Could English cricket take a leaf out of MLB/NFL's book?

[open365]

Is it divisional/regional?

In the NBA they have an east and west conference, the problem being that atm the west is a lot stronger than the east so we end up with the 3rd best team(well, by record anyway) being the hell out of the 2nd ranked team from the west in the final.

EDIT: Yeh each match up is best of 7

 

[dcnstntn]

I think each playoff game is played over a series of games, which I dont like at all

Best of 7 or something? When in Florida recently I saw that SA Spurs won the series something like 4-0.

 

[Swervy]

Is it divisional/regional?

In the NBA they have an east and west conference, the problem being that atm the west is a lot stronger than the east so we end up with the 3rd best team(well, by record anyway) being the hell out of the 2nd ranked team from the west in the final.

EDIT: Yeh each match up is best of 7

at the moment in the NFL there is a big difference between the AFC and NFC in standard, but over time these things tend to even up

 

[open365]

I think each playoff game is played over a series of games, which I dont like at all

It's a neccesity in basketball as you get more last shot finished than in any other sport.

 

[dcnstntn]

I know in the NFL they have 32 teams split into two leagues, and four regions.

So you have NFC and AFC which are each split into North, East, South and West.

Each team only plays 16 games per season, prior to the play-offs which are one off games.

Teams from the AFC do play teams from the NFC during the season however.

Luckily with only 18 real counties playing cricket, every team could play each other during the season, the only thing that would change from season to season would be home advantage. For example in 2008 Essex would play Yorkshire at Chelmsford so in 2009 Yorkshire would play Essex at Headingley.

 

[Swervy]

I know in the NFL they have 32 teams split into two leagues, and four regions.

So you have NFC and AFC which are each split into North, East, South and West.

Each team only plays 16 games per season, prior to the play-offs which are one off games.

Teams from the AFC do play teams from the NFC during the season however.

Luckily with only 18 real counties playing cricket, every team could play each other during the season, the only thing that would change from season to season would be home advantage. For example in 2008 Essex would play Yorkshire at Chelmsford so in 2009 Yorkshire would play Essex at Headingley.

The thing is, there is no benefit in playing everybody once. Less games means each game means more.

 

[dcnstntn]

Sure each county could only play 12 games to make each game mean more, and as they do in the NFL alternate who plays who each season. Games like Lancashire v Yorkshire would be less frequent, but they'd damn well be worth the wait!

 

[Swervy]

Sure each county could only play 12 games to make each game mean more, and as they do in the NFL alternate who plays who each season. Games like Lancashire v Yorkshire would be less frequent, but they'd damn well be worth the wait!

why not have three regional divsions of 6, so 10 games a season

 

[dcnstntn]

why not have three regional divsions of 6, so 10 games a season

You could easily do that, however by 10 games do you just mean the teams in each division play eachother home and away each season?

That would defeat the object of scrapping leagues. The idea is to have all of the teams playing eachother either with 17 games a season, or playing every other team over the course of two years in a 12 game per season format.

 

[Swervy]

You could easily do that, however by 10 games do you just mean the teams in each division play eachother home and away each season?

That would defeat the object of scrapping leagues. The idea is to have all of the teams playing eachother either with 17 games a season, or playing every other team over the course of two years in a 12 game per season format.

Ok, what about you play each team in your divsion twice and then one team in each of the other divsions once..making 12 games


You could determine which inter-divisional opponent based on division position the previous year, so if Lancs finished top of the North division, they would play the number one team from each of the other two divisions.

I still prefer 10 games per season, with top team of each division goes through to the semi's, and the best second placed team going through as well