Laws, Jr. ***
Having confronted Dr. Ed, Barry Laws, Jr., International Man Of Mystery, 
exclaimed:
 BLJ> About the NFL, you make sense. They should just have 2 divisions per
 BLJ> conference (NFC East, NFC West, AFC East, and AFC West). This is a
 BLJ> possible idea for NFL alignment, and tell me what you think (what you
 BLJ> like and what you don't like)... 
      
     The NFL should stick with the current 6 division set up, but the 
teams should be aligned according to region.  Regional rivalries are 
more lasting than rivalries with whoever happens to be powerful at the 
time.  It also would avoid such potentially disastrous Super Bowl match 
ups like the Giants vs. the Jets which would only interest people in New 
York City.  The alignment should look like this (allowing for sure bet 
expansion franchises for Cleveland and Los Angeles):
American Football Conference
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Northeast                Central               South Atlantic
~~~~~~~~                ~~~~~~~               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Baltimore               Buffalo               Atlanta
New England             Cincinnati            Carolina
NY Giants              *Cleveland             Jacksonville
NY Jets                 Pittsburgh            Miami
Philadelphia            Washington            Tampa Bay
                                              Tennessee
National Football Conference
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mid-West                South                 West
~~~~~~~~                ~~~~~                 ~~~~
Chicago                 Dallas               *Los Angeles
Detroit                 Denver                Oakland
Green Bay               Kansas City           San Diego
Indianapolis            New Orleans           San Francisco
Minnesota               St. Louis             Seattle
                                              Arizona
                                              
                                            Sincerely Yours
                                            
                                            David G. Riess
                                            EchoSportsMonger
... "The Enterprise blows up a lot, but never permanently." -- GLS
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