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Originally Posted by Trebro
I'm honestly surprised the Agitator hasn't been, well, agitating for expanding the playoffs. Not the first season the Raccoons could benefit from extra teams.
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I do think the league is in dire need of realignment and/or expansion. I always thought the divisions were way too geographically far-flung. It detracts from the old-school feel of the league. There is no logical reason for the Portland, Oregon based Raccoons to play away games in Boston, Massachusetts.
I'd argue for moving two teams from the CL (Charlotte and Atlanta) to the FL and then expanding by four teams:
FL East: Charlotte, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Washington, Nashville and Richmond
FL West: Topeka, Sioux Falls, Salem, Sacramento, Denver, Los Angeles and Dallas
CL North: New York, Boston, Indianapolis, Expansion Team A, Expansion Team B, Expansion Team C, Expansion Team D
CL South: Oklahoma City, Milwaukee, Portland, Vancouver, Las Vegas, Tijuana, San Francisco
A few tweaks could really bring the divisions together per se. For example, you could swap Salem (Oregon) for Milwaukee, and the alignment would work even better -- but I wanted to keep the CL and FL mostly intact.
The principle remains the same: more expansion teams will lead to lopsided divisions, with teams in the CL South able to pick up easy wins over non-division teams and remain competitive regardless of talent -- increasing the difficulty for Portland to make the playoffs.