of a lot more since geographically than the NFL's current divisional alignment.
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Updated above (despite the community's disdain for such a format) to reflect the latest College Football Playoff Rankings that were released today.
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Here's my take on a College Football postseason.
- 32 teams (10 conference champions and 22 at-large) compete in a single-elimination bracket format.
- Duration: approximately five weeks (second weekend of December to third weekend of January).
- Each of the first 28 games will take place in a bowl site that is determined chiefly by the geographical location of the highest seeded teams (much like the NCAA basketball tournament).
- The semifinal and final would operate exactly as it does now, with the two semifinal games rotating between the predetermined large bowls, and the final being played in a predetermined site.
- Eight bowl games (or greater if more are added) would exist for non-playoff qualifying schools. Currently, those bowl games are the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Raycom Media Camelia Bowl, the Boca Raton Bowl, the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, and the GoDaddy Bowl.
- Below is an example of what a 2015 version of the format outlined above might look like. (Disclaimer: I seeded the teams yesterday, so the seeds do not reflect any of the conference championship games and follow the Week 15 College Football Playoff Rankings.)
Seeds (all-caps denotes conference champion):
- 1s: Alabama (1), Oregon (2), Florida State (3), Ohio State (4)
- 2s: Baylor (5), TCU (6), Mississippi State (7), Michigan State (8)
- 3s: Ole Miss (9), Arizona (10), Kansas State (11), Georgia Tech (12)
- 4s: Georgia (13), UCLA (14), Arizona State (15), Missouri (16)
- 5s: Clemson (17), Wisconsin (18), Auburn (19), Boise State (20)
- 6s: Louisville (21) Utah (22), LSU (23), USC (24)
- 7s: Minnesota (25), Nebraska (NR/26), Oklahoma (NR/27), Marshall (NR/28)
- 8s: Memphis (NR/29), Duke (NR/30), Northern Illinois (NR/31), Georgia Southern (NR/32)
- First six out: Colorado State, Air Force, Cincinnati, UCF, West Virginia, Stanford
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Dig around that attic for your abaci, fellas, 'cuz I surmise that's all you'll need to calculate the attendance of tonight's Coyotes-Panthers game.
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If Seattle doesn't have a viable arena, and Kansas City isn't willing to comply with the NHL's demands, then what about Portland?
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Panthers to Québec City, Coyotes to Kansas City.
Enough said.
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The NHL has no history of absorbing an equal league, so the National/American split makes no sense, and is especially clumsy considering most people in hockey refer to the AHL affiliates as "the American League" for short.
The NHL needs to be about regional rivalries in high-density population corridors. The key is to have a footprint that allows for them.
I don't disagree with that at all; I thought that an American/National Conference format would be beneficial for the NBA, and I put the NHL in the same format just for kicks and giggles.
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Since the NBA is becoming a joke because of how much stronger the Western Conference is, here's my idea for NBA realignment:
American Conference
East Division
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Orlando Magic
Toronto Raptors
Central Division
Cleveland Cavaliers
Detroit Pistons
Houston Rockets
Indiana Pacers
Oklahoma City Thunder
West Division
Denver Nuggets
Golden State Warriors
Los Angeles Clippers
Phoenix Suns
San Antonio Spurs
National Conference
East Division
Atlanta Hawks
Miami Heat
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Wizards
Central Division
Chicago Bulls
Memphis Grizzlies
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
West Division
Dallas Mavericks
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
Utah Jazz
And, hell, the NHL in the same format while I'm at it:
American Conference
East Division
Boston Bruins
Florida Panthers
Montreal Canadiens
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
Central Division
Buffalo Sabres
Detroit Red Wings
Nashville Predators
Ottawa Senators
Pittsburgh Penguins
West Division
Anaheim Ducks
Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars
Edmonton Oilers
Vancouver Canucks
National Conference
East Division
Carolina Hurricanes
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning
Washington Capitals
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks
Columbus Blue Jackets
Minnesota Wild
St. Louis Blues
Toronto Maple Leafs
West Division
Calgary Flames
Los Angeles Kings
Phoenix Coyotes
San Jose Sharks
Winnipeg Jets
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Could work, but that would mean a shortened offseason, which I doubt players would be in favor of.If it has to be held in the winter, then it'll have to be held at the end of 2022 because of the 2022 Winter Olympics in February. If they held it, say November 17 through December 17, 2022, it might work out. The European leagues would have to start their seasons more than a month earlier (say, mid-July) to compensate for the lengthy international break, but with no World Cup that summer the early start would be welcome by European football fans, I'd imagine.
Their offseason would have been occupied anyways by the June-July World Cup.
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If it has to be held in the winter, then it'll have to be held at the end of 2022 because of the 2022 Winter Olympics in February. If they held it, say November 17 through December 17, 2022, it might work out. The European leagues would have to start their seasons more than a month earlier (say, mid-July) to compensate for the lengthy international break, but with no World Cup that summer the early start would be welcome by European football fans, I'd imagine.
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I don't think Portland can do better than Markham. Over 6 million people live in the GTA, and proportionately there are many more hockey fans than in Portland's metro area of about 2.3 million.
As for SLC, while I think that's another good potential market, I'd still put it behind Hamilton, KC, Markham, and Portland.
So I'll update my realignment with Portland in place of Saskatoon later today.
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Aside from the Seattle proximity nonsense, I'd still argue that teams in Kansas City, Markham, and Hamilton would all be more successful and profitable than a team in Portland. However, upon further consideration maybe Saskatoon is a bit of a stretch considering the attendence numbers for their current WHL team are strikingly low.
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Although I feel like Seattle would be a great NHL market, unlike the cities you listed above, it will not have an NHL suitable arena completed in three to four years. Once they build a new arena (which could be awhile considering the Kings are staying in Sacramento) I'm sure Bettman will make a serious push to relocate a team (such as the Canes or Predators) to Seattle.
As for Portland, while that would be a viable NHL market, it would hurt Seattle's future chances of acquiring a franchise, and I feel that the other cities chosen would provide better fan bases.
But I'll admit that "Hamilton Whalers" was a huge stretch.
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The recent NHL realignment was set up the way it was to pave paths to future expansion three, four years down the road, which is when I would expect some sort of expansion like the one I outlined in my proposal to take place.
Columbus's economy has suffered from the Blue Jackets' lack of profit. The team has been bottom 4 in attendance the past few years, further proving that the market for a hockey team in Columbus is too small to survive profitably.
Québec City is a much better NHL market. The province can certainly support a second team, and I assure you the attendence would be greater there than it is now in Columbus, especially when they move into the brand new Amphithreatre, but it would probably still be higher even if they had to play their first season in the artifact that is Colisée Pepsi.
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I realize that that the current Florida franchise was never in Hartford; in a perfect world, it would have been, but unfortunately it wasn't. I felt that because Hamilton begins with an "H", it would be appropriate to resurrect a former NHL team name to further replicate the "old NHL" in a way, considering the recent resurrection of the Winnipeg Jets and also the Québec Nordiques in this scenario.
The name would be just as appropriate as "Los Angeles Kings" or "New York Rangers" are in today's NFL. And to have that logo back would be oh so sweet.
All of that being said, the name of the Hamilton franchise wouldn't HAVE to be Whalers. That's just the only name that came to mind for a Hamilton-based franchise.
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IMO, the NHL is just begging for an overhaul, with too many southern or small market teams lacking a substantial fan base. This realignment/expansion favors moving many southern teams north, as well as adding two expansion teams to accommodate the new divisional alignment.
NHL Realignment
East
Atlantic
Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
Hamilton Whalers (formely Florida Panthers; I realize that there are no whales anywhere near Hamilton, but it would kind of be like a Los Angeles Lakers or Arizona Cardinals situation in that the team name doesn't relate to the region but was carried over from a previous franchise.)
Montréal Canadiens
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Québec Nordiques (formerly Columbus Blue Jackets)
Tampa Bay Lightning
Metropolitan
Carolina Hurricanes
New Jersey Devils
Ontario Legacy (expansion franchise; located in newly built arena in Markham, Ontario)
Ottawa Senators
Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Toronto Maple Leafs
Washington Capitals
West
Central
Chicago Blackhawks
Dallas Stars
Detroit Red Wings
Kansas City Monarchs (expansion franchise)
Minnesota Wild
Nashville Predators
St. Louis Blues
Winnipeg Jets
Pacific
Anaheim Ducks
Colorado Avalanche
Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Los Angeles Kings
San Jose Sharks
Saskatoon (formerly Phoenix Coyotes; I had come up with a great team name for Saskatoon but it is escaping me at the moment. )
Vancouver Canucks
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Obviously the MLS isn't what the Premier League is to England or what La Liga is to Spain, so I think it's safe to say that the MLS has failed by virtue of the fact that it hasn't brought widespread interest of soccer to the general American populace.
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Basically any pre-2008 (Devil) Rays logo.
How can we not have mentioned the Vancouver Grizzlies?
As was evident by last night's performance...
The Aints
Sadly...
Pre-2011 Nationals
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Considering you have schools like San Jose State in the Pac-12 and East Carolina/Southern Miss in the ACC, not too well. You can't base NCAA conferences so much on just geography. And saying "there's no such thing as" sounds kind of like this is magical fantasyland.
Well, it is the Point Less Realignment Outpost and/or Fantasy Land, right?
And I do see what you're saying about some of the smaller schools in bigger divisions. What would you suggest I could do with them?
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College Football (and some basketball) Realignment.
The Run Down:
- There is no such thing as an "independent" school for football nor basketball.
- There as no such thing as a "partial membership" (such as San Diego State and Boise State are planning on doing by being a Big East football member and a Great West/WAC basketball member). Schools will participate in the same conference for football and basketball. All other sports do not apply to this rule, as the hockey/baseball/soccer conferences are pretty much completely different from that of football and basketball.
- All of these conferences are geographically sound for the most part.
- The WAC and Conference USA no longer exist.
Here she is:
Big East
Atlantic
Connecticut Huskies
Central Florida Knights
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
South Florida Bulls
Syracuse Orange
Temple Owls
UAB Dragons
Midwestern
Cincinnati Bearcats
Louisville Cardinals
Marshall Thundering Herd
Memphis Tigers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Pittsburgh Panthers
Tulane Green Wave
Great Plains (formerly Big 12)
East
Houston Cougars
Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas State Wildcats
Iowa State Cyclones
Missouri Tigers
Texas A&M Aggies
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
West Virginia Mountaineers
West
Baylor Bears
Boise State Broncos
Brigham Young Cougars
Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Texas Longhorns
Texas Christian Horned Frogs
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Midwestern (formerly Big 10)
Legends
Iowa Hawkeyes
Michigan Wolverines
Michigan State Spartans
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Nebraska Huskers
Northwestern Wildcats
Leaders
Illinois Fighting Illini
Indiana Hoosiers
Ohio State Buckeyes
Penn State Nittany Lions
Purdue Boilermakers
Wisconsin Badgers
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic
Boston College Eagles
Clemson Tigers
Florida State Seminoles
Maryland Terrapins
Navy Midshipmen
North Carolina State Wolfpack
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Coastal
Army Black Knights
Duke Blue Devils
East Carolina Pirates
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Miami Hurricanes
North Carolina Tarheels
Virginia Cavaliers
Virginia Tech Hokies
Mountain West
North
Air Force Falcons
Colorado Buffaloes
Colorado State Rams
Idaho Vandals
Nevada Wolfpack
Utah State Aggies
Wyoming Cowboys
South
Fresno State Bulldogs
New Mexico Lobos
New Mexico State Aggies
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Rice Owls
San Diego State Aztecs
UTEP Miners
Sun Belt
Arkansas State Red Wolves
Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida International Golden Panthers
Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns
Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
North Texas Mean Green
Sam Houston State Bearkats
Troy Trojans
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Pacific Coast Conference (formerly Pacific-12)
North
California Golden Bears
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
San Jose State Spartans
Stanford Cardinal
Washington Huskies
Washington State Cougars
South
Arizona Wildcats
Arizona State Sun Devils
UNLV Rebels
Hawai’i Warriors
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Utah Utes
Southeastern Conference
East
Georgia Bulldogs
Florida Gators
Kentucky Wildcats
South Carolina Gamecocks
Tennessee Volunteers
Vanderbilt Commodores
West
Alabama Crimson Tide
Arkansas Razorbacks
Auburn Tigers
Louisiana State Tigers
Mississippi Rebels
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Mid-American Conference
East
Akron Zips
Bowling Green Falcons
Buffalo Bulls
Kent State Golden Flashes
Massachusetts Minutemen
Miami Redhawks
Ohio Bobcats
West
Ball State Cardinals
Central Michigan Chippewas
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Northern Illinois Huskies
Toledo Rockets
Western Michigan Broncos
Because of the no partial membership rule, a new basketball conference had to be made for the former basketball only Big East schools as well as one former C-USA basketball only school. Here are your Metro America League teams:
- DePaul Blue Demons
- Georgetown Hoyas
- Marquette Golden Eagles
- Providence Friars
- Seton Hall Pirates
- South Alabama Jaguars
- St. Johns Red Storm
- Villanova Wildcats
The other basketball only C-USA school was Denver. They will join the Big West.
Due to the new no independent schools rule, the four NCAA independent basketball schools have each found conferences.
Longwood Lancers - Patriot League
Seattle Redhawks - Big West
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners - Big West
Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks - Summit League
Lastly, some schools switched leagues in basketball due to former partial memberships:
Navy AND Army - moving from Patriot to ACC
Temple - moving from Atlantic 10 to Big East
Massachusetts - moving from Atlantic 10 to MAC
Sam Houston State - moving from Southland to Sun Belt (Southland divisional system would therefore fold)
And that's all she wrote. So how'd I do?
- There is no such thing as an "independent" school for football nor basketball.
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I loved this look for the Pirates. But it could have used a P outlined in red and a red bill for the cap.
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Pathetically, there's actually serious talk of the Big Least, Conference USA, and Mountain West merging into a 32-team conference. No, I am not making this up. Boise State and Houston need to get the hell out while they can.
Football only or basketball and other sports included?
EDIT: Just found an article on it; football only. The conference would span from Connecticut to Hawaii. Great. Who doesn't love those UConn-Hawaii and Marshall-Wyoming match-ups?
This is stupid. Although I wouldn't be against a C-USA and Big East merger for all sports. That makes sense geographically and revenue-wise.
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Guys, NHL realignment for Winnipeg isn't that hard. Just put Winnipeg in the Northwest, move Minnesota up to the Central, and scoot Nashville on over to the Southwest. Bada bing.
But eventually I think Phoenix should move to Québec City, so here's how I imagine the NHL with a NHC (National Hockey Conference) and an AHC (American Hockey Conference):
AHC
AHC East
New Jersey Devils
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Florida Panthers
Québec Nordiques (or whatever they are named)
AHC Central
Nashville Predators
Columbus Blue Jackets
Pittsburgh Penguins
St. Louis Blues
Carolina Hurricanes
AHC West
Anaheim Ducks
Vancouver Canucks
San Jose Sharks
Winnipeg Jets
Minnesota Wild
NHC
NHC East
Washington Capitals
Tampa Bay Lightning
Boston Bruins
Montréal Canadiens
New York Islanders
NHC Central
Buffalo Sabres
Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Blackhawks
Detroit Red Wings
Ottawa Senators
NHC West
Los Angeles Kings
Dallas Stars
Calgary Flames
Edmonton Oilers
Colorado Avalanche
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