Magnus Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 MLB:15 teams per league, 5 per division.Play 14 league opponents 9x apiece; also play one designated interleague rival 9x. (135 total)Featured interleague series marketed as "Interleague Series of the Week". Play the rest of the designated interleague rival's division 3x each, as well as one of the other two divisions 3x each. (27 total) Result is a 162-game schedule, with each team getting to play each other team over the course of 2 seasons.NHL/NBA: 6 divisions; 5 teams each.Play division rivals 8x; everyone else twice. (82 games total) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tygers09 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Ok to add my suggestion to this mess of the NHL realignment...Rumors I read online was:New arenas in Quebec, and Seattle hoping to lure new NHL teamsPhoenix moving to Houston so..EASTERN CONFERENCEDivision 1 (unknown name)MontrealOttawaQuebecTorontoDivision 2 (unknown name)BostonNew JerseyNY IslandersNY RangersDivision 3 (unknown name)BuffaloPhiladelphiaPittsburghWashingtonSoutheast DivisionCarolinaFloridaNashville (from Western)Tampa BayWESTERN CONFERENCECentral DivisionChicagoColumbusDetroitSt.LouisNorthwest DivisionCalgaryEdmontonSeattleVancouverMidwest DivisionColorado or Houston (if Phoenix moved there) Dallas MinnesotaWinnipegPacific DivisionAnaheimLos AngelesPhoenix or Colorado (if Phoenix moved to Houston)San JoseIf you can think of the proper names of Divisions 1,2,3 based on the geographic areas in the Eastern Conference if would be appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachary15 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 The NFL has a few alignment issues, which I know people can agree on. I know the NFL likes to keep rivalries in tact, but I think by realigning a few teams to make the division more regional could help teams with travel costs and such. Most of all, I would just like to see a consistent base.In my changes, I made 3 in the AFC, and 2 in the NFCI think the biggest change would be the Dallas Cowboys. Obviously they have huge rivalries within the NFC East, but being in the division makes absolutely no sense. The Houston Texans are in the NFC South, as should be the Cowboys. Both Texas teams need to be consistent. This same concept works with the Miami Dolphins. Tampa Bay is in the NFC South, but the Dolphins in the East? Yes, Miami is East, but definitely sits better South, in my eyes. Below you can see more changes. I believe that this makes the divisions regionally better. What do you all think? What changes would you make?AFC EastNew England PatriotsNew York JetsBuffalo BillsBaltimore Ravens (moved from North)AFC NorthCleveland BrownsPittsburgh SteelersIndianapolis Colts (moved from South)Cincinnati BengalsAFC SouthMiami Dolphins (moved from East)Houston TexansTennessee TitansJacksonville JaguarsAFC WestKansas City ChiefsSan Diego ChargersOakland Raiders Denver Broncos______________________NFC EastPhiladelphia EaglesNew York GiantsWashington RedskinsCarolina Panthers (moved from South)NFC NorthGreen Bay PackersChicago BearsDetroit LionsMinnesota VikingsNFC SouthNew Orleans SaintsTampa Bay BuccaneersAtlanta FalconsDallas Cowboys (moved from East)NFC WestSt. Louis RamsSan Francisco 49ersSeattle SeahawksArizona Cardinals Quote CHIEFS - BLUE JACKETS - CARDINALS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 The current alignment is as it is so as to maintain rivalries. Since all teams play once a week, travel isn't the issue it is in other sports, so geography isn't as restrictive as it is in those leagues. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I liked when baseball had only four divisions instead of six. But if they were to go back to that, one division in each league would have to have six franchises. But, unlike the 1969-1993 system which only had a LCS, I'd still have a LDS: the weaker wild card would play the higher division winner and the stronger wild card would play the weaker division winner. Both rounds would be best of seven.The reason I liked the older setup was because it seemed to create better pennant/playoff races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmh1194 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 NHL Realignment: Detroit Red Wings Could Land In NHL's Southeast Divisionhttp://tampabay.sbnation.com/tampa-bay-lightning/2011/10/11/2484688/nhl-realignment-detroit-red-wings-could-land-in-nhls-southeastI hope the NHL does more than simply swap Detroit and Winnipeg because teams like Minnesota and Dallas deserve much better. Minnesota should be playing teams like Chicago, St. Louis and Winnipeg. It's not fun as a fan when a majority of the games do not start until after 9pm local time.I hope the NHL is smarter than this and makes several other moves. The future of Phoenix is a big question mark beyond 2011-2012 but there needs to be more to the solution than simply placing Detroit in the Southeast and Winnipeg in the Central.Northeast (8)BostonBuffaloDetroitMontrealOttawaPhiladelphiaPittsburghTorontoAtlantic/Southeast (7)CarolinaFloridaNew JerseyNY IslandersNY RangersTampa BayWashingtonCentral (7)ChicagoColumbusDallasMinnesotaNashvilleSt. LouisWinnipegPacific (8)AnaheimCalgaryColoradoEdmontonLA KingsPhoenixSan JoseVancouver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) Pointless College Football RealignmentPAC (Pacific Athletic Conference)North:BYUCaliforniaStanfordOregonOregon StateUtahWashingtonWashington StateSouth:ArizonaArizona St.ColoradoNevadaSan Diego StateUCLAUNLVUSCGreat Midwest (Formerly Big 10/11/12)Lakes:IllinoisMichiganMichigan StateNorthwesternNotre DameOhio StateSyracuseWisconsinPlains:IndianaIowaMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaPenn StatePittsburghPurdueThe New Southwest ConferenceBaylorColorado StateHoustonIowa StateKansasKansas StateNorth TexasOklahomaOklahoma StateTexasTCUTexas TechTulsaUTEP Edited October 14, 2011 by neo_prankster Quote The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZapRowsdower8 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I'm sure this has been done already...NHL realignmentAtlantic and Northeast remain the same.SoutheastWSHTBFLACARNSHCentralDETCLMCHISTLDALNorthwestMINWPGCOLEDMCALPacificLAANAPHXSJVANRecap:* Nashville moves to the Southeast* Winnipeg moves to the Northwest* Dallas goes to the Central* Vancouver moves to the PacificI feel it makes the most geographic sense; solving most of the timezone issues. Would Vancouver be OK with moving away from the other Canadian teams? Obviously Minnesota would want to be in the Central, but at least they get a natural rival in the Jets. Aside from Detroit crying about not being in the east, is there any reason this couldn't work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnythingChicago Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Guys, NHL realignment for Winnipeg isn't that hard. Just put Winnipeg in the Northwest, move Minnesota up to the Central, and scoot Nashville on over to the Southwest. Bada bing.But eventually I think Phoenix should move to Québec City, so here's how I imagine the NHL with a NHC (National Hockey Conference) and an AHC (American Hockey Conference):AHCAHC EastNew Jersey DevilsNew York RangersPhiladelphia FlyersFlorida PanthersQuébec Nordiques (or whatever they are named)AHC CentralNashville PredatorsColumbus Blue JacketsPittsburgh PenguinsSt. Louis BluesCarolina HurricanesAHC WestAnaheim DucksVancouver CanucksSan Jose SharksWinnipeg JetsMinnesota WildNHCNHC EastWashington CapitalsTampa Bay LightningBoston BruinsMontréal CanadiensNew York IslandersNHC CentralBuffalo SabresToronto Maple LeafsChicago BlackhawksDetroit Red WingsOttawa SenatorsNHC WestLos Angeles KingsDallas StarsCalgary FlamesEdmonton OilersColorado Avalanche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 While "American" can mean "North American", I doubt that the Nordiques, Canucks, and Jets would endorse that conference name. Quote "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Surprised nobody posted what was talked about on the latest Hotstove on Saturday night.a. PHI NYR NYI NJD | WSH CAR TBL FLAb. TOR OTT MTL (DET/CBJ) PIT BUF BOS -------------------------------------------------c. WPG MIN CHI (DET/CBJ) DAL NSH STL d. VAN EDM CGY COL | ANA LAK SJS PHX So I took that and figured out the math for it, based on an 82-game schedule.8-team divisions play 44 games out-of-division.In-division, 38 games: 4 teams 5 times, 3 teams 6 times.7-team divisions play 46 games out-of-division.In division, 36 games (6 per opponent). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonBlue Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I'd let both DET and CBJ go to the East. Yes that gives us 16 East and 14 West. But I'd drop East and West during the regular season and just have four divisions. Then in the playoffs the top 16 teams qualify. The 8 Westernmost teams by longitude are seeded 1-8 in the Western Conference Bracket. The 8 Easternmost teams by longitude are seeded 1-8 in the Eastern Conference Bracket.So yes teams like my Blues could play in the East playoffs one year and the West the next.-Division winners cannot be seeded lower than 4th.-If a playoff series is played between two teams 2 or more time zones apart, the series is played in a 2-3-2 format.The only negative I could see is playoff rivalries being diminished if teams like CHI, STL, MIN are bounced back and forth between conference playoff brackets based on where the good teams are clustered in a given year. It would then be less likely to see rematches in the playoffs as often. However, most everyone is excited for playoff games regardless of who we're playing. A workaround for this could be to reseed the teams as one group when we get down to four (the current conference final round). That would make it possible for any two teams to face-off in the semifinal or final. I imagine a Boston-Montreal final would be pretty awesome. Quote "I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be." -Peter Gibbons RIP Demitra #38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYYNYR Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Berkman-calls-Astros-in-the-AL-a-travesty-sug?urn=mlb-wp26621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Berkman-calls-Astros-in-the-AL-a-travesty-sug?urn=mlb-wp26621Oh for s sake. That amusement park in Houston is far more an AL stadium than an NL stadium anyway. 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...
McCall Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Berkman-calls-Astros-in-the-AL-a-travesty-sug?urn=mlb-wp26621Because one baseball player says that does not mean it makes sense. He's basing it off not wanting Houston to go. Milwaukee switching is the next worse move after Houston. Colorado and Arizona are the only ones that make sense. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL Watt Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Got me thinking with all the Houston to AL talk, thought Id take my stab at this. Lets just say there is expansion here in a couple years adding Portland and Memphis into the league.Based my divisions on what he NFL has, with the same playoff format as well. Division winners and 2 wild card teams advance to the playoffs. So what does everyone think?AL EastNew York YankeesBoston Red SoxBaltimore OriolesClevland IndiansAL WestLos Angeles AngelsOakland A'sSeattle MarinersPortlandAL NorthToronto Blue JaysDetroit TigersChicago White SoxMinnesota TwinsAL SouthTampa RaysTexas RangersKansas City RoyalsMemphisNL EastNew York MetsPhiladelphia PhilliesWashington NationalsPittsburgh PiratesNL WestArizona DiamondbacksSan Francisco GiantsLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresNL NorthChicago CubsMilwaukee BrewersColorado RockiesCincinnati RedsNL SouthAtlanta BravesSt Louis CardinalsHouston Astros Miami Marlins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Got me thinking with all the Houston to AL talk, thought Id take my stab at this. Lets just say there is expansion here in a couple years adding Portland and Memphis into the league.Based my divisions on what he NFL has, with the same playoff format as well. Division winners and 2 wild card teams advance to the playoffs. So what does everyone think?AL EastNew York YankeesBoston Red SoxBaltimore OriolesClevland IndiansAL WestLos Angeles AngelsOakland A'sSeattle MarinersPortlandAL NorthToronto Blue JaysDetroit TigersChicago White SoxMinnesota TwinsAL SouthTampa RaysTexas RangersKansas City RoyalsMemphisNL EastNew York MetsPhiladelphia PhilliesWashington NationalsPittsburgh PiratesNL WestArizona DiamondbacksSan Francisco GiantsLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresNL NorthChicago CubsMilwaukee BrewersColorado RockiesCincinnati RedsNL SouthAtlanta BravesSt Louis CardinalsHouston Astros Miami MarlinsSeperating the Cardinals and Cubs is kind of a no-no. And Memphis a little further down on the expansion list. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL Watt Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Got me thinking with all the Houston to AL talk, thought Id take my stab at this. Lets just say there is expansion here in a couple years adding Portland and Memphis into the league.Based my divisions on what he NFL has, with the same playoff format as well. Division winners and 2 wild card teams advance to the playoffs. So what does everyone think?AL EastNew York YankeesBoston Red SoxBaltimore OriolesClevland IndiansAL WestLos Angeles AngelsOakland A'sSeattle MarinersPortlandAL NorthToronto Blue JaysDetroit TigersChicago White SoxMinnesota TwinsAL SouthTampa RaysTexas RangersKansas City RoyalsMemphisNL EastNew York MetsPhiladelphia PhilliesWashington NationalsPittsburgh PiratesNL WestArizona DiamondbacksSan Francisco GiantsLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresNL NorthChicago CubsMilwaukee BrewersColorado RockiesCincinnati RedsNL SouthAtlanta BravesSt Louis CardinalsHouston Astros Miami MarlinsSeperating the Cardinals and Cubs is kind of a no-no. And Memphis a little further down on the expansion list.Oh I know, with the Cards being smack dab in the middle of the country, they were honestly the last team I placed into a division. It was all just for kicks anyway. It was either Memphis or Carolina for expansion, like I said, all in fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH42XCC Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Got me thinking with all the Houston to AL talk, thought Id take my stab at this. Lets just say there is expansion here in a couple years adding Portland and Memphis into the league.Based my divisions on what he NFL has, with the same playoff format as well. Division winners and 2 wild card teams advance to the playoffs. So what does everyone think?AL EastNew York YankeesBoston Red SoxBaltimore OriolesClevland IndiansAL WestLos Angeles AngelsOakland A'sSeattle MarinersPortlandAL NorthToronto Blue JaysDetroit TigersChicago White SoxMinnesota TwinsAL SouthTampa RaysTexas RangersKansas City RoyalsMemphisNL EastNew York MetsPhiladelphia PhilliesWashington NationalsPittsburgh PiratesNL WestArizona DiamondbacksSan Francisco GiantsLos Angeles DodgersSan Diego PadresNL NorthChicago CubsMilwaukee BrewersColorado RockiesCincinnati RedsNL SouthAtlanta BravesSt Louis CardinalsHouston Astros Miami MarlinsSeperating the Cardinals and Cubs is kind of a no-no. And Memphis a little further down on the expansion list.Oh I know, with the Cards being smack dab in the middle of the country, they were honestly the last team I placed into a division. It was all just for kicks anyway. It was either Memphis or Carolina for expansion, like I said, all in funI'd put the Reds in the NL South and have Charlotte and Portland as expansion teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Morgan Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 MLB is watered down enough. Expansion would be an awful idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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