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Atlanta moving to Winnipeg is going to increase distances between teams no matter what. The total sum for distances that Atlanta is compared to the other 29 NHL teams is 28404 miles. For Winnipeg its going to be 33220 miles. That's about another 166 miles added on per team. Biggest winners in order are going to be Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, San Jose, Minnesota, Colorado, Los Angeles, Anaheim, and Phoenix. Every other city will lose and the biggest ones will be Florida, Tampa Bay, Carolina, Nashville and Washington. So you are looking at the Southeast taking a big blow distance wise here. If you just looking at the four teams left in the Southeast division and trying to find the epicenter of the division, Nasvhille would be about 78 miles closer then Columbus would, and those are the two closest teams. Columbus is also 98 miles closer to the epicenter of the other four teams in the new Central division then is Nashville and again those are the two closest teams. With that in mind I would say that's the move that would probably make the most sense, without getting too crazy with the alignments.

Added team colors to the cells. Cleaned up some of the conference mistakes with college football, and also added the AAA baseball, the AHL, and NBDL. BTW I truly hate any team with a blue green color combo. Pain in the ass to do teams like the Charlotte Knights and Connecticut Whale. The cells are all easy to read though which is more what I was going for then color accuracy although I tried to get as close as I could where possible.

Kind of a half bump/half if anyone has any specific requets for any league outside of Division 1 College Basketball which I am currently working on, I can do it as well. I'm currently in the process of adding team colors to the cells, and throwing in a few defunct teams into the mix such as the LA Rams, Montreal Expos, Seattle Sonics, and Winnipeg Jets. The colors of course can be changed back to default and defunct teams eliminated if you don't like them. I'm not however doing teams like the Houston Oilers or any other defunct team that has since been replaced, or teams like the Fort Wayne Pistons who simply have no chance of ever seeing an NBA team again. The colors are also going to be taken from Wikipedia, not from the SSUR.org site. The colors on Wikipedia tend to be brighter and therefore easier to read.

Kind of a half bump/half if anyone has any specific requets for any league outside of Division 1 College Basketball which I am currently working on, I can do it as well.

If anyone would like, I have an excel sheet that gives you excat milledge "as the crow flies" for how far away every team is in comparison to another. I have MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS and D1A College Football. Just give me your e-mail and I can send you the excel file.

I just want to know how many championships you have to win before you are no longer allowed to hang up any division or conference titles.

Wow. So many comments to make here. I'm just gonna focus on baseball for now: - Splitting up the Cubs and Cardinals? Mistake numero uno. - Then, you put the Braves with the Chicago teams, Milwaukee and Cincinnati instead of St. Louis, even though they're much closer to those cities. And you put the Florida teams, who are closer to Atlanta, with St. Louis and the Texas teams... in the WEST league. How in the world is Florida teams in the West League? Florida and Texas teams in one divison works, in the AL/NL format, but you should swap St. Louis and Atlanta. - All this on top of the fact that you ditched the NL and AL. As far as the splitting up the Cubs and Cards, the NL/AL or any division rivalry, I'm not really going much for realisim. There's obviously problems. I'm just simply going for closest distance. The west league is kind of a bad name for what I was going for, and I don't really know why I put it. It's really more of a south-west league. How many of those teams are above the mason dixon line, versus what I had for the NFL? Atlanta was a tough team to place. I threw them in there mainly because of their relation in regards to everyone else in their league moreso then their division. I will agree that St. Louis is a better for that division, but not not for the league. If it was a serious proposition, I wouldn't be completely closed minded to the idea of swapping Atlanta for St. Louis. St. Louis is also closer fit then Atlanta for that division, but not the overall league. I like it the way I had it, but its a good point to bring up. I don't even think of it because I had it sorted by league first and then division. Better fit for the league? What does that even mean? There are 3 rivalries you NEVER split up divisionally in baseball: Yanks/Sox, Cards/Cubs and Dodgers/Giants. There is nothing logical, geographically or "fit-wise", about the way you have the Cardinals and Braves placed. What I mean by that was that Atlanta is closer to places like Washington, Baltimore, Philly, New York, and Boston then St. Louis is. Just like St. Louis is much closer to Seattle, Minnesota, KC, Colorado, San Fran and Oakland. And I even said it was a good point, and I could understand where you were coming from. I don't know what more you want from me? It's a joke thing that I did in 20 minutes, but you seem to be very upset over it. If it bothers you that much, then do the switch for Atlanta and St. Louis yourself. I rather that then try to continuly defend something I thought of that I know has no chance of happening.

Wow. So many comments to make here. I'm just gonna focus on baseball for now: - Splitting up the Cubs and Cardinals? Mistake numero uno. - Then, you put the Braves with the Chicago teams, Milwaukee and Cincinnati instead of St. Louis, even though they're much closer to those cities. And you put the Florida teams, who are closer to Atlanta, with St. Louis and the Texas teams... in the WEST league. How in the world is Florida teams in the West League? Florida and Texas teams in one divison works, in the AL/NL format, but you should swap St. Louis and Atlanta. - All this on top of the fact that you ditched the NL and AL. As far as the splitting up the Cubs and Cards, the NL/AL or any division rivalry, I'm not really going much for realisim. There's obviously problems. I'm just simply going for closest distance. The west league is kind of a bad name for what I was going for, and I don't really know why I put it. It's really more of a south-west league. How many of those teams are above the mason dixon line, versus what I had for the NFL? Atlanta was a tough team to place. I threw them in there mainly because of their relation in regards to everyone else in their league moreso then their division. I will agree that St. Louis is a better for that division, but not not for the league. If it was a serious proposition, I wouldn't be completely closed minded to the idea of swapping Atlanta for St. Louis. St. Louis is also closer fit then Atlanta for that division, but not the overall league. I like it the way I had it, but its a good point to bring up. I don't even think of it because I had it sorted by league first and then division.

For both football and baseball I would have it sorted more along the lines of Northeast and Southwest rather then AL versus NL and AFC versus NFC. Here's what I would do for the NFL. East Conference --------------- Division 1 ---------- Atlanta Falcons Jacksonville Jaguars Miami Dolphins Tampa Bay Buccaneers Division 2 ---------- Baltimore Ravens Carolina Panthers Pittsburgh Steelers Washington Redskins Division 3 ---------- Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Detroit Lions Division 4 ---------- New England Patriots New York Giants New York Jets Philadelphia Eagles West Conferece -------------- Division 1 ---------- Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers Indianapolis Colts Minnesota Vikings Division 2 ---------- Dallas Cowboys Houston Texans New Orleans Saints Tennessee Titans Division 3 ---------- Arizona Cardinals Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs St. Louis Rams Division 4 ---------- Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks For MLB East League ----------- Division 1 ---------- Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox Cincinnati Reds Milwaukee Brewers Division 2 ---------- Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox New York Mets New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies Division 3 ---------- Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Pittsburgh Pirates Toronto Blue Jays Washington Nationals West League ----------- Division 1 ---------- Arizona Diamondbacks Colorado Rockies Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins Seattle Mariners Division 2 ---------- Florida Marlins Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals Tampa Bay Rays Texas Rangers Division 3 ---------- LA Angels of Anaheim Los Angeles Dodgers Oakland Athletics San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants I'm pretty sure with that alignment you cannot make any division swaps and have the average distance between teams in the division decrease.