(S24) - Ultimus Week

[Naosu]

Task 0 
PBE Affiliate

Task 12
I’m not entirely sure how the schedule is layed out now, but anytime new teams are added it’s going to change the schedule one way or another. The schedule was just bumped up to 16 games recently, I think from 12 or maybe it was 14? It’s probably better to keep the regular season at 16 games with the way the league is set up, and it’s the same amount the NFL plays, which I assume was the inspiration for the league. This season there was twelve teams and my best guess for the schedule would be that you played your conference teams two times, one home and one way, and six teams not in your conference once each with a 50/50 home game split. Now with fourteen teams if we keep it at 16 games I see two options. Play every team in the league once and three of your conference teams twice, or keep the two games per conference team and play four teams outside of your conference once. I think most people would agree the second option makes the most sense. Conference games are the most important and this route makes home splits a lot simpler. 12 conference games and 4 out of conference games and everyone plays 8 home 8 away. You won’t play every team each season, but I believe this is how the NFL operates as well.

With how this season went, I think depending on the conference each expansion team goes into it’s a completely different scenario. The ASFC was razor thin with four teams finishing 9-7 and the worst team 7-9. With this in mind, New York who’s ended up there should be looking to build a team ready to compete as soon as possible. If there’s enough strong picks in the expansion they could also look into some trades to strengthen their team in the now vs the future. They have a solid chance to make the playoffs in their first season depending on their draft. I’m usually in the mind set that an expansion team should build for the future but they have a great opportunity out of the gate. On the flip side of things, I think it’s the opposite for Berlin. For the next couple seasons I think the NSFC will be quite boring with COL/SAR/CHI all making playoffs a majority of the time. Berlin should focus on building a solid foundation of youth and maybe even drafting high profile players to trade for picks.


Task 15