N/S Divisions that would make sense for fan travel… (1 Viewer)

[St. Geezy]

How does that make sense for fan travel? Maybe the driving fan?
Divisions consist of 4 teams, and playing road games against your division opponents count for only 3 games.

This is my biggest beef with the whole geography-based concept as it relates to the NFL. Why does the league (and many fans) act like where the team travels for a mere three division games, one or two of them likely already close by in the old alignment, is such a big deal?

This isn’t the NBA or MLB where you’re having several contests sprinkled into the schedule on the road against your divisional opponents each year.

 

[Super]

Maybe it would create more rivals. But I dunno, do rivalries develop and are more prominent when cities are closer together. Maybe, probably so

Lol How about we do the opposite. Like put Seattle Houston Miami, and a New York team in the same division.

 

[St. Geezy]

Maybe it would create more rivals. But I dunno, do rivalries develop and are more prominent when cities are closer together. Maybe, probably so

Lol How about we do the opposite. Like put Seattle Houston Miami, and a New York team in the same division.

You joke, but Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and San Francisco was . A healthy mix of regional and cross-country quirkiness.

 

[Super]

You’re right, but Did we have Carolina back then? I don’t remember them but I’m old and forget shess all the time lol.

But back then our rivalry with San Francisco was as strong as any, so maybe geography doesn’t make a difference. I mean, God, we hated them.

But you couldn’t help but love Joe, Montana. At least after he was gone.

Also back then. San Francisco was a great place to visit.

 

[Saint KayBee]

You’re right, but Did we have Carolina back then? I don’t remember them but I’m old and forget shess all the time lol.

But back then our rivalry with San Francisco was as strong as any, so maybe geography doesn’t make a difference. I mean, God, we hated them.

But you couldn’t help but love Joe, Montana. At least after he was gone.

Also back then. San Francisco was a great place to visit.

The NFC West was often a four-team division with New Orleans, San Francisco, Atlanta, and the LA Rams. Carolina was assigned as the fifth in 1995.

 

[sainthood]

As a thought experiment sure, but given the timing teams were originally created, the merger of the AFL and NFL, and the NFL wanting Florida, Texas, and California to have a mix of NFC and AFC teams from a financial and rooting interest none of that makes sense. (i.e. if I live in Florida I don't really have to root against the Jags or Bucs as a Dolphins fan because none are in my division.)