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darkcloud4579 · 03-04-2015, 01:17 AM

So my 300+ year old league is now rebooted and I started over with the same teams but merged some other structure and so now we're at 48 teams because I was feeling crazy.

I've been alternating with the playoff structures over the past five seasons since rebooting the league.

First I had the league at 8 per league (16 playoff teams) and then I cut back to 12 teams (6 per league) where the two worst division champions had to play wild cards.

Now heading into the 7th season after five seasons of the 12 team setup, I'm debating what to do with my postseason structure. For now, I'm considering keeping the 12-team structure but rather than have two wild cards have the chance to potentially advance to the division series, I intend to pit the 5th and 6th seed (the two wild cards) against each other in one wild card series and then the two worst division champions in the other wild card series.

Very NCAA-like I know.

I'm looking for some ideas/thoughts/feedback.

03-04-2015, 01:17 AM	#1
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,672	48 teams (24 per league) & figuring out playoff scenarios So my 300+ year old league is now rebooted and I started over with the same teams but merged some other structure and so now we're at 48 teams because I was feeling crazy. I've been alternating with the playoff structures over the past five seasons since rebooting the league. First I had the league at 8 per league (16 playoff teams) and then I cut back to 12 teams (6 per league) where the two worst division champions had to play wild cards. Now heading into the 7th season after five seasons of the 12 team setup, I'm debating what to do with my postseason structure. For now, I'm considering keeping the 12-team structure but rather than have two wild cards have the chance to potentially advance to the division series, I intend to pit the 5th and 6th seed (the two wild cards) against each other in one wild card series and then the two worst division champions in the other wild card series. Very NCAA-like I know. I'm looking for some ideas/thoughts/feedback.