RobToxin
Roid Raging
The only time I can remember sub-.500 teams making the playoffs before the realignment was 1982 when the strike made it a nine-game season and they just took the top-eight teams from each conference and a couple 4-5 teams made it.the division Champs need to be in the playoffs, but I would be cool if they did the seeding by record only. 1st tie breaker being division champs.
So if a division champ & a wild card team both had a 11-5 record then it goes to the division champ. if a Wild card team was 11-5 & division Champ was 10-6. Then the wild card is seeded higher. To be honest never should have gone to 4 divisions. Then a sub 500 team making the playoffs would be even harder.