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I used to think that it would be a market the NHL should have, but the more I hear about the Bucks' situation, the more I'm not so sure. The AHL may be the perfect level for them.

NBA if they cared about the fanz!!!111one East Atlantic Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers Central Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Milwaukee Bucks Washington Zephyrs Central East Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Pittsburgh TBA Toronto Raptors Southeast Atlanta Hawks Charlotte AirFliers ('cause Bobcats is dumb0 Miami Heat Orlando Magic West Midwest Dallas Mavs Denver Nuggets Oklahoma Thunder (they never shoulda left and their unis and logo suck) Phoenix Suns Northwest Minnesota Timberwolves Portland Trailblazers Seattle SuperSonics (continuation of teh original sonics even though they're not) Utah Hornets ('cause tehy're the beehive state and hornets r like bees/continuation of Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets though just the name changed) Pacific Los Angles Lakers Oakland Warriors ('cause Golden State sounds liek a college name() Sacramento Kings San Diego Clippers (LA is teh lakers town) Southwest Houston Rockets Memphis Express (give grizzlies back to vancouver incase of expansion) New Orleans Jazz (new orleans seems more jazzy then utah/official continuation of New Orleans Jazz/Utah Jazz team even if they just switched names with Hornets) San Antonio Spurs

MLB could stand to be reworked, but what they have now is workable. Of course the first thing they need to do is balance out the number of AL and NL teams. Once they do that they can start thinking about divisional realignment. It's an interesting idea, but it would never work. That setup is familiar with, and thus accepted by, European sports fans. As a concept it's completley foreign to North American sports fans, and thus would never fly.

To be perfectly honest, the NFL is near perfect as-is. MLB could stand to shuffle a few teams around, but they aren't too bad.

im suprised honestly that the seahawks havnt been moved yet because seattle is the most screwed over city in sports based on what happened with teh sonics and sb xl. I have to admit yours does have the awesome built in rivalries of Jerusalem vs Berlin and the Fightin' People from Luxembourg vs the Rams

NFL if they cared about the fanz!!!111one AFC North Baltimore Colts (formally Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens) Cleveland Browns (original Cleveland Browns but not really) Cincinatti Bengals Dayton Triangles (xpansion 'bring 'em back!) Pittsburgh Steelers South Birmingham Cannons (xpansion) Houston Oilers (formally Houston Texans/"official" continuation of original Oilers) Indianapolis Ravens (formally the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts) Kansas City Chiefs Tennessee Titans (they can't pretend to be the Oilers anymore because Bud Adams suksorz) East Buffalo Bills (xpansion/officially continuation of Buffalo Bills but not really) Miami Dolphins Toronto Northmen (formally Buffalo Bills) New England Patriots New Jersey Jets (TEHY DONT PLAY IN NY!!) West Denver Broncos Los Angeles Chargers Los Vegas Aces (xpansion) Mexico City Aztecs (make them leave the Jaguars name in JAXVILLE for teh fanz!) Oakland Raiders NFC North Canton Bulldogs (the home of teh NFL HoF should have a team!0 Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Minnestoa Vikings South Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints (CONGRATZ GUYS!!!!11) San Antonio Alamos (xpansion) Tampa Bay Bucs East Dallas Cowboys New Jersey Giants (TEHY DONT PLAY IN NY!!) Philadelphia Eagles Richmond Racers (xpansion 'cause the area can totally support three teams) Washington Hogs ('cause Redskins is racists) West Los Angeles Rams (formally Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals) Phoenix Firebirds (xpansion) San Fran 49ers Seattle Seahawks St. Louis Cardinals (formally Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams)

I was thinking something similar, actually. Also, the Thrashers and Flames should totally switch names/identities.

NHL, NFL style East Atlantic New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Washington Central Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto Northeast Boston Columbus New Jersey Pittsburgh Southeast Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay West Midwest Chicago Detroit Kansas City St. Louis Northwest Calgary Edmonton Minnesota Winnipeg Pacific Anaheim Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Southwest Colorado Dallas Phoenix Nashville

I agree with all three, and I'll add the Bengals and Chargers. The Bengals set just looks out of place. The new B logo they introduced at the same time is a completley different font. The Bengals' numbers look like cheap Bears knockoffs to me. They just look like the team picked a random number font because the NFL told them they needed something custom. It's the same complaint I have with the Eagles actually. The Chargers font just seems incredibly forced. The wordmark, which save for a few tweaks is the same one from the last set, is rather bold and roundish. The numbers the Bolts went with are angular to the point of redundancy. They do drag the entire new set down a notch, in my opinion. True about the yellow bleeding into the white, but it's a minor complaint in my book, and had they kept the set this problem would have been fixed by the advent of HD TV. As for the powder blue, I'm inclined to agree. They tried to make everyone happy, and made no one happy. Either they should have gone powder blue/white/yellow or navy/white/yellow. At first I really liked the new Chargers set. Then I kind of sort of liked them. Now I'm just happy that they didn't go crazy with the panelling and piping like the Falcons, Vikings, and Cards did. I would take the last set back in a heartbeat.

You would think, but ya never know. I think, in terms of the numbers, it had less to do with counterfeiting then it had to do with copyrighting. Like when they changed the ref pattern. They did it so that any commercial that wanted to imply that there was an NFL ref on screen had to pay the NFL for the right to use the custom ref pattern. The same can be said for these new typefaces. Before a commercial could have shown a navy, white, and yellow NFL team with block numbers and short of implied that it was the chargers. Now if a company wants to effectively imply that they're using the Chargers in their ad they have to pay for the official typeface. That's my take on it anyway. Ultimately this is a league that felt the need to trademark the green stickers that indicate which players are wired on the field, so it doesn't come as a surprise that they would force changes on teams to get a new number font they could trademark. But yeah, I hate the current Bolts number font, and I think the current look would improve greatly if they ditched it. The home uniform with that set was perfect, in so far as it's really the only viable jersey they could have gone with. Though I'm not a fan of it, I wouldn't have changed it. I was just hoping that, during the years that set existed, the Chargers would pull a Cowboys and wear white most of the time. I think what bothered me about the home set was that there seemed to be to much navy. Again, there wasn't anything you could do to fix the set, it was kind of set in stone. Still, it just seemed to "dark" to me. Maybe if the Broncos hadn't gone with the same basic scheme at home (navy/navy/white) I would have felt differently.

I've heard rumours (emphasis on "rumours") that the league "suggested" they make the change. They were tired of the Chargers having two helmets each year (the navy primaries and the throwback whites), wanted a custom number font for trademark purposes, and wanted a wordmark under the collar, again for trademark purposes. I'm not saying that is what happened, but it is something that's floating around out there. As for the old set, again, I liked the white jersey/navy pants combo. The blue jersey/white pants combo shown in this thread always seemed a little bland to me, in my opinion.

The white jersey/navy pants combo was one of my favourites. The navy/white one shown here, however, didn't do much for me.

I think it's pretty clear we have. *snicker*