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  1. Is there a mathematical term for the concept riki introduced last november? I can't think of anything other than "closest geographical neighbor." My geek above uses the concept for national capitals for countries and my ideas of geographical and inherent regions after observing the "closest geographical neighbors" concept to a few North American sports leagues. Like a Voronoi map, but stipulates that every point must be paired with its neighbor in one group. Sizes of groups are exponential; number of points on the map = about 3x number of groups. After determining a group (point A, point A's neighbor, and if point A's neighbor is closest to point A -close group; if point A's neighbor is not closest to point A, expand group until all points are paired with closest neighbor), the one (in a group of 3, sometimes 4, etc.) point that is "closest neighbor" to the most points in a group is determined "representative" (of the group). If two share the most "closest neighbors" in a group, take midpoint and determine midpoint as "representative." If three share the most "closest neighbors" (in a group with more than 5 points, kind of rare; remember, Bell's Curve is represented in sizes [number of points] of groups), three points will be run through as if there were no other points (i.e. eliminate other points in group) to determine "representative." If there are four that share the most "closest neighbors"...well, that hasn't happened yet (just eliminate other points in group). You'll be left with 1/3 of original group. Run again until there is one point left (this will usually be a midpoint of a midpoint determined earlier). The end result, after you've grouped all the groups back together, is pretty cool. Basically, you are left with a sports league structure with divisions and conferences. You can expect two or three conferences with two or three divisions per conference and each point will be in a division with its closest neighbor (and the neighbor with its closest neighbor, etc.) geomidpoint.com distancefromto.net (.net? .com?) This can help determine inherent "groups" in a system or inherent regions on a map. I use this to determine that Lagos is the "capital," but really, the final point is just off the coast of Lagos in the ocean, Lagos just happens to be the closest point to the final point, same goes for Mobile (actually northwest). Oh, and that "USA is split into North, South, and West regions" comes from running this program (Excel) for 125 college football teams (no wonder Mobile* was found to be the final point and not somewhere in Missouri - Southern Missouri has no teams in the FBS). The question this poses: Would you rather have an odd number of conferences/grossly unbalanced groups by number of teams per group (divisions or conferences) or be ensured that geographical rivals are in the same division and the divisions are logically constructed (not by forcing "not East" and "not West" teams into a "Central Division")? This can also help determine which leagues should separate into conferences. This method probably works best for leagues of many small-market/amateur teams, like college sports, the PDL (soccer), and junior hockey, because teams cannot afford to travel very far, but need to play as many teams as possible for any ranking procedure to be reliable (take college football; it's unfair that a team has to play, perhaps on the road, one game against their rival because there are 7 other teams in the conference [ain't no team going to play 7H 7A games against divisional opponents], so smaller divisions, like the NFL's 4-team divisions, are more fair). The NFL run through this process reveals divisions made up of 2-8 teams. Obviously the 8-team "DEN KC STL IND CHI CIN GB MIN Division" would have a different schedule than other divisions, and this would be at the mercy of tiebreaking procedures. Graphing>College-Ruled
  2. North, South, and West: The historical, traditional regions of the United States. Debate: Texas, Missouri, and Virginia. Historical "realignment" complainants. Is this too weird? I'll give you another thing... USA North=Europe/N America/India/Russia/N Africa USA South=Africa/South America USA West=Indonesia/China/Australia/Japan "North" and "South" are closer to each other than either are to "West." West, however is closest to South. The "capitals" of each region: World North: Between Zagreb and Ljubljana World South: Lagos World West: Jakarta USA North: Columbus USA South: Mobile USA West: Sacramento The fractalized world capital: Lagos, Nigeria; the corresponding USA capital: Mobile, Alabama. Glad to get that off my chest. . . (Math that I won't bother you with)
  3. 1. league ownership (Yotes, Mallards, Expos) 2. merger (oft-forgot option) 3. relocation ("Northern expansion" is the current era of the NHL) 4. contraction (rare) Can't wait to see the Panthers move even though they arrived at the height of my hockey-loving childhood (Vanbiesbrouck/Panthers jersey for Christmas). Can someone please explain the SPHL/abundance of ECHL teams in the Southern backwater? Somebody must care about the Pee Dee Cyclones...
  4. Did you refer to a list of cities by population to determine which cities were in each pigball league? I think the forgotten aspect of fake sports leagues is the influence of history on the shape of the league, colors, and names of the teams. Where did the league start? Which teams have survived the longest? What's the story behind defunct franchises in relation to events (real or fake) in history? What's pigball? Is it played in cold weather or warm? Shouldn't there be more teams in the North if it's played in the fall? Stadiums.
  5. The question is whether the current league alignment is the best fit for the sacred 82-game schedule (obviously the league alignment is worth less to the league than having an 82-game schedule/team). With a 30-team, 2-conference alignment, the obvious issue concerns whether a disparity in total divisional games per team matters. What's more important to the NHL, "having two conferences" or that "the total number of divisional games is different between two of the four divisions?" By creating a 16/14 split in conferences, the league has acknowledged the importance of divisional disparity within the league at the expense of the difficulty one team in the East will have in making the playoffs. Geographical proximity (traditional rivalry, not "travel distance") reasons obviously trump fairness in playoff viability because the East will play more divisional games. The Eastern teams are closer geographically to each other than Western teams) and compete against one more team than Western teams for the playoffs. The NHL has created two leagues. West and East. BTW, if the NHL added 4 games to the schedule per team and moved one East team West (say Panthers to Kansas City), with two 15-team leagues, all teams could play 1H, 1A Inter-Conference and 2H, 2A Intra-Conference...and we could be rid of divisions altogether. I do like that DET and CBJ are in the East with TOR and PGH, but I hate that there is so much uncertainty in whether teams will relocate, contract, that some teams have no fans while Quebec City and cities with new arenas have no teams...basically uncertainty and lack of information. This is how I've overcome the fact that I'll never play in the NHL...I'm an authority on this stuff (and hockey is just as pointless, honestly).
  6. Any time we post a schedule format, the league alignment is set. Post the league alignment for easier reference.
  7. A few things: -Mistake in Western Conference Divisional games (too many or uneven home/away games) -The Inter-Conference formula is currently being used by the NHL -The playoff format is similar to the current format, except for the cross-over in the first round *Begin by eliminating 58 games (29H, 29A) for every team. This is most important, but if you want the schedule to last 82 games, then add 24 games (12H, 12A) for each team. I'm only interested in these 24 games. If you thought of this without looking at the new NHL schedule format, I'm very impressed. Very close, but you avoided 4-game (2H, 2A) Divisional series for both conferences for some reason (stick with even series as much as you can).
  8. I've read that the next 3 of 4 MLS expansion teams are "locks." One being Atlanta, to play in the new Falcons Stadium. -New York City, lock -Atlanta, lock -Orlando, very probable ("could start play by 2015") -San Antonio, probable (from another article, can expand stadium capacity like Orlando) -Miami, not sure, considering the Orlando news is from today Garber wants 22 by 2020.
  9. Poor franchises will merge or relocate before they get contracted. I can think of two franchises in the MLB NHL NFL NBA and MLS that have been contracted: Tampa Bay Mutiny Miami Fusion *If these teams existed today, they would be managed by the league. Why were MIA & TB contracted & not relocated/merged?
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