If he can have four or five teams in each league play a meaningful regular-season two weeks, he will. I agree it should be a series of three games, but I really do not think this is the motivation to join a team.

Gives teams a reason to play for the division crown rather than knowing you get an equal chance at the playoffs by backing in with a wildcard spot. If we can settle a tie with a one-game, we can settle the wild card with one game. We also will get rid of the horrible 'two division teams can't play each other in the first round' crap.

darbypitcher22;977675 wrote:I don't like many of these changes. The Wild Card game should not come down to a 1 game playoff to determine it all; seems like such cruel fate when you've been battling for 162 all year to get to that point.

A cruel fate? These are teams that weren't going to make the playoffs and now they have a shot.

Sykotyk;1006798 wrote:Gives teams a reason to play for the division crown rather than knowing you get an equal chance at the playoffs by backing in with a wildcard spot. If we can settle a tie with a one-game, we can settle the wild card with one game. We also will get rid of the horrible 'two division teams can't play each other in the first round' crap.

Will it really get rid of #1 seed not playing a team in its own division first? Or will they still wait to see who wins before determining the match-ups?