(the teams linked together are the rivals within the same division who play each other twice per year - 1 home and 1 away)
NFL season : overall number of games stays the same at 16
4 divisions of 8 teams make up the 32 NFL teams
7 opponents in each division
6 opponents in your division you will play once (3 at home and 3 away - which will be reversed the next year)
= 6 games
1 opponent (RIVAL) within the division will play twice (1 home and 1 away)
= 2 games
= 8 games within the division every season
Teams will play a different division (excluding their own) on rotation every year for a 3 year period (8 games : 4 home and 4 away per season)
= 8 games
This means every NFL team will play one another at least once over a 3 year period (big improvement)
= 16 games per team (8 home and 8 away)
The problem with the current division system is the same teams play each other way to often and apart from being unfair depending who you play (difficulty of opponents) , there is hardly a chance to make new rivalries.
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* TEAM A
* TEAM B
(the teams linked together are the rivals within the same division who play each other twice per year - 1 home and 1 away)
NFL season : overall number of games stays the same at 16
4 divisions of 8 teams make up the 32 NFL teams
7 opponents in each division
6 opponents in your division you will play once (3 at home and 3 away - which will be reversed the next year)
= 6 games
1 opponent (RIVAL) within the division will play twice (1 home and 1 away)
= 2 games
= 8 games within the division every season
Teams will play a different division (excluding their own) on rotation every year for a 3 year period (8 games : 4 home and 4 away per season)
= 8 games
This means every NFL team will play one another at least once over a 3 year period (big improvement)
= 16 games per team (8 home and 8 away)
The problem with the current division system is the same teams play each other way to often and apart from being unfair depending who you play (difficulty of opponents) , there is hardly a chance to make new rivalries.
I don't personally favor something like that right now, but that's an interesting, rather advanced level of re-mapping the NFL.
While it would be nice to see games with extra incentive on both sides, shuffling teams around - so all would play each other with greater frequency - wouldn't necessarily lead to more or new rivalries.
Coaches, players, geographical locations - even fans can lead to rivalries. Otherwise, rivalries are born when one team can unexpectedly shatter another's playoff/championship hopes --- or when a pair of teams competitively go toe to toe with one another for a couple seasons.
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I don't personally favor something like that right now, but that's an interesting, rather advanced level of re-mapping the NFL.
While it would be nice to see games with extra incentive on both sides, shuffling teams around - so all would play each other with greater frequency - wouldn't necessarily lead to more or new rivalries.
Coaches, players, geographical locations - even fans can lead to rivalries. Otherwise, rivalries are born when one team can unexpectedly shatter another's playoff/championship hopes --- or when a pair of teams competitively go toe to toe with one another for a couple seasons.
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