(08-06-2013 08:06 PM)goofus Wrote:  http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/513...ondon-jags

I figure it would be fun to predict how the NFL would handle it if the Jacksonville Jaguars move their team permanently to London, England.

This is my prediction. The NFL will eventually re-organize into East and West Conferences, with 8-team divisions. For example:

East Conference - Atlantic Division
London Jaguars, New England, Buffalo, Miami, NY Jets, NY Giants, Philly, Washington

East Conference - Mid-East Division (need a better name)
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cincy, Cleveland, Tampa, Atlanta, Carolina, Tennessee

West Conference - Central Division
Chicago, Green Bay, Minny, Detroit, Indy, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans

West Conference - Mountain Pacific Division
San Diego, Oakland, Denver, KC, Seattle, Arizona, San Fran, St Louis

Each team plays 7 games each year against its own division, playing each team once, alternating home one year and away the next year.

Then each team plays 5 teams against its sister division in the same conference. This means it will play each of these teams 5 times in 8 years.

Then each team plays 4 games against teams from the other conference. 2 from each division. This means it will play each of these team only 2 times every 8 years.

Bottom line, west conference teams would only have to play in London once every 8 years. Plus London would only have to travel to mountain-pacific time zones once a year.

Other than moving Dallas to the West Conference, I can't think of any other thing being controversial about this plan

League ceases operations 2 years later...

I guess a more simple plan is to swap the dolphins to the AFC south and the London Jaguars to the AFC east.