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Originally Posted by DaFace

I know that I'm a weird numbers guy, but I think my main issue with it is having it be 17 games, which is going to always be weird and uneven. The 16-game season is so elegant:

Division (x2) - 6
Rotating opposite-conference division - 4
Rotating same-conference division - 4
Same-ranked teams from the other same-conference divisions - 2

And the result is that every team plays four #1 teams, four #2 teams, four #3 teams, and four #4 teams (based on division rank).

Playing 17 games is always going to result in some inequality among teams in the division. Even 18 would be better.

Yep.

Originally Posted by Azide22

It also makes a "first place" schedule tougher. It appears to be seeding based. So finish first in your division, you'll get the first place team from 5 of the other 7 divisions, while everyone else gets 2 (plus your own division).

And yep.