What do you think of the way the NFL sets up team schedules? I agree with the 6 divisional games each year and have interconference and out?

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I like this question a lot because it speaks to the very mature of Pete Rozelle's vision of parity in the NFL. The league has really become a one season at a time venture, and one way to ensure that people pay attention to their teams year in and year out is to give everyone the feeling that they can go from also ran to contender in one season. One of the big advantages to the way the schedule formula is set up is to ensure that people in every market gets to see every team and big name player.

Imagine John Elway and Dan Marino playing their entire NFL careers and only playing one time in the regular season. That actually happened because of scheduling anomalies in the older formula. Now, fans of the Broncos know they will see the Dolphins a minimum of once every four years, and they will actually see them more often because they are in the same conference.

For the NFL to continue to grow, they need to have the ability to guarantee ticket holders that they will get to see the top teams every few years, and the way the current schedule formula is set up, that happens. Plus, the stronger teams playing the stronger schedule should weed out the one-year hits from those that will be consistent winners. Some would even argue that playing a tougher schedule is more beneficial.In 2008, the Steelers began the season with the what was considered the hardest schedule in the league, based upon the won-loss percentage from the previous year of their opponents.

The result? The Steelers won the Super Bowl, and many pointed to the fact that they were tough games all season long so they knew how to reach down and grab that something extra.

Millions will tune in as their favorite teams' schedules will be mapped out from September through the end of December, crossing their fingers for appearances in prime time. Ever wonder how the schedule comes to fruition? Not too complex.

With this stipulation in mind, it's easy to see why the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts played each other in nine consecutive seasons and the reasoning behind the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs playing five straight years (they'll square off in 2013, too). Beginning in 2010, a change was made to how teams are paired in the schedule rotation to ensure that teams playing the AFC and NFC West divisions would not be required to make two west coast trips (e.g. at San Francisco and at Seattle), while other teams in their division had none (e.g. at St. Louis and at Arizona). The pairings of teams are listed in the digital version of the 2011 NFL Record and Fact Book (attached).

In other words, it's the NFL's Anti-Jetlag Movement. This formula also guarantees every team within the same division will play eight of its 10 non-division games against common opponents each season. To break a tie within the division, win-loss record in common games is the third tiebreaker behind head-to-head record and divisional record.

But that's not all. Judy Battista of the New York Times met with Howard Katz, a man she dubbed the NFL's scheduling czar, in order to get the details behind the formation of the NFL schedule.

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