@axpze Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Quote American League: East (8 teams): Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays West (7 teams): Houston Astros Kansas City Royals Los Angeles Angels Minnesota Twins Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Texas Rangers National League: East (7 teams): Atlanta Braves Cincinnati Reds Miami Marlins New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates Washington Nationals West (8 teams): Arizona Diamondbacks Chicago Cubs Colorado Rockies Los Angeles Dodgers Milwaukee Brewers San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals Uh, this is amazing. It even leaves open Western expansion (American League) and Eastern expansion (National League). And it doesn't break up anything... Do you think the wild card game is at risk? I kind of like that a team that doesn't win its division has to burn their ace in the wild card game for the first game of the LDS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroywen Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 21 minutes ago, @axpze said: Uh, this is amazing. It even leaves open Western expansion (American League) and Eastern expansion (National League). And it doesn't break up anything... Do you think the wild card game is at risk? I kind of like that a team that doesn't win its division has to burn their ace in the wild card game for the first game of the LDS. I don't think it's at immediate risk, as it's bringing in some revenue for baseball. I'm personally not a fan of having a one game playoff in baseball (a sport in which a single game is so dependent on one's starting pitcher), but I don't see it going away any time soon. My realignment plan would be compatible with the one-game playoff though - either have 4 Wild Cards per league and two one game playoffs, or have the first Wild Card advance to the LDS automatically, with the next 2 teams facing off in a one game playoff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@axpze Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 If the MLB decides to realign, this is exactly the way I want them to do it. EDIT: Adding Portland (AL West) and Montreal (NL East) would even out the leagues and are the two cities most likely to get teams in the near future. And supposing MLB would want 8 divisions of 4 teams: American League: East (8 teams): perhaps the division that best fits into two "familiar" geographical divisions Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Toronto Blue Jays West (8 teams): eliminate the two time-zone difference between Texas teams and divisional opponents Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins Houston Astros Texas Rangers Los Angeles Angels Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners *Portland Lazers/Razors (i.e. "Blazers") National League: there is no other way to go about this in this division...truly sorry East (8 teams): Atlanta Braves Miami Marlins Washington Nationals Cincinnati Reds New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates Montreal Expats (i.e. "Expos," having "returned home from abroad") West (8 teams): welp Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals Milwaukee Brewers Colorado Rockies Arizona Diamondbacks Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29texan Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER's 32 Based on a recent post, my alignment for MLS if/when it gets to 32 clubs. Eastern PELE DIVISION - Columbus Crew - D.C. United - Montreal Impact - New England Revolution - New York Red Bulls - NYCFC - Philadelphia Union - Toronto F.C. LOGAN DIVISION - Atlanta United - Chicago Fire - Detroit - Indy Eleven - Miami - Orlando City - St. Louis - Tampa Rowdies Western HUNT DIVISION - Colorado Rapids - Dallas - Houston Dynamo - Kansas City - Las Vegas - Minnesota United - Real Salt Lake - San Antonio Scorpions DONOVAN DIVISION - Calgary - LAFC - L.A. Galaxy - Portland Timbers - Sacramento Republic - San Jose Earthquakes - Seattle Sounders - Vancouver Whitecaps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 A few months back, I took on the huge task of realiging college football conferences because I hate when teams play in multiple conferences across several sports. I merged FBS and FCS just to make it easier. Most of them stayed the same, but there were 4 that I really liked. So there are several basketball conferences where a handfull of teams play football elsewhere. So what I did was combine some conferences in a joint conference based on geography. All my conference couldn't fill an 8 team league by themselves, but could with the addition of another conference Big East/Atlantic 10 Richmond, Rhode Island, Fordham, Duquesne, Dayton, Davidson, Butler, Georgetown Colonial Athletic Association/America East Delaware, Elon, James Madison, Towson, William & Mary, New Hampshire, Maine, Stony Brook, Albany North East Conference/Metro Atlantic Sacred Heart, Wagner, Bryant, Saint Francis, Central Connecticut, Robert Morris, Marist, Monmouth Atlantic Sun/Big South Jacksonville, Stetson, Kennesaw, Charleston, Gardner Webb, Liberty, Presbyterian, Campbell The joint conferences wouldn't affect much. It would help conference solidify their line ups, and make alliances with other conferences. Quote @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed618 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 On March 12, 2016 at 4:19 AM, 29texan said: MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER's 32 Based on a recent post, my alignment for MLS if/when it gets to 32 clubs. Eastern PELE DIVISION - Columbus Crew - D.C. United - Montreal Impact - New England Revolution - New York Red Bulls - NYCFC - Philadelphia Union - Toronto F.C. LOGAN DIVISION - Atlanta United - Chicago Fire - Detroit - Indy Eleven - Miami - Orlando City - St. Louis - Tampa Rowdies Western HUNT DIVISION - Colorado Rapids - Dallas - Houston Dynamo - Kansas City - Las Vegas - Minnesota United - Real Salt Lake - San Antonio Scorpions DONOVAN DIVISION - Calgary - LAFC - L.A. Galaxy - Portland Timbers - Sacramento Republic - San Jose Earthquakes - Seattle Sounders - Vancouver Whitecaps Cool idea. I think MLS could do division play right now if they wanted. With the teams we have now, the league would probably look something like... EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division - New York City - RBNY - DC United - New England - Orlando City Central Division - Chicago - Toronto FC - Columbus - Philadelphia - Montreal WESTERN CONFERENCE Frontier Division - Kansas City - Colorado - Salt Lake - FC Dallas - Houston Pacific Division - LA - San Jose - Portland - Seattle - Vancouver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Looking for a bit of feedback on a side project I have going. Essentially what I'm trying to do is create a fantasy AAA league for an historical MLB league. Rather than simply going with the basic model of assigning the teams strictly to the largest cities without an MLB team, I'm trying to follow the Braves/Mariners model a bit more, where the AAA team is in a suburb of the parent club's city. I don't do this in every case, but if I were a team like the Twins for instance, I would seriously be looking into moving my AAA team from Rochester to St. Paul if they haven't already done so. Whether or not they actually could is another story for a whole bunch of reasons that I don't care to get into and for the sake of this project doesn't matter. This is more concerned about assuming those logistical issues were aside what would you do. Obviously I'm looking for more feedback with some teams than others. The Nashville Sounds and Portland Beavers are good as is for example. But there's others like the Tigers AAA team, where Warren is simply a suggestion. I've never been to Detroit and know very little about the surrounding area. All I know about Warren its that its a highly populated high crime area north of the city with an affluent area in the northwest part of the city, which is where I would probably build the park if one were to actually exist. In terms of how feasible it is that it could actually support a AAA team I really don't know. Would Auburn Hills or Pontiac be better choices? I don't know enough about the area to say for sure. That's about as flexible as I'm going to be with location moves though. Whether or not Buffalo be a better choice for a AAA team than suburban Montreal isn't a debate I'm interested in having. The cities are what they are. Same thing with the MLB affiliates, although I will switch up teams if there is a net overall benefit. (ie. the combined distance between the MLB club and the AAA teams are reduced) Same thing with division alignments. International League Team MLB Affiliate Northeast Jersey City/Suburban NYC Brooklyn Dodgers Laval/Suburban Montreal Montreal Expos Mississauga/Suburban Toronto Toronto Blue Jays Newark Bears/Suburban NYC New York Giants Pawtucket Red Sox Boston Reds Sox Worcester Ruby Lugs/Suburban Boston Boston Braves Mid-Atlantic Arlington/Suburban D.C. Washington Nationals Camden Riversharks/Suburban Philly Philadelphia Athletics Columbus Clippers Pittsburgh Pirates Indianapolis Indians St. Louis Cardinals Warren/Suburban Detroit Detroit Tigers Wilmington Blue Rocks/Suburban Philly Philadelphia Phillies Southeast Charlotte Knights New York Yankees Clearwater/Suburban Tampa Tampa Bay Rays Fort Lauderdale/Suburban Miami Miami Marlins Gwinnett Braves/Suburban Atlanta Atlanta Braves Norfolk Tides New York Mets Orlando Baltimore Orioles Pacific Coast League Team MLB Affiliate Central Elgin/Suburban Chicago Chicago Cubs Frisco RoughRiders/Suburban Dallas Texas Rangers Naperville/Suburban Chicago Chicago White Sox Nashville Sounds Cincinnati Reds Round Rock Express St. Louis Browns The Woodlands/Suburban Houston Houston Astros Northwest Portland Beavers Milwaukee Brewers Sacramento River Cats San Francisco Giants San Jose Oakland Athletics St. Paul Saints Minnesota Twins Tacoma Rainers Seattle Mariners Vancouver Canadians Cleveland Indians Southwest Carlsbad/Suburban San Diego San Diego Padres Las Vegas 51's Colorado Rockies Long Beach/Suburban LA Los Angeles Dodgers Mesa/Suburban Phoenix Arizona Diamondbacks Riverside/Inland Empire California Angels San Antonio Missions Kansas City Royals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@axpze Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 pmoehrin, I think the Voronoi function could help you recognize the "mid-lines" between geographical points on a map.This is the best online interactive Voronoi map plot tool. I use it all the time. Just plot each point to represent each MLB team (turn off "Delaunay triangulation" and "Convex hull") to see "Voronoi neighborhoods." And then place each minor league team within each MLB team's neighborhood. I use this site for a lot of things. Really helps me visualize boundaries on a map. EDIT: scroll down below the map to see settings (Delaunay triangulation, Convex hull, and Voronoi neighborhoods). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 46 minutes ago, @axpze said: pmoehrin, I think the Voronoi function could help you recognize the "mid-lines" between geographical points on a map.This is the best online interactive Voronoi map plot tool. I use it all the time. Just plot each point to represent each MLB team (turn off "Delaunay triangulation" and "Convex hull") to see "Voronoi neighborhoods." And then place each minor league team within each MLB team's neighborhood. I use this site for a lot of things. Really helps me visualize boundaries on a map. EDIT: scroll down below the map to see settings (Delaunay triangulation, Convex hull, and Voronoi neighborhoods). I've got my own system to do that stuff although it does seem like a pretty useful program. This is more about whether or not it would be better to put a AAA team in Rosemont or Elgin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTknight Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 3 hours ago, pmoehrin said: Looking for a bit of feedback on a side project I have going. Essentially what I'm trying to do is create a fantasy AAA league for an historical MLB league. Rather than simply going with the basic model of assigning the teams strictly to the largest cities without an MLB team, I'm trying to follow the Braves/Mariners model a bit more, where the AAA team is in a suburb of the parent club's city. I don't do this in every case, but if I were a team like the Twins for instance, I would seriously be looking into moving my AAA team from Rochester to St. Paul if they haven't already done so. Whether or not they actually could is another story for a whole bunch of reasons that I don't care to get into and for the sake of this project doesn't matter. This is more concerned about assuming those logistical issues were aside what would you do. Obviously I'm looking for more feedback with some teams than others. The Nashville Sounds and Portland Beavers are good as is for example. But there's others like the Tigers AAA team, where Warren is simply a suggestion. I've never been to Detroit and know very little about the surrounding area. All I know about Warren its that its a highly populated high crime area north of the city with an affluent area in the northwest part of the city, which is where I would probably build the park if one were to actually exist. In terms of how feasible it is that it could actually support a AAA team I really don't know. Would Auburn Hills or Pontiac be better choices? I don't know enough about the area to say for sure. That's about as flexible as I'm going to be with location moves though. Whether or not Buffalo be a better choice for a AAA team than suburban Montreal isn't a debate I'm interested in having. The cities are what they are. Same thing with the MLB affiliates, although I will switch up teams if there is a net overall benefit. (ie. the combined distance between the MLB club and the AAA teams are reduced) Same thing with division alignments. International League Team MLB Affiliate Northeast Jersey City/Suburban NYC Brooklyn Dodgers Laval/Suburban Montreal Montreal Expos Mississauga/Suburban Toronto Toronto Blue Jays Newark Bears/Suburban NYC New York Giants Pawtucket Red Sox Boston Reds Sox Worcester Ruby Lugs/Suburban Boston Boston Braves Mid-Atlantic Arlington/Suburban D.C. Washington Nationals Camden Riversharks/Suburban Philly Philadelphia Athletics Columbus Clippers Pittsburgh Pirates Indianapolis Indians St. Louis Cardinals Warren/Suburban Detroit Detroit Tigers Wilmington Blue Rocks/Suburban Philly Philadelphia Phillies Southeast Charlotte Knights New York Yankees Clearwater/Suburban Tampa Tampa Bay Rays Fort Lauderdale/Suburban Miami Miami Marlins Gwinnett Braves/Suburban Atlanta Atlanta Braves Norfolk Tides New York Mets Orlando Baltimore Orioles Pacific Coast League Team MLB Affiliate Central Elgin/Suburban Chicago Chicago Cubs Frisco RoughRiders/Suburban Dallas Texas Rangers Naperville/Suburban Chicago Chicago White Sox Nashville Sounds Cincinnati Reds Round Rock Express St. Louis Browns The Woodlands/Suburban Houston Houston Astros Northwest Portland Beavers Milwaukee Brewers Sacramento River Cats San Francisco Giants San Jose Oakland Athletics St. Paul Saints Minnesota Twins Tacoma Rainers Seattle Mariners Vancouver Canadians Cleveland Indians Southwest Carlsbad/Suburban San Diego San Diego Padres Las Vegas 51's Colorado Rockies Long Beach/Suburban LA Los Angeles Dodgers Mesa/Suburban Phoenix Arizona Diamondbacks Riverside/Inland Empire California Angels San Antonio Missions Kansas City Royals Kansas City, Kansas has a 10 or 11 thousand seat ballpark by the Kansas Speedway and Sporting Park. Maybe 40 minutes or so away from the K. Better than San Antonio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 30 minutes ago, ICTknight said: Kansas City, Kansas has a 10 or 11 thousand seat ballpark by the Kansas Speedway and Sporting Park. Maybe 40 minutes or so away from the K. Better than San Antonio. As I said before the cities are what they are in some cases. KC's AAA team being in San Antonio is one of those cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Global Hockey League; 32 teams Atlantic Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Toronto Pacific Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Mexico City Minnesota San Jose St. Louis Vancouver Euro Berlin Helsinki London Moscow Oslo Paris Prague Stockholm Pan Asian Beijing Mumbai Seoul Hong Kong Shanghai Singapore Tel Aviv Tokyo Quote @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@axpze Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I mentioned the Voronoi tool for devising mid-points among multiple points on a map here. Here is a link to a useful online Voronoi tool. All cities are approximated midpoints among parent cities. For example, a midpoint between Seattle, Oakland, and Denver is Twin Falls, Idaho, therefore, one of these three teams will have a minor league affiliate in Twin Falls, Idaho (Boise).Pacific Coast League Western Division Medford Mariners Boise Giants Bonneville Salt Flats (UT) Dodgers Bonneville Salt Flats (UT) Angels Lake Havasu City (CA) Padres Roswell Diamondbacks Dodge City Rangers Regina (SK) Rockies "Area 51" (NV) Athletics Southern Division Jackson (MS) Astros Little Rock (AR) Royals Campeche (Mexico) Marlins New Orleans Rays Nashville Braves Blacksburg (VA) Nationals Greenville (MS) Cardinals International League: Western Division Chamberlain (SD) Twins Grand Rapids (MI) Brewers Cedar Rapids Cubs Davenport (IA) White Sox Fort Wayne (IN) Tigers Terre Haute (IN) Reds Eastern Division Erie (PA) Pirates Athens (OH) Indians London (ON) Blue Jays Storrs (CT) Red Sox Princeton Phillies Watertown (NY) Yankees Altoona (PA) Orioles Elmira (NY) Mets I think I'll do this for the MLS next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@axpze Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 MLonStrosity: Real Regina (SK), no Swift Current Whitecaps, gross Missoula (MT) Zounders, get it? Winnemucca (NV) Timbers, as if Winnemucca had trees Warm Springs (middle of nowhere, Nevada) Earthquakes Fort Apache (AZ) Galaxy, cool Rápidos Ciudad Juárez, yes Sporting Guymon (OK), Sporting Gijon FC Tupelo (MS), fer Dallas Sinaloa Dynamo, A+ Columbia City SC, "SC" for "soccer club" & "South Carolina," "Orlando City SC" Flint Fire, nice Jackson (TN) Crew, moving along Pittsburgh United, DC United State College (PA) Union, cool Elmira Red Bulls, lol Toms River (NJ) City, LLWS champs Rome (NY) FC, TFC Albany Revolution, could work, but New England wouldn't want their affiliate in NY Schenectady (NY) Impact, Schenectady is too close to Albany anyway Honorable Mentions: Fort Apache Galaxy Sinaloa Dynamo Columbia City SC State College Union Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@axpze Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 More pointlessness (NHL) Macon GA Panthers New Orleans Lightning, yeah baby Arkansas Stars Bloomington IN Predators Wichita Blues Kingsport TN Hurricanes, aw hell yeah Roanoke Capitals, consonance State College Flyers, "fliers" (i.e. leaflets...nvm) Jersey City Rangers Montauk Islanders Toms River Devils Saratoga Springs NY Bruins, no way Utica Senators, Roman theme Johnstown NY Canadiens Syracuse Sabres, aight Erie Penguins, yawn London Maple Leafs, yawn Akron Blue Jackets, yawn Fort Wayne Red Wings, Komets is better Cedar Rapids Blackhawks, yawn Bridger SD Wild, I've been here (on the Cheyenne River Lakota Reservation) Regina Jets, consonance wins again Miles City MT Avalanche, never been here tho Kamloops Oilers Twin Falls Flames Boise Canucks North Bonneville Salt Flats Sharks, k South Bonneville Salt Flats Kings, there is no other way Las Vegas Ducks Roswell Coyotes ...and that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Here's my latest NHL breakdown that could exist in 20yrs... Eastern Conference Maurice Richard Northeast Division Montreal Ottawa Quebec City Toronto Maple Leafs Bobby Orr Northeast Division Boston Buffalo Detroit Columbus Mark Messier Atlantic Division New Jersey New York Islanders New York Rangers Washington Mario Lemieux Atlantic Division Florida Philadelphia Pittsburgh Tampa Bay Western Conference Bobby Hull Central Division Chicago Minnesota Toronto Waxers Winnipeg Joe Sakic Central Division Colorado Dallas Nashville St. Louis Wayne Gretzky Pacific Division Calgary Edmonton Seattle Vancouver Luc Robitaille Pacific Division Anaheim Las Vegas Los Angeles San Jose Each geographic division combo plays the exact same number of games between one another (i.e. the Leafs & Wings don't become strangers, the Penguins & Flyers aren't merely stuck with the Floridian teams, etc) so as never to cull long term rivalries. The top 2 teams from each division play one another in the 1st playoff round, then play the winning team from their cousin geographic division, etc until the east v west Final. Las Vegas receives its first big 4 team. Hurricanes become Quebec Nordiques. Coyotes become Seattle Rainiers. Toronto Waxers are born into the western conference to both appease the Leafs & to carve their own unique identity & culture. Quote @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaginRonic Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Getting back to a concept I had a while back... If I was able to do the old 1999-2001 NFL style configuration on Backbreaker I would have done it like this... AFC East Boston Breakers Montreal Machine NY/NJ Knights Philadelphia Stars Pittsburgh Maulers AFC Central Amsterdam Admirals Barcelona Dragons Frankfurt Galaxy London Monarchs Rhein Fire Scottish Claymores AFC West Birmingham Stallions Memphis Pharaohs Orlando Thunder Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks Tampa Bay Bandits NFC East Denver Gold Houston Oilers Mexico City Aztecs Oklahoma Outlaws San Antonio Riders NFC Central Chicago Blitz Michigan Panthers Ohio Glory Omaha Rustlers St Louis Stampede NFC West Las Vegas Gamblers Los Angeles Avengers Portland Platypus Sacramento Surge Utah Pioneers But since Backbreaker only had 8, 16, and 32, it would have to be either one of these... Alignment I Div A: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Rhein Fire, EXPANSION Div B: Barcelona, London, Scotland Claymores, EXPANSION Div C: Boston, Montreal, NY/NJ, Philadelphia Div D: Birmingham, Memphis, Orlando, Ral-Durham Div E: Chicago, Michigan, Ohio, St Louis Div F: Houston, Mexico City, Oklahoma, San Antonio Div G: Denver, Las Vegas, Portland, Utah Div F: LA, Sacto, Oakland Invaders, Anaheim Piranhas Alignment II Div A: AMS, BCN, FRA, LON Div B: BOS, MTL, NY, PHI Div C: OHIO, PITT, RDU, Virginia Div D: BHM, MEM, ORL, TB Div E: CHI, MICH, OMA, STL Div F: HOU, MEX, OKL, SA Div G: DEN, LV, PDX, UTAH Div H: ANA, LA, OAK, SAC Quote The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 CFL, MLB, MLS & NASL, NFL, NBA, NHL, FFL, NBL CFA (NCAA Div 1A) If the NFL created a soccer league. In 2042, The NFL created a spring soccer league called the National Soccer League to win over young fans from MLS & NASL. It is independent from MLS, NASL and FIFA. American Soccer Conference (ASC) ASC East Buffalo Thunder (Buffalo Bills) Miami Leviathans (Miami Dolphins) London Redcoats (London Royals) New England Spirit of '76 (New England Patriots)* New York Stealth (New York Jets) Orlando Sharks (Orlando Sunshine) Providence Lusitanians (Providence Sailors) Rochester Thunderbirds (Rochester Rocs) ASC North Baltimore Blackbirds (Baltimore Ravens) Charleston Bluegrass (Charleston Appalachians) Cincinnati Cheetahs (Cincinnati Bengals) Cleveland Elves (Cleveland Browns) Grand Rapids Grizzlies (Grand Rapids Walleye) Indianapolis Foals (Indianapolis Colts) Pittsburgh Piranhas (Pittsburgh Steelers) Rockford Rhinos (Rockford Rockhoppers) ASC South Houston Orbit (Houston Astros) Jacksonville Jacks (Jacksonville Jaguars) Lexington Coal Miners (Lexington Thoroughbreds) Mexico City Coatls (Mexico City Aztecs) Mississippi Jazz (Mississippi Humpbacks) Oklahoma Seminoles (Oklahoma Thunderbirds) San Antonio Bandidos (San Antonio Conquistadors) Tennessee Atlas (Tennessee Titans) ASC West Kansas City Cyclones (Kansas City Chiefs) Los Angeles Spartans (Los Angeles Raiders) Mile High Mountaineers (Denver Broncos) Montana Wolves (Montana Bigfoot) Oakland Armada (Oakland Raiders) San Diego Thunder Horsemen (San Diego Chargers) Tokyo Dragons (Tokyo Yamatos) Vancouver Victory (Vancouver Cascades) National Soccer Conference (NSC) NSC East Dallas Gunslingers (Dallas Cowboys) Ireland Saint Patrick's (Ireland Shamrocks) Montreal Crescents (Montreal Olympiques) New York Towers (New York Giants) Philadelphia Geese (Philadelphia Eagles) Raleigh Tri-Stars (Raleigh Hounds) Toronto Niagaras (Toronto Trilliums) Washington Tomahawks (Washington Redtails) NSC North Alaska Frontiersmen (Alaska Auroras) Calgary Flame Stags (Calgary Moose) Chicago Wild Onions (Chicago Bears) Columbus Chestnuts (Columbus Capitols) Detroit Mustangs (Detroit Lions) Iowa Shockers (Iowa Heartlanders) Green Bay Crackers (Green Bay Packers) Minnesota Odins (Minnesota Vikings) NSC South Atlanta Peachtrees (Atlanta Falcons) Austin Highlanders (Austin Bats) Birmingham Elephants (Birmingham Miracle) Charlotte Paws (Charlotte Panthers) New Orleans Carnival (New Orleans Saints) Richmond Cavaliers (Richmond Colonials) St. Louis Goats (St. Louis Archers) Tampa Bay Pirates (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) NSC West Arizona Firebirds (Arizona Cardinals) Los Angeles Pandas (Los Angeles Rams) Portland Dougfirs (Portland Explorers) Nebraska Lincolns (Nebraska Cyclones) New Mexico Suns (New Mexico Scorpions) San Francisco Nuggets (San Francisco 49ers) Seattle Jaegers (Seattle Seahawks)** Utah Bee Colonies (Utah Dinos) *The Patriots sold the New England Revolution shortly after the NSL was founded. ** Jaeger is another name for a Skua, also called a Seahawk. Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athleticsfan2k8 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Good Work TrueYankee26 on NFL's Soccer Spinoff now cool down on working on your alignments all the way to the year 2100 and head back to the past, so here are some suggestions if you want to do some alternate alignments from The Past, so here's the two that i'm going to see. - Major League Baseball-Pacific Coast League Merger (from 1956) - All 3 Football Leagues (AFL-NFL-CFL) going to Merge (from 1970) And Maybe More!, Hopefully TrueYankee26 want to do new alignments from an alternate universe from the past! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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