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From: gray@hound.UUCP (B.GRAY)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Reorganization of NFL
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Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 12:28:07 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  3 12:28:07 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 4-Jan-85 00:37:03 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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I recall some talk about reorganizing the baseball leagues
so that all teams in a league would be closer together. The
same idea could be applied to the NFL (perhaps more easily,
since it is only one league). How about some comments on the
"fantasy league" below:

EASTERN CONFERENCE
NORTHERN DIVISION	SOUTHERN DIVISION	WESTERN DIVISION
New England		Atlanta			Cincinnati
Buffalo			Miami			Cleveland
New York Giants		Tampa Bay		Detroit
New York Jets		Washington		Indianapolis
Philadelphia					Pittsburgh

WESTERN CONFERENCE
NORTHERN DIVISION	SOUTHERN DIVISION	WESTERN DIVISION
Chicago			Dallas			L.A. Raiders
Green Bay		Denver			L.A. Rams
Kansas City		Houston			San Francisco
Minnesota		New Orleans		San Diego
St. Louis					Seattle

This puts all teams in the Eastern Time Zone in the same conference,
and all the teams in each division in the same time zone (except
Denver). Also, all the teams in each division are within 1,000 miles
of each other (except Denver) and all teams that play in the same 
state are in the same division (except PA). While it breaks up some
traditional rivals, it could create a lot of new ones (especially 
between the two NY and LA teams).

Barry Gray
AT&T Bell Labs
Holmdel, NJ