The next expansion may be closer than you think! Mathematically, that is. The then-NSFL was founded and held it's inaugural season in 2016. The following season, the league expanded to add 2 more teams, the Philadelphia Liberty and the Las Vegas Legion (eventually rebranded as the New Orleans Second Line). The 8 team league was the norm for 13 years. Then, in 2030, the league expanded for the second time, but the first time of note. This expansion added the Austin Copperheads and the Chicago Butchers. Now set with 10 teams, the league continued as normal for 7 years. In 2037 another 2 team expansion came around, this time adding the Sarasota Sailfish and the Honolulu Hahalua. And now, after only 3 years, another expansion has come around. The 2040 expansion added yet another 2 teams to the now-ISFL: the Berlin Fire Salamanders and the New York Silverbacks.
There is a clear trend forming. The gap between expansions consistently shrinks down by half, give or take. Thus, a linear forecast is not the ideal tool here. Using an exponential trendline, we can project out to the point at which the league will add 2 teams again. I am tempted to say it will be next season, as that would seemingly match the decrease in time between expansions. However, in actuality, it is perhaps more accurate to say that the league will add another 2 teams in:
2045
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There is a clear trend forming. The gap between expansions consistently shrinks down by half, give or take. Thus, a linear forecast is not the ideal tool here. Using an exponential trendline, we can project out to the point at which the league will add 2 teams again. I am tempted to say it will be next season, as that would seemingly match the decrease in time between expansions. However, in actuality, it is perhaps more accurate to say that the league will add another 2 teams in:
2045
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