2018 Rule change vote: Championship playoffs / conferences

[TrueDawg]

Should we keep the divisions but get rid of the conferences?

Currently, the 4 division winners make the playoffs, plus the highest scoring team in each conference.

If we get rid of conferences, the 4 division winners would obviously still make the playoffs, plus the two highest scoring teams overall (instead of one per conference).

[TrueDawg]

Yes... this ensures the best 6 teams make the playoffs and avoids a better team from one conference missing the playoffs because we can only have one wild card per conference now.

[monkeybones]

Yes

[Multiple Scorgasms]

Your wording in the final sentence could be confusing but yes.

Conferences = completely irrelevant nothingness. Too late for the title I literally would have won last year had we changed sooner, but no reason to delay any further.

[TrueDawg]

Your wording in the final sentence could be confusing but yes.

I tried to reword it. Referring to the below where team A is the highest scoring non-division winner in the NFC... under the current rules, teams A and B make the playoffs. Under the proposed rule, there would be no conferences so teams A and C make the playoffs.

NFC
Team A scores 900

AFC
Team B scores 1200
Team C scores 1000

[Xulu Bak]

Yes

[jimscafs25]

Yes

[ssmith313105]

Yes

[Craig0331]

Yes

[OnABloodbuzz]

Yes

[sprtsfrk208]

Yes

[Tom155]

Yes

[Tonystavoli]

Yea

[TrueDawg]

This has received 11 of 16 "Yes" votes so it obviously can't be defeated, so I'm closing it.