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The more I think about doing away with divisions the less I like it. While it probably technically puts more teams in contention (well, having 10 playoff teams instead of 8 clearly does that), I think from a fan's perspective, teams are going to feel out of contention much earlier in the season. It's one thing if a team is 10 games back in a division. With only 2 or 3 teams ahead of them they can get past one or two of those teams with 1 good win streak. But in a 15 team league, that same team would have to leapfrog past 5, 6, 7 teams to reach the playoffs. While their statistical odds might be better, from a psychological standpoint I think fans might loose interest quicker.
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