We hear about the "expansion" idea periodically and it doesnt seem to make much sense. The distance is simply too great. It might work for football since that is only once per week. But the others, forget it.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
There's 1 scenario which may work: location-based conference play. Major League Baseball operated this way for decades B4 interleague play became a feature of the season. Only for the championship would conference champions play each other.
Yes except you would need a great deal of buildout in the region. Say they set up a European "division". That could work but you would need more than 4 teams (as an example). Without a full slate of teams, makes it difficult to have the North American teams all battling it out.
Exactly. NFL-EU had 6-10 teams; even if it became part of the NFL proper, it would still have been missing too many teams.
OFF-TOPIC -- What if the NFL employed a relegation system, in which the bottom N teams moved to the spring league?
I am not sure if there is a need for the NFL to have a two tier system. They have a cap and national contracts. That is one league where parity is possible since the NY or Chicago doesnt have a huge advantage over Atlanta or Miami.
The same isnt true in MLB.
There will come a time when NFL's no longer at the top of the heap as a spectator sport, especially if economic conditions don't improve or NFL braintrust alienates its fan base. As a fan, do you really want 2C games involving putrid teams?