What is the point of divisions in NFL (or any american sport for that matter)?
For me, it gets boring when my team has 8 games against the same opponents every single year. What's the point of this? MUH rivalries?
I think it would introduce more parity and be more interesting if every single year the divisions were randomized, similar to group pulling in soccer, but you still play 8 "out of division" games.
conferences would remain, but the divisions would be shaken up every year.
WHO SAYS NO? (and why)
Carson Hernandez
>What's the point of this? MUH rivalries?
Yes, every team playing a bunch of other random teams every year would actually be more boring.
Ryan Cook
because unlike europe america isnt the size of disneyland and it would be expensive and time consuming to travel
Ayden Kelly
its not like any of the divisions are really that close together. at least the NFC west wasnt until this season. the NFC east has the fucking cowboys for some reason.
Camden Ross
Ok, I watch out for my team and my team only. Super boring.
With divisions, I watch how the others are doing and cheer against them. Now regular season games actually mean something other than a small fraction of your win percentage.
Lucas Flores
there still would be divisions.
instead of the NFC west with niners, cardinals, rams, and seahawks, a division could be 49ers, cowboys, vikings, saints. or any combination really. you'd still play each team twice, but it would change every year.
Nicholas Murphy
You mean 6 games out of 16?
Zachary Torres
No, 8.
4 teams in the division teams play each other twice 4*2=8
>american education
Henry Howard
you dont play yourself you daft retard
Andrew Taylor
NFL should work with round robin. Everybody versus everybody twice home and away. 62 matchdays with pure emotion.
James Murphy
dumbass, there is four teams in each division but each team plays the other 3 teams twice.
Grayson White
Do this with no IR and hard roster cap. The team with the most players left at the end wins.
Jacob Young
Maybe make two divisions switch conferences every year, or every two years?
AFC North for the NFC North for example, that could give very interesting playoff and Super Bowl matchups.
Brandon Moore
>when MY team has 8 games against the same opponents every single year
I know you aren't OP but do teams in the CFL actually play against themselves twice a year too? I'm trying to get to the root of your confusion :')
Owen Nguyen
Because we would all love to watch Jags vs Browns 4 times a year
Kevin Butler
>teams can play against themselves
Nathan Barnes
but, the pure emotion
Jackson Young
A
Hudson Parker
Its got its advantages, but a better system could be made. Divisions could be randomized every year.
Jaxson Phillips
that's literally what it says in the OP
Lucas Scott
I agree.
Our season was ruined cause of this bullshit.
Fuck the Rangers.
Gavin Moore
Fuckin' leafs.
Benjamin Ross
Either this is some Aus grade bait or you really are a retard
>checks flag
Leafs..everytime..
Alexander Cook
>Randomize the divisions >Browns end up in a division with the Patriots and Broncos and still end up with the Steelers
mitebcool
Connor Hill
Redskins vs. Cowboys is a "storied" rivalry. IIRC, it goes back to the early 60s, when they were the only teams in the South. Since then, they've always been in the same division.
Adrian Perez
>Canadians assuming that everyone plays with themselves
Adrian Anderson
That might well have been the case in the trains & buses era. But a 1500 mile plane flight is no more of a problem than a 500 mile plane flight. It's all charter flights anyway.
Logan Lewis
So back to the first argument of "keep it together otherwise my feelings would be hurt"?
Lincoln Cooper
>more parity
you realize what we have going on in north american sports is the most parity we've ever had right?
Benjamin Thomas
Divisions don't matter in the NBA and NHL since half the teams make the playoffs
Lucas Lee
travel cost and time spent travelling and rivarlies