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Originally Posted by bababui
So then, what you are saying is.....
The league trades integrity for profit generated in the form of bogus divisional races.
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What league doesn't?
No one crowns the best team, they crown the most consistent team in a minimal stretch.
The NFL crowns the best consistent team in their 6 week (?) playoff tournament. Not the undefeated team through the other 16 games.
College basketball crowns the best team through their limited playoff set.
College football crowns the better team of the two chosen by some bunch of talking heads.
The NBA crowns who was the best through their limited playoff tournament (even if it does take 5 months to play that tournament).
Baseball has never crowned the best team any more than the other sports.
The World Series was created to bring in revenue, best of 9 game series in 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921. When the entire post season was begun in order to bring in more money, can anyone be surprised when the only reason for expanding the post season tournament is to bring in more money?