The Present Format Does Not Always Crown the Best

by PanamaSteve
(Laguna Beach, Ca.)

In my opinion, the teams that should play are the teams that, after going through the season, are peeking at the end. That is how a Champion is crowned in any other sport. Teams that play lower division teams just to pad their record for the purpose of looking good at the end are doing the system a grave injustice. Playoff would absolutely weed out the pretenders.

I believe 16 teams would be the best format because it would reward the teams that had a good season, or a team that suffered costly early injuries but rebounded to a 8-3 record by winning 7 or 8 in a row. Besides, the revenue would be incredible.

I would also add, that no conference could have more than 3 teams per year.