>>How about doing away with the Pre-season,
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>>then
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>>When the regular season is done, EVERYONE gets in the post-season, with Home-field advantage and who you play determined on how you ended the season.
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>>No 1 vs 32.... no 2 vs 31..... all the way to No 15 vs 16 with the higher seed having Home-Field.
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>>It would only take 1 more week (5 total) to do the playoffs and every city that has a team would have a stake in it.
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>What a bad idea ;-)

HEY !!! I'll bring my Panthers up there and put a whooping on ya!!! (grin...) then again... maybe not... sigh... (hehehe)