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[Jon]

Expansion draft of doom.

Don't think doom is the right word.

[Strike]

Don't think doom is the right word.

For Franchise it is.

He can't get his hands on any of them to screw them up since Portsmouth dumped him.

[GM Franchise]

Don't think doom is the right word.

It's loaded with top level talent now. The expansion teams will be loaded this season.

[Mike Powers]

David Kradle, Cedric Malone, Felix Johnson, Sheldon Day, Swoop McCarthy, JR Valentine and Larry Stevens....Expansion teams will have a solid start next season with these guys and top draft picks.

[GM Franchise]

David Kradle, Cedric Malone, Felix Johnson, Sheldon Day, Swoop McCarthy, JR Valentine and Larry Stevens....Expansion teams will have a solid start next season with these guys and top draft picks.

Agreed. This changes everything.

[Mike Powers]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!  DON'T LEAVE ME ART!!!!!!!!!!

[Rob]

I was looking at both Cedric and Sheldon.... Balls.

[GM Franchise]

Cedric was on my radar as well as the guys Hondo expansion when I was still at Portsmouth.

[Sgt. Josh Underpants]

excellent news

[Mike Powers]

I feel like an ass for rebuffing no less than half a dozen different trade offers for Reigns.  Although, whomever I traded for would probably have left me too. 

[Jon]

I wonder how Ian decides who to take away. Or how the process works.

Lots of quality players fleeing to the SL.

[Jon]

Alright, I was a little bored and got to thinking about a realignment in each conference... basically just adding divisions. I thought of 2 and 3 divisions per conference and here is how I think it would look.

TWO DIVISIONS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

DIVISION ONE
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Anchorage
Honolulu
San Diego
Hollywood
Seattle
Las Vegas/Boise (Depending on how important rivals like Vegas/Hollywood being in separate conferences would be.)

DIVISION TWO
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Las Vegas/Boise
Bismark
Colorado
Roswell
Wyoming
Montana


EASTERN CONFERENCE

DIVISION ONE
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Providence
Portsmouth
Boston
Virginia
Tampa Bay
Puerto Rico

DIVISION TWO
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Kentucky
Mississippi
Birmingham
Baton Rouge
Texas
Pittsburgh


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THREE DIVISIONS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

DIVISION ONE
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Anchorage
Honolulu
San Diego
Seattle

DIVISION TWO
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Las Vegas
Boise
Hollywood
Colorado

DIVISION THREE
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Roswell
Montana
Wyoming
Bismark


EASTERN CONFERENCE

DIVISION ONE
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Providence
Portsmouth
Boston
Virginia

DIVISION TWO
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Pittsburgh
Mississippi
Kentucky
Texas

DIVISION THREE
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Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Tampa Bay
Puerto Rico


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TWO DIVISION PLAYOFFS
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Division winners get first round bye.
Next four best records get into playoffs.
Best of 1 - First Round
Best of 3 - Second Round
Best of 5 - Conference Finals
Best of 7 - FBL Finals

THREE DIVISION PLAYOFFS
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Division winners get into playoffs
Play-In WildCard Game for 4 seed (Like MLB does)
Best of 1 - Wildcard
Best of 3 - Second Round
Best of 5 - Conference Finals
Best of 7 - FBL Finals

[GM Franchise]

That format wound intrigue me greatly.

[Cory]

Holy fuck....there goes some potential trades.

[Cory]

Can you trade for expansion picks?