Subject: playoffs and league formats
Since the baseball post season started today, I need to create this if nothing else to get my thoughts out of my system
My ideas for MLB, NHL, and NBA are sililar so I will group them. All the leagues have too many playoff teams for the number of regular season games played. Reducing playoffs by one round would remedy this. Of course, money is the issue and I would be fighting the desire for more money for the owners and players. I would also want to reduce the regular seasons by one or two weeks but then again, money.
The one thing that bothers me the most is their playoff scheduling. Today a game was played in the dome in Tampa at noon central followed by one in Philadelphia and a night game outdoors in Minnesota. I know the 4PM local start definitely factored in Roy Halliday's no hitter. Why did they schedule this; more viewers for the Yankees game.
Baseball is not designed for 40 degrees and rain but much of playoff baseball has that. It turns the game into a joke. In the day, the October weather is playable but people in power would rather have ratings rather than better played baseball.
The worst part of playoff scheduling is the off days. I understand having a day off for travel but not when teams are playing consecutive games in the same city. There should never be a day off between consecutive baseball games in the same city and no more than one day off for basketball or hockey. It takes away from the game.
Also, why can't a series start early if the two teams finish their round in less than the required games? Then following series would have less chance for bad weather. I also include basketball and hockey which played indoors in late May and June can cause courts to develop condensation and ice to turn into mush.
Championships should be played in decent conditions. The last three title matches played by Chicago teams involved 40 degrees and rain, a torrential downpour, and 85% humidity which made the indoor ice very slow and inconsistent.
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If the major leagues issist on four rounds of playoffs, then make them a challenge. Playoffs occur within a SINGLE month, start to finish. For baseball, it would go like this: regular season ends Sept 30th, round 1 is Oct 1-7, round 2 is Oct 8-14, round 3 is Oct 15-21, and world series is Oct 22-28. No travel days, games are played on consecutive days within a round (if a team wins before game 7, they get a break until the next round begins). Same for hockey (which should NEVER go into spring, although I will yield the point for March being their playoff month), and basketball. At least football is already restrictive to a finite predictable playoff schedule.
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