Quote Originally Posted by biondino
The best way would presumably be not to have any playoffs at all - the team with the most wins over 162 games is the winner. But US sport can't a\llow such things, can it?
Conceivably, getting rid of the playoffs is technically possible but it would never ever happen. They playoffs bring in so much revenue that the commissioner would never get rid of them, nor should he since they are by far the most exciting part of the season.

Quote Originally Posted by biondino

Not true - association football (soccer) has rules that specify the range of dimensions the pitch has to be, but the actual size is entirely up to the home team - e.g., a skilful team that uses tight passing and the centre of the pitch may choose to play with a much narrower pitch, whereas teams which rely on attacking wing players will have the pitch as wide as possible.
Wow that's interesting. Can teams vary it from game to game, or how often can they change it?