Joshawaggie Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 same idea for MLB: Real divisions (two things: if you can't beat your neighbor, you don't go to the playoffs, and no excuse for not making the playoffs because your team had to travel too much).9 playoff teams, 9 divisions, 9 players on the fieldRed SoxYankeesMetsOriolesNationalsPhilliesRaysMarlinsIndiansBlue JaysTigersRedsBravesPiratesWhite SoxCubsTwinsBrewersRoyalsCardinalsRockiesAstrosRangersAthleticsGiantsMarinersAngelsDodgersPadresDiamondbacks Quote @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Ha!This actually makes sense. Your favorite team is in the division with their closest geographical "rival." I took a look at the Royals' schedule this year and it really angered me. It seems the MLB is moving to a schedule format in which teams from the AL Central will play primarily NL East teams in 2013. I imagine that in 2014 the Royals will play primarily AL Central or NL West teams...this means that the schedule makes a full turn (becomes "complete") every three years! It's similar to the NFL schedule.The 2013 Royals schedule breakdownAL Central games: 76AL East games: 34AL West games: 32NL Central games: 4NL East games: 16NL West games: 0WTF!Posted again with closest geographical rivals attached to each team:9 playoff teams, 9 divisions, 9 players on the fieldDivision headings list the city theoretically "in the middle of the division:"New YorkRed Sox (Yankees)Yankees (Mets)Mets (Yankees)BaltimoreOrioles (Nationals)Nationals (Orioles)Phillies (Orioles)Fort Myers, FloridaRays (Marlins)Marlins (Rays)ClevelandIndians (Tigers)Blue Jays (Indians)Tigers (Indians)Reds (Indians)Braves (Reds)Pirates (Indians)ChicagoWhite Sox (Cubs)Cubs (White Sox)Twins (Brewers)Brewers (Cubs)Kansas CityRoyals (Cardinals)Cardinals (Royals)Rockies (Royals)College Station, TexasAstros (Rangers)Rangers (Astros)OaklandAthletics (Giants)Giants (Athletics)Mariners (Athletics)AnaheimAngels (Dodgers)Dodgers (Angels)Padres (Angels)Diamondbacks (Padres) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 NFL divisions ! :Division names are based on the theoretical center of each division。。。Indianapolis DivisionKansas City (St. Louis)St. Louis (Indianapolis)Denver (Kansas City)Cincinnati (Indianapolis)Indianapolis (Cincinnati)Chicago (Indianapolis)Green Bay (Chicago)Pittsburgh (Cleveland)Cleveland (Detroit)Detroit (Cleveland)Buffalo (Pittsburgh)Minnesota (Green Bay)Oakland DivisionOakland (San Francisco)San Francisco (Oakland)Seattle (Oakland)Yuma DivisionSan Diego (Arizona)Arizona (San Diego)Fort Meade DivisionBaltimore (Washington)Washington (Baltimore)E. Rutherford DivisionNew England (NY Jets)NY Jets (NY Giants)NY Giants (NY Jets)Philadelphia (NY Jets)St. Petersburg DivisionMiami (Tampa Bay)Tampa Bay (Jacksonville)Jacksonville (Tampa Bay)Atlanta DivisionTennessee (Atlanta)Atlanta (Tennessee)Carolina (Atlanta)Houston DivisionHouston (Dallas)Dallas (Houston)New Orleans (Houston) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philsphan Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 The number one rule of realignment (especially for the pro leagues) is that the division must be equal! I like your idea, but find a way to make the divisions equal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Ha!This actually makes sense. Your favorite team is in the division with their closest geographical "rival." I took a look at the Royals' schedule this year and it really angered me. It seems the MLB is moving to a schedule format in which teams from the AL Central will play primarily NL East teams in 2013. I imagine that in 2014 the Royals will play primarily AL Central or NL West teams...this means that the schedule makes a full turn (becomes "complete") every three years! It's similar to the NFL schedule.The 2013 Royals schedule breakdownAL Central games: 76AL East games: 34AL West games: 32NL Central games: 4NL East games: 16NL West games: 0WTF!Posted again with closest geographical rivals attached to each team:9 playoff teams, 9 divisions, 9 players on the fieldDivision headings list the city theoretically "in the middle of the division:"New YorkRed Sox (Yankees)Yankees (Mets)Mets (Yankees)BaltimoreOrioles (Nationals)Nationals (Orioles)Phillies (Orioles)Fort Myers, FloridaRays (Marlins)Marlins (Rays)ClevelandIndians (Tigers)Blue Jays (Indians)Tigers (Indians)Reds (Indians)Braves (Reds)Pirates (Indians)ChicagoWhite Sox (Cubs)Cubs (White Sox)Twins (Brewers)Brewers (Cubs)Kansas CityRoyals (Cardinals)Cardinals (Royals)Rockies (Royals)College Station, TexasAstros (Rangers)Rangers (Astros)OaklandAthletics (Giants)Giants (Athletics)Mariners (Athletics)AnaheimAngels (Dodgers)Dodgers (Angels)Padres (Angels)Diamondbacks (Padres)We all got what you were trying to do... But it's stupid. Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Haha!This is what I have discovered using simple math: Theoretically, one or two divisions in a league with ten divisions will be much larger than the rest, and there will be one or two divisions that have the least amount of teams as possible to make a "division" (there can't be a division with one team). The question is how to group teams into divisions. If a group is two teams, and if a league NEEDS divisions, they inherently exist in geographic rivals.I am showing the unevenness of "divisions" based on the one rule that one team must be in the same division with its closest geographical rival would be arranged. Of course there are sports fans that are willing to fly from Arlington to East Rutherford twice a year. The Avalanche and the Red Wings are obviously bigger rivals than the Red Wings with their closest rival (the Blue Jackets) and the Avalanche with theirs (the Coyotes).Microsoft Excel and "distancefromto.net."The only divisions that exist between NFL, MLB, and NHL cities are these:-a Florida division (Sunrise, Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Jacksonville)-a Bay Area division + Seattle - San Jose (Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland)-The Rest of the United States and Canada (Dallas, St. Louis, Denver connect the East to the West)Divisions of countries grouped by the neighbor with whom they share their largest land-based border (islands have no land-based borders): Russia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Ukraine Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Belarus Finland Georgia Moldova Lithuania Latvia Estonia China Mongolia Burma Thailand North Korea South Korea Hong Kong Macau United States Canada Mexico Guatemala Belize Brazil Bolivia Peru Colombia Venezuela Guyana Ecuador Suriname Uruguay French Guiana India Bangladesh Pakistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka DemrepCongo Angola Zambia Rep Congo Central African Republic Namibia Gabon Equatorial Guinea Argentina Chile Paraguay Mali Mauritania Guinea Burkina Faso Senegal Sierra Leone Gambia Guinea-Bissau Western Sahara Sudan South Sudan Chad Egypt Libya Algeria Morocco Tunisia South Africa Botswana Lesotho Swaziland Niger Nigeria Cameroon Benin Iran Iraq Kuwait Ethiopia Somalia Djibouti Eritrea Laos Vietnam Cambodia Mozambique Malawi Zimbabwe Saudi Arabia Yemen Jordan Oman UAE Qatar Turkey Syria Lebanon France Spain Portugal Belgium Luxembourg Andorra Monaco Gibraltar (UK) Tanzania Kenya Uganda Burundi Rwanda Germany Czech Republic Poland Austria Netherlands Denmark Malaysia Indonesia Papua New Guinea Brunei East Timor Cote d'Ivoire Liberia Norway Sweden Romania Bulgaria Serbia Greece Macedonia Albania Kosovo Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia Montenegro Hungary Slovakia Ghana Togo Azerbaijan Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh Italy Switzerland Liechtenstein San Marino Vatican City Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Israel Palestinian territories Costa Rica Panama United Kingdom Ireland Dominican Republic Haiti Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) Cyprus Northern Cyprus Saint Martin (France) Sint Maarten (Netherlands) I am glad this thread is pointless.Belize is naturally connected to the United States by sharing its largest land-border with Guatemala and Guatemala sharing its largest with Mexico (Mexico's largest land-based border is with the United States, but the Mexican border is not the largest - although more people pass through this border every day than any other in the world; the largest land-based border in the world separates the United States and Canada, Canada's only international border).Pointless, until you get real deep...about "neighbors"...and what they did to become "neighbors" from "the people over there."Let's talk about our sports obsessions.Favorite rivalries:1. Raiders-Chiefs (notice I put the Raiders first, I love the Chiefs, but life wouldn't be as awful if we didn't lose to the nasty Raiders every once in a while - winning isn't as good as losing is bad, I guess. A rivalry built totally on divisional alignment, the Raiders are way to far away from the Chiefs to play in the same "regional division"2. Flyers-Penguins (again, didn't mean to put the Flyers ahead of the Penguins. Pennsylvania rivalry. Perhaps state pride matters a little bit in the creation of a league group)3. Royals-Twins (relaxing day in the middle of summer, dirty Twins jerseys at the beautiful Kauffman Stadium) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 It took 16 hours of talks in New York on Saturday, with concessions from both sides. It took 113 days. A total of 625 regular-season games were sacrificed, or over half the 2012-13 season. It took months of bitter sniping, petty politics, false hope and broken hearts.But at around 5 a.m. on Jan. 6, the word finally spread around the hockey world: The NHL and the NHLPA had reached a verbal agreement on a tentative framework for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.Drop the puck. The NHL will be finally back, with a 10-year CBA solidified between union chief Donald Fehr and Commissioner Gary Bettman. As Fehr said, via Sportsnet: "Any process like this is difficult; it can be long...we have the framework of a deal."Rich Chere of the Newark Star-Ledger reports some details:Deal to end NHL lockout tentative with 10-year CBA (opt-out after 8 years), 7-year contract limit (8 for own players) and $64.3 M cap '13-14.That’s right: After the NHL asked for a $60 million cap, the players got the League to move all the way to $64.3.The deal ends an ordeal that began on June 29, 2012, when collective bargaining started between the two sides. That led to a July 13 proposal from the NHL that may have set back negotiations for months: One that included a dramatic drop in the players’ share of revenue from 57 percent down to 43 percent, galvanizing the union.The NHLPA made its first offer on Aug. 14, as Donald Fehr surprised the NHL by not taking a run at the salary cap.The lockout formally began at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 15, 2012, after both sides tendered offers. The NHL’s next big offer arrived in October, which included a 50/50 split in revenue and a start date of Nov. 2.That offer didn’t get the deal done, and the 2013 Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs paid the price in the next round of cancellations.December produced some high drama: Meetings between the players and owners without Bettman and Fehr in the room; mediation with the U.S. federal government; and several proposals that saw both sides inch closer to a resolution.Mediator Scot Beckenbaugh returned to the talks last week, acting as a go-between and then eventually bringing the sides together on Saturday. With the NHLPA's disclaimer of interest and the NHL's potential drop-dead date of Jan. 11 looming, the sides finally dedicated themselves to saving the season with a marathon session.The deal was finally completed, pending ratification from the owners and players.Game on, with a shortened season expected to begin on Jan. 19 or as early as Jan. 15. John Shannon of Sportsnet reports that teams will only play within their conferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Haha!This is what I have discovered using simple math: Theoretically, one or two divisions in a league with ten divisions will be much larger than the rest, and there will be one or two divisions that have the least amount of teams as possible to make a "division" (there can't be a division with one team). The question is how to group teams into divisions. If a group is two teams, and if a league NEEDS divisions, they inherently exist in geographic rivals.I am showing the unevenness of "divisions" based on the one rule that one team must be in the same division with its closest geographical rival would be arranged. Of course there are sports fans that are willing to fly from Arlington to East Rutherford twice a year. The Avalanche and the Red Wings are obviously bigger rivals than the Red Wings with their closest rival (the Blue Jackets) and the Avalanche with theirs (the Coyotes).Microsoft Excel and "distancefromto.net."The only divisions that exist between NFL, MLB, and NHL cities are these:-a Florida division (Sunrise, Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Jacksonville)-a Bay Area division + Seattle - San Jose (Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland)-The Rest of the United States and Canada (Dallas, St. Louis, Denver connect the East to the West)Divisions of countries grouped by the neighbor with whom they share their largest land-based border (islands have no land-based borders): Russia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Ukraine Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Belarus Finland Georgia Moldova Lithuania Latvia Estonia China Mongolia Burma Thailand North Korea South Korea Hong Kong Macau United States Canada Mexico Guatemala Belize Brazil Bolivia Peru Colombia Venezuela Guyana Ecuador Suriname Uruguay French Guiana India Bangladesh Pakistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka DemrepCongo Angola Zambia Rep Congo Central African Republic Namibia Gabon Equatorial Guinea Argentina Chile Paraguay Mali Mauritania Guinea Burkina Faso Senegal Sierra Leone Gambia Guinea-Bissau Western Sahara Sudan South Sudan Chad Egypt Libya Algeria Morocco Tunisia South Africa Botswana Lesotho Swaziland Niger Nigeria Cameroon Benin Iran Iraq Kuwait Ethiopia Somalia Djibouti Eritrea Laos Vietnam Cambodia Mozambique Malawi Zimbabwe Saudi Arabia Yemen Jordan Oman UAE Qatar Turkey Syria Lebanon France Spain Portugal Belgium Luxembourg Andorra Monaco Gibraltar (UK) Tanzania Kenya Uganda Burundi Rwanda Germany Czech Republic Poland Austria Netherlands Denmark Malaysia Indonesia Papua New Guinea Brunei East Timor Cote d'Ivoire Liberia Norway Sweden Romania Bulgaria Serbia Greece Macedonia Albania Kosovo Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia Montenegro Hungary Slovakia Ghana Togo Azerbaijan Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh Italy Switzerland Liechtenstein San Marino Vatican City Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Israel Palestinian territories Costa Rica Panama United Kingdom Ireland Dominican Republic Haiti Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) Cyprus Northern Cyprus Saint Martin (France) Sint Maarten (Netherlands) I am glad this thread is pointless.Belize is naturally connected to the United States by sharing its largest land-border with Guatemala and Guatemala sharing its largest with Mexico (Mexico's largest land-based border is with the United States, but the Mexican border is not the largest - although more people pass through this border every day than any other in the world; the largest land-based border in the world separates the United States and Canada, Canada's only international border).Pointless, until you get real deep...about "neighbors"...and what they did to become "neighbors" from "the people over there."Let's talk about our sports obsessions.Favorite rivalries:1. Raiders-Chiefs (notice I put the Raiders first, I love the Chiefs, but life wouldn't be as awful if we didn't lose to the nasty Raiders every once in a while - winning isn't as good as losing is bad, I guess. A rivalry built totally on divisional alignment, the Raiders are way to far away from the Chiefs to play in the same "regional division"2. Flyers-Penguins (again, didn't mean to put the Flyers ahead of the Penguins. Pennsylvania rivalry. Perhaps state pride matters a little bit in the creation of a league group)3. Royals-Twins (relaxing day in the middle of summer, dirty Twins jerseys at the beautiful Kauffman Stadium)I'm about to offer you up as a sacrificial meal to Sally Struthers. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Haha!This is what I have discovered using simple math: Theoretically, one or two divisions in a league with ten divisions will be much larger than the rest, and there will be one or two divisions that have the least amount of teams as possible to make a "division" (there can't be a division with one team). The question is how to group teams into divisions. If a group is two teams, and if a league NEEDS divisions, they inherently exist in geographic rivals.I am showing the unevenness of "divisions" based on the one rule that one team must be in the same division with its closest geographical rival would be arranged. Of course there are sports fans that are willing to fly from Arlington to East Rutherford twice a year. The Avalanche and the Red Wings are obviously bigger rivals than the Red Wings with their closest rival (the Blue Jackets) and the Avalanche with theirs (the Coyotes).Microsoft Excel and "distancefromto.net."The only divisions that exist between NFL, MLB, and NHL cities are these:-a Florida division (Sunrise, Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Jacksonville)-a Bay Area division + Seattle - San Jose (Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland)-The Rest of the United States and Canada (Dallas, St. Louis, Denver connect the East to the West)Divisions of countries grouped by the neighbor with whom they share their largest land-based border (islands have no land-based borders): Russia Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Ukraine Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Belarus Finland Georgia Moldova Lithuania Latvia Estonia China Mongolia Burma Thailand North Korea South Korea Hong Kong Macau United States Canada Mexico Guatemala Belize Brazil Bolivia Peru Colombia Venezuela Guyana Ecuador Suriname Uruguay French Guiana India Bangladesh Pakistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka DemrepCongo Angola Zambia Rep Congo Central African Republic Namibia Gabon Equatorial Guinea Argentina Chile Paraguay Mali Mauritania Guinea Burkina Faso Senegal Sierra Leone Gambia Guinea-Bissau Western Sahara Sudan South Sudan Chad Egypt Libya Algeria Morocco Tunisia South Africa Botswana Lesotho Swaziland Niger Nigeria Cameroon Benin Iran Iraq Kuwait Ethiopia Somalia Djibouti Eritrea Laos Vietnam Cambodia Mozambique Malawi Zimbabwe Saudi Arabia Yemen Jordan Oman UAE Qatar Turkey Syria Lebanon France Spain Portugal Belgium Luxembourg Andorra Monaco Gibraltar (UK) Tanzania Kenya Uganda Burundi Rwanda Germany Czech Republic Poland Austria Netherlands Denmark Malaysia Indonesia Papua New Guinea Brunei East Timor Cote d'Ivoire Liberia Norway Sweden Romania Bulgaria Serbia Greece Macedonia Albania Kosovo Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia Montenegro Hungary Slovakia Ghana Togo Azerbaijan Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh Italy Switzerland Liechtenstein San Marino Vatican City Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Israel Palestinian territories Costa Rica Panama United Kingdom Ireland Dominican Republic Haiti Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK) Cyprus Northern Cyprus Saint Martin (France) Sint Maarten (Netherlands) I am glad this thread is pointless.Belize is naturally connected to the United States by sharing its largest land-border with Guatemala and Guatemala sharing its largest with Mexico (Mexico's largest land-based border is with the United States, but the Mexican border is not the largest - although more people pass through this border every day than any other in the world; the largest land-based border in the world separates the United States and Canada, Canada's only international border).Pointless, until you get real deep...about "neighbors"...and what they did to become "neighbors" from "the people over there."Let's talk about our sports obsessions.Favorite rivalries:1. Raiders-Chiefs (notice I put the Raiders first, I love the Chiefs, but life wouldn't be as awful if we didn't lose to the nasty Raiders every once in a while - winning isn't as good as losing is bad, I guess. A rivalry built totally on divisional alignment, the Raiders are way to far away from the Chiefs to play in the same "regional division"2. Flyers-Penguins (again, didn't mean to put the Flyers ahead of the Penguins. Pennsylvania rivalry. Perhaps state pride matters a little bit in the creation of a league group)3. Royals-Twins (relaxing day in the middle of summer, dirty Twins jerseys at the beautiful Kauffman Stadium)Are you a troll? Because you aren't making any sense. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think there are plenty of Tech blogs that have established within the past few weeks that the words "big data" and "troll" are not to be used ever again.Do you blame me for delivering the data poorly? That is my fault. Fact is, it's data that myself or one of the teams of trolls I have working for me across the globe have collected. It is free.I am sorry for not making sense, but there is only so much that I can convince myself that I can explain thoroughly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagnYeah, that's pretty much what your posts come off as to me. Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Chinese Basketball AssociationNorth Division遼寧吉林East Division山東烏魯木齊北京山西天津青島Central Division八一浙江江蘇上海福建廣廈South Division (this region plays the best basketball)廣東東莞市佛山 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Chinese Basketball AssociationNorth Division遼寧吉林East Division山東烏魯木齊北京山西天津青島Central Division八一浙江江蘇上海福建廣廈South Division (this region plays the best basketball)廣東東莞市佛山What is with you and massively unbalanced divisions? It was stupid in the MLB and its stupid with all these ideas. I get the whole beat your neighbor thing, but there is far better criteria that should be and is used when coming up with divisions... first of which is balancing the divisions unless absolutly numerically impossible. Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think there are plenty of Tech blogs that have established within the past few weeks that the words "big data" and "troll" are not to be used ever again.Do you blame me for delivering the data poorly? That is my fault. Fact is, it's data that myself or one of the teams of trolls I have working for me across the globe have collected. It is free.I am sorry for not making sense, but there is only so much that I can convince myself that I can explain thoroughly.Explain what? It's just random data that means nothing. 99.9% of the time you don't even say WHY you're posting this data, you just throw out some cities and numbers as if we all know what you're talking about. It's completely worthless. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think there are plenty of Tech blogs that have established within the past few weeks that the words "big data" and "troll" are not to be used ever again.Do you blame me for delivering the data poorly? That is my fault. Fact is, it's data that myself or one of the teams of trolls I have working for me across the globe have collected. It is free.I am sorry for not making sense, but there is only so much that I can convince myself that I can explain thoroughly.Explain what? It's just random data that means nothing. 99.9% of the time you don't even say WHY you're posting this data, you just throw out some cities and numbers as if we all know what you're talking about. It's completely worthless.Studies show that 75% of people will believe anything you write as long as your begin the statement with "Studies show" and throw in a numerical value somewhere. 1 Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I am giving you the geographical tools I have devised by asserting that divisions exist because this maxim at one time existed in sports，"if you can't beat your neighbor, you shouldn't be in the playoffs."Divisions inherently exist. My alignments are purely geographical.There's much to argue about like changing the maxim to perhaps reflect current high-profile sports leagues and high school districts to "if you can't beat your rival, you shouldn't be in the playoffs," although, if your team has one geographic location, your team automatically has a rival. Expansion teams begin with no rivals but their geographic neighbors (and there must be one neighbor that is closer to the team than the others).BTW, my calculations are "as the crow flies" and take no considering into the distance traveled to airports (I haven't checked which airports are regional or international) or interstates accessibility; and I think that if I calculated these metrics, I think I would also have to know which sports leagues/sports teams have their own team planes/team busses (high school teams take the school bus to games, so using distance based on roads is absolutely more useful than "as the crow flies").tl;dr: I think my calculations only work in leagues where "Winnipeg" is in the same division as "Tampa Bay," "Dallas" with "New York." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Pacific Coast League:RenoSacramentoTacomaFresnoSalt LakeLas VegasIowaOmahaAlbuquerqueColorado SpringsTucsonOklahomaRound Rock*I think it's obvious where a conference line should be drawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I hate you so much right now. 4 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughRiders99 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Just stop. None of your realignments are making any sense at all. Yeah, yeah, yeah I know you're saying it's PURELY geographically, but you aren't making ANY effort in making it more logical (even divisions, conferences, etc etc). You're also missing a few teams in your Pacific Coast League realignment. So yeah. All of your "geographic" realignment are stupid. Please do us a favor and stop. Thanks. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Sorry, I meant to explain, but I was so upset with the trolls on here.The Nashville Sounds should be in a group with the Louisville Bats, Indianapolis Indians, etc... not the PCL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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