All Hokie, All the Time. Period. Presented by

Conference Realignment Board

VTHokie2000

Joined: 01/01/2005 Posts: 33818
Likes: 12458


But you can't say that VT's home schedule is equal to its away schedule


in the scenario I presented in an earlier post. If VT ended up being relegated at the end of the season, then you would be okay with the fact that you didn't have an opportunity to see VT play the away opponents at home before being relegated? Even if VT didn't get relegated, there is no guarantee that VT would play this year's away schedule at home next season. It is possible that VT could end up playing some of those same opponents away again next season for various reasons. Likewise, if VT is relegated and then promoted the following year, there is no guarantee that VT would play any of those away opponents at home.

This issue is why a every European league has their schedule structured so they play every other team in the league home and away at least 1 time and maybe even twice if the league is small enough. While the Scottish Premier League (SPL) does things slightly different. The SPL has each team play the other teams in the league 3 times for 33 games. While the remaining 5 games are determined after the 12 team league is divided up into 2 groups of 6. I'm not sure how the league determines who the home team is for each of the 5 remaining games. As far as I can tell, it is the only European league to use this format.

(In response to this post by Maroon Baboon)

Posted: 04/12/2022 at 11:16PM



+0

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:


Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:


Current Thread:
 
  
Dabo Swinney on CFB: "40 or 50 teams and a commissioner" -- goldendomer 04/09/2022 12:01AM
  6 conferences of 7 teams each -- obguthr 04/10/2022 11:03AM
  UNC and UVA will follow the money ** -- MrFantastic! 04/12/2022 05:56AM
  How much television revenue would it generate? ** -- EDGEMAN 04/11/2022 10:06AM
  Its not atemdamce. Its money -- Mercury 04/11/2022 08:18AM
  Stadium capacity does not need to increase. ** -- marcbvtgm 04/10/2022 3:47PM
  Lane is in the Top 25 in stadium capacity right now. -- Maroon Baboon 04/09/2022 3:35PM
  Ok lets do math -- Mercury 04/11/2022 08:20AM
  If it is 16-20 teams, we won't be in it anyway. -- Maroon Baboon 04/09/2022 9:56PM
  Duplicate post. Sorry. Delete. Thanks.** -- Maroon Baboon 04/09/2022 9:57PM
  Who says who is in or out? -- 33laszlo99 04/09/2022 3:12PM
  Dabo is right that the P5 need their own setup. -- Hokester 04/09/2022 10:01AM
  EFL yes. NFL no. -- Maroon Baboon 04/09/2022 3:51PM
  Where do they draw the line? -- Maroon Baboon 04/09/2022 12:32AM
  Time to think outside the box -- 33laszlo99 04/09/2022 2:34PM
  We are in the wild west for now. -- goldendomer 04/09/2022 12:46AM
  I see another division (P-4 or P-5) -- Old Line Hokie 04/09/2022 08:36AM
  The problem is, conferences are no longer equal. -- Maroon Baboon 04/09/2022 4:17PM
  When was the last time conferences were equal? ** -- Old Line Hokie 04/09/2022 8:10PM
  Question for thought -- Mercury 04/09/2022 07:42AM
  Thank you so much !!!!!! bingo -- Mercury 04/09/2022 4:55PM

Tech Sideline is Presented By:

Our Sponsors

vm307