This will work the same as it did last year - I will throw out a topic of debate, we'll discuss in the Comments section, and when I feel all the arguments have been made, I will post a poll that everyone will vote in.
I thought I'd start the debate with one of the most divisive (pun intended) issues our league dealt with last year: Divisions.
There are 3 legitimate schools of thought when it comes to dividing up the league:
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1. One Large Division
This was popularized in the Pounding 06 season, and really takes divisions out of the equation altogether. Playoff seeding is based solely on overall record and tiebreakers.
2. Two Divisions
This was last year's setup that set the London Gentlemen up against the men of Blackbeard's Delight. Last year, the league's top 6 seeds were the 6 who made the playoffs, narrowly avoiding controversy.
3. Four Divisions
This is a proposed divisional setup that has been gaining momentum ever since rivalries were introduced during the 2007 season. The top seed in each division would get an automatic playoff berth, along with 2 wild cards (the teams with the next 2 highest records, taking tiebreakers into account). This is pretty much how the MLB does it.
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Opening Argument
My vote, as it was last year, is to institute the 4 Division system, mainly because it will piss Fuquay off.
With a 13-week regular season and the rivalry system in place, each team plays all 11 other teams once, and then 2 of those teams a second time. This plays perfectly into a 4-Division league. The 2 other teams in your division are, by default, your rivals. And, consequently, those rivalries actually become more important than other games - should division leaders be tied at the end of the season, the division record would be the first tiebreaker.
And imagine if we changed the second Rivalry Week to the final week of the season. The Pounding '08 hype machine would go crazy with playoff implications.
Let the debate begin...
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the four divisions sound the best to me. with two divisions, the rivalries are fun but not real meaningful and only having one division is boring.
Please, not all at once people...we wouldn't want this debate to get outta hand.
i think i silenced them all with my astute logic and reasoning.
Am i fired...
If not, I vote for one large leauge. Keep rivalries but the best teams should get in.
Why would you be fired?
(yawn) what a crappy fantasy football league...
What he said. I quit.
Even though 4 divisions is "pretty much how the MLB does it", we are not the MLB, but are instead fantasy football. 2 divisions or bust.