A fun article on the NFL adopting the promotion/relegation system of European soccer: https://sports.yahoo.com/imagine-nfl-soccer-style-relegation-023418506.html
I disagree.The NFL could havethe bottom-8 teams compete in a playoff for the #1 draft pick, and perhaps an easier schedule the next season. But aside from hard-core fans of the affected teams, who would watch? The playoffs take all the oxygen out of the tent. If the EPL had playoffs, no one would pay attention to the relegation games except the fans of the hapless clubs involved.
Can't quite come up with the right Goodell/DFG joke here.I don't like it. There's too much parody in the nfl...
To much parody huh? lolI don't like it. There's too much parody in the nfl... So I'm assuming the top teams in the Montana division would still compete for the super bowl title? Teams in the Marino division have no chance?? How many times have we seen a last place team finish first the next season? Interesting idea but the owners would never vote it in.
I skipped the article and went straight for the hot take! I will take the chance to read it nowTo much parody huh? lol
However, the answers to your questions are in the article, did you read it?
And no one is thinking this is a serious concept, it's just a conversation piece.
I haven't thought much about scheduling, but it seems like you could have the top division teams play home and home with everyone in their division (10 games) and the B Division teams doing the same (14 games). That would leave each B Division team with 2 games per year against the top division, which you could try to schedule to preserve rivalries and/or have them play teams that are geographically close to cut down on travel a bit.TGE, in your model, would teams play home-and-homes against all the other teams in their division? Which games would the B division play?