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Originally Posted by actionjackson
A valid opinion to be sure re: the 24 team years, however it still managed to create "unfair" (I say unfair knowing full well that every team knew the deal going in) playoff qualifiers and non-qualifiers as I noted in the 3 examples I gave above.
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Not quite, because you were comparing the results of a single-division league with how they would have stacked up had there been divisions. You can't really do that, because a division structure means a different set of numbers of games against opponents, which would possibly change the win totals.
I'll note too that one can still split into divisions and ensure only the best teams qualify... by having teams ONLY play games within their division. No interdivisional games.