Jacobseye Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, neo_prankster said: Omaha Saints? I ended up moving the Saints as I figured New Orleans wasn't going to be able to support pro sports anymore due to climate change taking a toll on the city's population. Just one more Katrina-type event and that city's gone (okay I'm exaggerating a bit but case in point) As for Omaha of all cities, I entertained several other major cities, I ruled out Texas and Oklahoma as I thought Jerry's son would oppose a team in those areas much like his father, I also considered Louisville, but I thought it be a better fit for an NBA Franchise than a NFL side. I ultimately decided on Omaha as it was a fast-growing metro area with a strong football heritage. Other moves I wanted to address were putting the Dolphins in the AFC South, with the Jags gone and putting a team in Toronto, I figured it is more geographically fitting to put Miami in the South, while the Toronto team gets put in the East. I thought about putting Toronto in the north, but its mean breaking up the Ravens-Steelers Rivalry or the Browns Bengals Rivalry, which I wanted to keep intact. As well as the Bucs moving across I-4 to Orlando (More Tourism $$) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 21 minutes ago, Jacobseye said: I ended up moving the Saints as I figured New Orleans wasn't going to be able to support pro sports anymore due to climate change taking a toll on the city's population. Just one more Katrina-type event and that city's gone (okay I'm exaggerating a bit but case in point) As for Omaha of all cities, I entertained several other major cities, I ruled out Texas and Oklahoma as I thought Jerry's son would oppose a team in those areas much like his father, I also considered Louisville, but I thought it be a better fit for an NBA Franchise than a NFL side. I ultimately decided on Omaha as it was a fast-growing metro area with a strong football heritage. Other moves I wanted to address were putting the Dolphins in the AFC South, with the Jags gone and putting a team in Toronto, I figured it is more geographically fitting to put Miami in the South, while the Toronto team gets put in the East. I thought about putting Toronto in the north, but its mean breaking up the Ravens-Steelers Rivalry or the Browns Bengals Rivalry, which I wanted to keep intact. As well as the Bucs moving across I-4 to Orlando (More Tourism $$) Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Jacobseye said: I ended up moving the Saints as I figured New Orleans wasn't going to be able to support pro sports anymore due to climate change taking a toll on the city's population. Just one more Katrina-type event and that city's gone (okay I'm exaggerating a bit but case in point) As for Omaha of all cities, I entertained several other major cities, I ruled out Texas and Oklahoma as I thought Jerry's son would oppose a team in those areas much like his father, I also considered Louisville, but I thought it be a better fit for an NBA Franchise than a NFL side. I ultimately decided on Omaha as it was a fast-growing metro area with a strong football heritage. Other moves I wanted to address were putting the Dolphins in the AFC South, with the Jags gone and putting a team in Toronto, I figured it is more geographically fitting to put Miami in the South, while the Toronto team gets put in the East. I thought about putting Toronto in the north, but its mean breaking up the Ravens-Steelers Rivalry or the Browns Bengals Rivalry, which I wanted to keep intact. As well as the Bucs moving across I-4 to Orlando (More Tourism $$) So basically New Orleans becomes the next Oakland? Quote The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobseye Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 23 minutes ago, neo_prankster said: So basically New Orleans becomes the next Oakland? Sadly, that would pretty much be it for NOLA as a pro sports market. Regarding Oakland, I do have plans for it to be a sports city again in this series, most likely it's the MLS though I've been toying with the idea of the Sharks moving up there instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Revised 36 team NHL Division A Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal Ottawa Toronto Division B Columbus New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Division C Atlanta Carolina Florida Nashville Tampa Bay Washington Division X Anaheim Colorado Los Angeles San Jose Vegas Utah Division Y Calgary Edmonton Portland Seattle Vancouver Winnipeg Division Z Chicago Dallas Houston Milwaukee Minnesota St. Louis Quote The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 The the reborn Arena League is falling apart, it might be time for the IFL to be the new standard bearer for Indoor Football. To accomplish this, they add five of the current teams from the Arena Football League to join the incoming franchises in Columbus, Dakota and Fishers. These teams would be Albany, Georgia, Nashville, New Orleans and Orlando Realignment would be like this... Eastern Conference Atlantic Division -Albany -Columbus -Georgia -Jacksonville -Massachusetts -Orlando Central Division -Dakota -Fishers -Green Bay -Iowa -Quad City -Sioux Falls Western Conference Southwest Division -Duke City -Frisco -Nashville -New Orleans -San Antonio -Tulsa Pacific Division -Arizona -Bay Area -Northern Arizona -San Diego -Tucson -Vegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlog3000 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 @Seadragon76 That would be a cool realignment on paper. Now I'm curious on how the scheduling format would be during the regular season to assure at least each team face each other in a rotational but well-balanced basis. If I was one of the top heads of the newly-reorganized league, it would be 16 games: * have 10 games within division foes (home and away); * and the other 6 games against 2 teams from other 3 divisions each, with each pair of teams rotate for a home and road standpoint during a 6-year span: i.e.: Arizona: Years 1 & 2: Duke City & Frisco; Dakota & Fishers; Albany & Columbus Years 3 & 4: Nashville & New Orleans; Green Bay & Iowa; Georgia & Jacksonville Years 5 & 6: San Antonio & Tulsa; Quad City & Sioux Falls; Massachusetts & Orlando The non-divisonal pairings for the rotational ones would be complex, even from a hypothetical standpoint. But it's the closest I could pull off. Thoughts? 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...
Seadragon76 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 4 hours ago, jlog3000 said: @Seadragon76 That would be a cool realignment on paper. Now I'm curious on how the scheduling format would be during the regular season to assure at least each team face each other in a rotational but well-balanced basis. If I was one of the top heads of the newly-reorganized league, it would be 16 games: * have 10 games within division foes (home and away); * and the other 6 games against 2 teams from other 3 divisions each, with each pair of teams rotate for a home and road standpoint during a 6-year span: i.e.: Arizona: Years 1 & 2: Duke City & Frisco; Dakota & Fishers; Albany & Columbus Years 3 & 4: Nashville & New Orleans; Green Bay & Iowa; Georgia & Jacksonville Years 5 & 6: San Antonio & Tulsa; Quad City & Sioux Falls; Massachusetts & Orlando The non-divisonal pairings for the rotational ones would be complex, even from a hypothetical standpoint. But it's the closest I could pull off. Thoughts? Last season was 15 games and this season is 16 games. That would work... if you took out inter-conference play. My pitch would be for a 18 game schedule that works like this: -10 Divisional Games (5 Home, 5 Away) -6 Games against the other division in your conference (3 Home, 3 Away) -2 Games against teams from the other conference based on position (1 Home, 1 Away) As an example of this, let's use Arizona. Home: Bay Area, Northern Arizona, San Diego, Tucson, Vegas, Duke City, Frisco, Nashville, Dakota Away: Bay Area, Northern Arizona, San Diego, Tuscon, Vegas, New Orleans, San Antonio, Tulsa, Albany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlog3000 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Just now, Seadragon76 said: Last season was 15 games and this season is 16 games. That would work... if you took out inter-conference play. My pitch would be for a 18 game schedule that works like this: -10 Divisional Games (5 Home, 5 Away) -6 Games against the other division in your conference (3 Home, 3 Away) -2 Games against teams from the other conference based on position (1 Home, 1 Away) As an example of this, let's use Arizona. Home: Bay Area, Northern Arizona, San Diego, Tucson, Vegas, Duke City, Frisco, Nashville, Dakota Away: Bay Area, Northern Arizona, San Diego, Tuscon, Vegas, New Orleans, San Antonio, Tulsa, Albany With all due to respect, and I know it's just an opinion I'm about to make; but I'm not a fan of games that are determined based on position from a standings standpoint (whether if its non-division but same conference or non-conference alike [hence that 'odd mess' in the NFL]). 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...
Seadragon76 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 4 hours ago, jlog3000 said: With all due to respect, and I know it's just an opinion I'm about to make; but I'm not a fan of games that are determined based on position from a standings standpoint (whether if its non-division but same conference or non-conference alike [hence that 'odd mess' in the NFL]). It's an example idea. Another route would be rotating opponents each season so that each team can play everyone else at least once in a six year span OR a pairing rotation that switches after two years. So, in the case of Arizona... Year/Pairing 1 - Albany and Dakota Year/Pairing 2 - Columbus and Fishers Year/Pairing 3 - Georgia and Green Bay Year/Pairing 4 - Jacksonville and Iowa Year/Pairing 5 - Massachusetts and Quad City Year/Pairing 6 - Orlando and Sioux Falls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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