Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!jeff From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) Newsgroups: net.sport.football Subject: Re: Reorganization of NFL Message-ID: <1322@dciem.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 12:49:56 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.1322 Posted: Fri Jan 4 12:49:56 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Jan-85 13:20:05 EST References: <800@hound.UUCP> Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 37 I'm in favor of divisional realignment in the NFL, but Barry Gray's scheme has one major flaw: Washington does not belong with the teams from the Southeast. It should be in with the New York teams and Philadelphia. Also, there wouldn't be much of a state rivalry with Buffalo, because it's so far away from NYC. Buffalo belongs more with Pittsburgh and Cleveland, so here's my suggestion: NORTHERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Central Division Midwest Division New England Buffalo Minnesota New York Jets Cleveland Green Bay New York Giants Cincinnati Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh Detroit Washington Indianapolis SOUTHERN CONFERENCE South Division Central Division Pacific Division Atlanta Dallas LA Raiders Miami Denver LA Rams New Orleans Houston San Diego Tampa Bay Kansas City San Francisco St. Louis Seattle Denver doesn't seem as out of place with the Texas teams if Kansas City and St. Louis are also included. I think this scheme is the best you can get as far as geographical proximity of teams in the same division is concerned, and no team seems out of place in its division. The Northern Conference covers the "industrial northeast" part of the country, while the Southern Conference covers the rest of the country, so there is a good meaningful division between the conferences. The problem of breaking up old rivalries can be solved by having teams play some of their out-of-division games against their traditional rivals, i.e. Dallas and Washington will always play once per season even though they're not in the same division. -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsrgv!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff