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Message: [QUOTE="Moontan, post: 18323, member: 166"] With 14 teams they could split into 2 divisions and for hoops play double round robin within the division and single round robin with the other division. That makes 2*6 + 7 = 19 games which is doable. With 16 teams going the pod route this would yield 2*3 + 12 = 18 games. Pods are for scheduling only, standings will list all 16 teams and tournament seeding is based on the overall standings. Of course, this being the television era, these pods don't have to be fixed... they could be changed on a yearly basis to allow for additional featured TV games. At least with 16 teams you'd get to play against every other program.. a bit more manageable than 21 (or was it 38?) teams. Pods are also the way to go for football. There are two flavors to consider here. [LIST=1] [*]Play everyone in local the pod and 2 out of each of the other pods. That's 3 + 3*2 = 9 games. This way a 4-year athlete has the possibility of playing home and away against every program. It's the way to do it... though your direct rivalries are limited to those in your pod. [*]To set up some sub-rivalries, each pod could have a sister-pod which together form a division. A school would play all members of the sister-pod every other year. For those years you'd add one out-of division game to get to 3+4+1=8 games. For the non-divisional years a school would play two teams of each of the other pods. There would also be one game with a sister-pod school. For these years you'd have 3 + 2*2 + 1 = 8 games. This way a 4-year athlete would has the possibility of playing home and away with each school in the sister pod and either home or away against teams in the other two pods. [/LIST] For football schools would be split into divisions (2 pods per division) so that there would be a traditional championship game. [/QUOTE]

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