Telemundo219 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 My mini-realignment idea only involves two teams switching places in their divisions:AFC NorthPittsburghClevelandBaltimoreIndianapolisAFC SouthTennesseeHoustonJacksonvilleCincinnatiIt's never made much sense to me that Indianapolis is in the South and Cincinnati is in the North even though Indy is further north than Cincy. Plus with Indy in the same division as Baltimore it would amplify a rivalry between the Baltimore's old team and new team.With all due to respect, this mini-tweak suggestion would have make sense for sure from the get-go when the NFL had put the current realignment since 2002.AFC EastBaltimoreBuffaloNew EnglandNew YorkAFC NorthCincinnatiClevelandIndianapolisPittsburghAFC SouthHoustonJacksonvilleMiamiTennessee 1 Quote College sports as we know them are just about dead. The lid is off on all the corruption that taints just about every major program and every decision that the schools or the NCAA make is only about money, money, and more money. We'll have three 16+ team super-conferences sooner rather than later, killing much of the regional flair and traditional rivalries that make college sports unique and showing the door to any school that doesn't bring money to the table in the process. Pretty soon the smaller schools are going to have to consider forming their own sanctioning body to keep the true spirit of college sports alive because the NCAA will only get worse in it's excess from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlog3000 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 AFC East Baltimore Buffalo New England New York AFC North Cincinnati Cleveland Indianapolis Pittsburgh AFC South Houston Jacksonville Miami Tennessee Nice one with the AFC (which I bet the AFC West stays equal). And it realistically makes sense in a geographic standpoint. But you forgot the NFC, so here it is (with the NFC South staying equal): NFC East Detroit New York Philadelphia Washington NFC North Chicago Green Bay Minnesota St. Louis NFC West Arizona Dallas San Francisco Seattle Quote Florida State Seminoles fan for life (mostly on football, basketball and baseball)! 2011-12 ACC men's basketball conference tournament champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football Atlantic Division champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football regular season champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football conference bowl tournament champions; 2014 NCAA D-I FBS BCS national champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieboy82 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 i think there should just be (maybe try it out for a few years and see where it goes) and just just and AFC and NFC with no divisions. would have the top 6 teams in the AFC and NFC make the playoffs (wont have teams at 8-8 or under .500 in the playoffs taking the place of a team with a winning record). each team would get to choose one team from there old division who they would play to play home and away (say washington vs dallas home and away). Quote so long and thanks for all the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telemundo219 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 AFC EastBaltimoreBuffaloNew EnglandNew YorkAFC NorthCincinnatiClevelandIndianapolisPittsburghAFC SouthHoustonJacksonvilleMiamiTennesseeNice one with the AFC (which I bet the AFC West stays equal). And it realistically makes sense in a geographic standpoint. But you forgot the NFC, so here it is (with the NFC South staying equal):NFC EastDetroitNew YorkPhiladelphiaWashingtonNFC NorthChicagoGreen BayMinnesotaSt. LouisNFC WestArizonaDallasSan FranciscoSeattleNFC EastDetroit CarolinaNew YorkPhiladelphiaWashingtonNFC NorthChicagoSt. Louis DetroitGreen BayMinnesotaNFC WestArizonaSan FranciscoSeattleDallas St. LouisNFC SouthAtlantaDallasNew OrleansTampa Bay 1 Quote College sports as we know them are just about dead. The lid is off on all the corruption that taints just about every major program and every decision that the schools or the NCAA make is only about money, money, and more money. We'll have three 16+ team super-conferences sooner rather than later, killing much of the regional flair and traditional rivalries that make college sports unique and showing the door to any school that doesn't bring money to the table in the process. Pretty soon the smaller schools are going to have to consider forming their own sanctioning body to keep the true spirit of college sports alive because the NCAA will only get worse in it's excess from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlog3000 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 NFC East Detroit Carolina New York Philadelphia Washington NFC North Chicago St. Louis Detroit Green Bay Minnesota NFC West Arizona San Francisco Seattle Dallas St. Louis NFC South Atlanta Dallas New Orleans Tampa Bay Why I hadn't thought of that? Thanks for making the corrects, which now logically would make more sense. Otherwise, I would had just left the NFC North equally instead. Quote Florida State Seminoles fan for life (mostly on football, basketball and baseball)! 2011-12 ACC men's basketball conference tournament champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football Atlantic Division champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football regular season champions; 2012, 2013 & 2014 ACC football conference bowl tournament champions; 2014 NCAA D-I FBS BCS national champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 New look NBA of the future - No ConferencesPacificLA Clippers, LA Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San FranciscoMidwestDenver, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, UtahCentralChicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee, MinnesotaSouthAtlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans, OrlandoAtlanticBoston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington-Team plays the other 5 teams in their division 6 times each = 30 games-Team plays the other 24 teams in the league 2 times each (home and home) = 48 games-78 regular season games for each of the 30 teams-5 division winners and the next 11 teams based on record make playoffs-Teams seeded 1 through 16 bases on record regardless of division Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLEstones Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 New look NBA of the future - No ConferencesPacificLA Clippers, LA Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San FranciscoMidwestDenver, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, UtahCentralChicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee, MinnesotaSouthAtlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans, OrlandoAtlanticBoston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington-Team plays the other 5 teams in their division 6 times each = 30 games-Team plays the other 24 teams in the league 2 times each (home and home) = 48 games-78 regular season games for each of the 30 teams-5 division winners and the next 11 teams based on record make playoffs-Teams seeded 1 through 16 bases on record regardless of divisionI was on board... until you said 11 wild card teams. Honestly, I'm not sure the playoffs mean anything when over 50% of the teams make it in. I think you gotta knock it down to 5 divisional winners and 3 wild cards.Come to think of it... considering it its 1 conference, 16 teams wouldn't be TOO bad... but its still over half the teams make the playoffs... and that seems too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norva Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 That's what the NBA already does, 16 teams, which is why he likely put it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieboy82 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 i think the NBA, and NHL should only have Eastern and Western Conference. would have the top 8 teams (in each conference) in the playoffs (no more under .500 teams in the NBA playoffs or like in the old days of the NHL, the weaker division be 3rd place in the playoffs) . would also just have an AL and NL in MLB (no divisions) and woud have the top 5 teams, in each league, (would have a 4 vs 5 play in game) in the playoffs (so we wont have a team around .500 in the playoffs taking away from a better team). Quote so long and thanks for all the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLEstones Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 That's what the NBA already does, 16 teams, which is why he likely put it that way.No :censored:. Just because the NBA does it that way NOW, doesn't mean it has to be done that way in his scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Zephyr III Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 If I recall, I think that the original realignment idea was that Buffalo was going to be in the North and Baltimore was going to be in the East but Buffalo made a huge stink about maintaining its rivalry with the Patriots and the Dolphins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 MLB should try, & I can't believe they've never done this to my knowledge... home & home back to back series.4-8x gamers, probably on the 4 side, between clubs. That'd be sick. NHL seems to be the only league willing to give fans a bunch of those a season... always have. So what if they're baseball series, it's one travel date. NBA should maybe try the new NHL playoff format, giving us 4 division playoff rivalry series each season. I don't care if the West is king... changing that up would all but labelling the East a AAA conference.There's no way a top-down full league playoff will happen so you can forget it... erasing regionally balanced playoff tv ratings simply will never happen. Quote @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 NBA realignment for a just world: Pacific Division: Seattle Supersonics, Portland, San Francisco, Sacramento, LA Lakers, LA Clippers Southwest Division: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix, Denver, Utah Southeast Division: Oklahoma City Hornets, Memphis, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Charlotte Bobcats Central Division: Minnesota, Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Indiana, Detroit Atlantic Division: Boston, NY Knicks, NY Nets, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington Division winners take seeds 1 through 5, wild cards 6-16. Series are 2-2-1-1-1 unless a series crosses two time zones, in which case the teams and league have the option to agree on a 2-3-2. With no conferences anymore, TNT gets the higher-seeded third-round match and ESPN gets the lower, then vice versa the next year. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieMoon Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 New NFL AlignmentAMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCEBaltimore RavensBuffalo BillsCincinnati BengalsCleveland BrownsDenver BroncosHouston TexansIndianapolis ColtsJacksonville JaguarsKansas City ChiefsMiami DolphinsNew England PatriotsNew York JetsOakland RaidersPittsburgh SteelersSan Diego ChargersTennessee TitansNATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCEArizona CardinalsAtlanta FalconsCarolina PanthersChicago BearsDallas CowboysDetroit LionsGreen Bay PackersMinnesota VikingsNew Orleans SaintsNew York GiantsPhiladelphia EaglesSt. Louis RamsSan Francisco 49ersSeattle SeahawksTampa Bay BuccaneersWashington Football TeamTeams play every other team in their conference each year (switching home field each season)Week 17 would be "Rank Game Week" (16 at 15, 14 at 13, and so on)Weeks 10 and 11 would be bye weeks (one for AFC, one for NFC - would flip flop each season)Top 7 teams from each conference qualify for playoffs (with only #1 seed getting bye - this would make Week 17 really exciting)Preseason games would be strictly out of conference..... I guess only in a perfect world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I'd like to see the NFL adopt inter conference rivalry games... either the added 17th game on top of status quo, or include one NFC & one inter divisional AFC yearly matchup, thereby ceasing the 2 conference seeding games they have now.Having some of the best rivalries in August every year is dumb.btw I'm fine with 17 games if they're smart enough to gift 2x bye weeks per team. What does the NFL care, it's a tv league & 19 weeks is 19 weeks. Quote @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieMoon Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 The NHL in a perfect world...EASTERN - ATLANTICCarolina HurricanesNew Jersey DevilsNew York IslandersNew York RangersPhiladelphia FlyersPittsburgh PenguinsTampa Bay LightningWashington CapitalsEASTERN - NORTHEASTBoston BruinsBuffalo SabresColumbus Blue JacketsDetroit Red WingsMontreal CanadiensOttawa SenatorsQuebec Nordiques (moved from Florida)Toronto Maple LeafsWESTERN - CENTRALChicago BlackhawksColorado AvalancheDallas StarsMinnesota WildNashville PredatorsSt. Louis BluesSaskatchewan - EXPANSIONWinnipeg JetsWESTERN - PACIFICAnaheim DucksCalgary FlamesEdmonton OilersLos Angeles KingsPortland - EXPANSIONSan Jose SharksSeattle Metropolitans (moved from Arizona)Vancouver Canucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Saskatchewan - EXPANSIONThat mon frere is a pipe dream, so I'll sub Las Vegas for us there. I wouldn't worry about LV's time zone either, the city's work/business clock really isn't a thing. However, yes, both Florida & Phoenix need to be put out of OUR misery. Dead weight weakens the league. Quote @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiller99 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'd switch the Isles with the Jackets. I love the Pens/Jackets rivalry too much. Quote That's what- She Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Not really a realignment more than just a simple adjustment to the playoff format. I was thinking about how MLB's two wildcards in each league face off to eliminate each other in the first round, and applied that to hockey. Plus it would allow Minny to face Winny in the opening round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluggerplugger1 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 New look NBA of the future - No ConferencesPacificLA Clippers, LA Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San FranciscoMidwestDenver, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, UtahCentralChicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, Milwaukee, MinnesotaSouthAtlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans, OrlandoAtlanticBoston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington-Team plays the other 5 teams in their division 6 times each = 30 games-Team plays the other 24 teams in the league 2 times each (home and home) = 48 games-78 regular season games for each of the 30 teams-5 division winners and the next 11 teams based on record make playoffs-Teams seeded 1 through 16 bases on record regardless of divisionThis realignment plan reminds me of Tom Ziller's proposal he wrote in an article for SB Nation (http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/11/26/7280545/nba-schedule-reform-regions-map-playoffs).%C2'>I think it's a solid plan, but I do have a few tweaks that I would add:-Your schedule plan is slightly different from Ziller's, but I would add the four games to make it 82 as it is right now in real life. How would you accomplish this? Play one team from each of the other four divisions an additional third time. How would the NBA decide who plays who in these extra games? Base it off of the previous year's standings, much like the NFL does with it's extra two in-conference games.-I would not award each division winner an automatic top-5 seed. However, I would have them locked in for a top-8 seed, as I think it's important a division winner plays a home playoff series in the NBA. This is similar to how the NBA operates in real life, as three division winners in the same conference are guaranteed a top-4 seed, but not a top-3 seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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