RaginRonic

On 2/9/2019 at 12:02 PM, SFCOM1 said:

Well according to the NFL Official rules:

 

<<The Playing Field

 

Rule 1

 

The playing field will be rimmed by a solid white border six feet wide along the end lines and sidelines. There will be an additional broken yellow line nine feet farther outside this border along each sideline in the non-bench areas, and such broken line will be continued at an angle from each 30- yard line and pass behind the bench area (all benches a minimum of 30 feet back from the sidelines) at a distance of six feet. In each end zone, this broken yellow line is six feet from the solid white border. These yellow broken lines are to be eight inches wide and two feet long with a space of one foot between them.

In addition, within each bench area, a solid yellow line six feet behind the solid border will delineate a special area for coaches, behind which all players, except one player who is charting the game, must remain. Furthermore, a broken white line four inches wide and four feet long with a space of two-foot intervals will be marked three feet inside the nine-foot restriction line on the sideline, extending to meet the existing yellow broken line six feet behind both end zones and at each television box outside the bench area.>>

 

In simpler terms.These are restriction lines for the players and coaches, (Team and Coaches boxes between the 30 yard lines on each side of the field) sideline personel, and credentialed media. (The white and yellow dashed lines streching out the reminder of each sideline respectiely). Trust the guy who wears the stripes ( and has access to the actual rule book on NFL.com!) LOL

So that means if I'm with credentials, and taking pictures of the game, I have to stay behind the yellow hashed line until the game ends?

o.o

On 2/5/2019 at 7:30 PM, pitt6pack said:

Super Bowl LIII: February 3, 2019 - Mercedes Benz Stadium

New England Patriots - 13        Los Angeles Rams - 3

 

Field without teamboxes

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Forgive me here, but there's some things I see on this full field...the yellow 'dotted' line on the outside, the white ones right beside the yellow, and in front of the team boxes, A] a solid yellow line in front, and B] 2 small white lines on the sides.

What are those anyway? o.o

I've come up with a few simple ideas for re-alignment for the NHL, to keep things fair for teams in the U.S. and Canada.

1st, I wouldn't have the NHL expand to 32 teams without Quebec City in the equation. If QUE can't get in, then Las Vegas waits too. No preferential treatment can be given to Vegas ahead of Quebec.

My alignment for the teams, with 4 divisions, goes like this.

4-DIVISION ALIGNMENT

Eastern Conference

Division 1

Quebec Nordiques
Montreal Canadiens
Boston Bruins
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
New Jersey Devils
Philadelphia Flyers
Washington Capitals

Division 2

Ottawa Senators
Toronto Maple Leafs
Carolina Hurricanes
Florida Panthers
Buffalo Sabres
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning
Columbus Blue Jackets

Western Conference

Division 3

Winnipeg Jets
Edmonton Oilers
Detroit Red Wings
Nashville Predators
Chicago Blackhawks
St. Louis Blues
Minnesota Wild
Dallas Stars

Division 4

Calgary Flames
Vancouver Canucks
Colorado Avalanche
Arizona Coyotes
Las Vegas
Anaheim Ducks
Los Angeles Kings
San Jose Sharks

In this format, to make the playoffs, I'd qualify teams based on division, where you'd need to finish in the Top 4 within to make the playoffs. No wild-cards or crossovers. The 1st Round would return to the Division Semi-Final format used up to 1992-93, with Round 2 being the Division Final round. The matchups would be 1V4 and 2V3 in the DSF round.

Now, if there were to be 8 divisions, I'd place the teams like this.

8-DIVISION ALIGNMENT

Eastern Conference

Division 1

Quebec Nordiques
Boston Bruins
New York Islanders
New York Rangers

Division 2

Montreal Canadiens
New Jersey Devils
Philadelphia Flyers
Washington Capitals

Division 3

Ottawa Senators
Carolina Hurricanes
Florida Panthers
Buffalo Sabres

Division 4

Toronto Maple Leafs
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning
Columbus Blue Jackets

Western Conference

Division 5

Winnipeg Jets
Detroit Red Wings
Nashville Predators
Chicago Blackhawks

Division 6

Edmonton Oilers
St. Louis Blues
Minnesota Wild
Dallas Stars

Division 7

Calgary Flames
Colorado Avalanche
Arizona Coyotes
Las Vegas

Division 8

Vancouver Canucks
Anaheim Ducks
Los Angeles Kings
San Jose Sharks

In this format, to make the playoffs, you must finish in 1st or 2nd place in your division. There are no divisional crossovers. The 1st round is the Division Final round, with Round 2 being the Conf. Semi Final round.

In the CSF round, I'd have the team from the best division in the conference play the team from the worst division, and the other 2 would play each other.

The best division would be the one who's 2 teams, with their reg. season points totals added up, would give it the rank of 1st place division(i.e. From Div. 7, Calgary gets 119 points, and Arizona got 100 points, both teams got 219 points, while the 2 teams from Div. 5 got 174, Div. 6 got 185, and Div. 8 got 192). In the brackets, it'd mean the winner of Div. 7 would play winner of Div. 5 in the CSF, while the Div. 6 winner would play the Div. 8 winner.

To accommodate the 8-division format, in order to cut down on travel lag and costs, I'd END all play between each conference in the regular season, meaning the Canucks would not play the Canadiens in the reg. season anymore.

To help keep the TOR-DET rivalry alive as best possible, I would have Detroit and Columbus switch conferences each season, meaning the Leafs and Wings would play each other in the reg. season every other year.

This would mean that the Prince Of Wales Trophy and Clarence Campbell Bowl would have their significance rise greatly, and I'd also have the Eastern and Western Conference winners hoist those trophies, to celebrate the fact that they were the 'Beasts of the East/Best In The West', and to have those conference titles mean as much as the ones from the NFL do to their winners. If both teams hoist those trophies, THERE IS NO CUP FINAL HEX/CURSE!

The Stanley Cup Championship Final series would see both teams flying blind against each other, with no current season past to speak of weighing them down.

My preference would be the 8-division format.

I'd also suggest that the rosters for every team in the NHL be re-distributed as well, to provide for proper roster balance through the whole league. Each team would have a player that would be as good as the others in their respective roster positions league-wide. It would mean that the playoff races post-trade deadline would be as even as possible.

It would help to address an issue that the teams in Canada can't make any decent playoff runs that are seen as deliberate. Most of the playoff runs that Canadian teams have made since 1994 have probably been seen as accidents that weren't supposed to exist.

Sorry this was so long, but I needed to explain this in detail.