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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
A million times this. Even if they continued with the Olympics, there was no reason they couldn't keep the World Cup going on the offset quadrennial.
Soccer has both World Cup and Euros (and I believe other continental cups) on that kind of schedule...both are a huge deal.
Give me a magic wand at I'd make:
76 game seasons
Play-in games (perhaps follow the NBA's model and do for each division: 3v4 - loser plays winner of 5v6 game.
Even years = Olympics & World Cup
1 Odd year = Canada Cup (West, East, Ontario, USA West, USA East...maybe do a similar deal of only Euro teams)
1 Odd year = Rivalry series (CAN/USA vs. RUS; SWE vs. FIN; the CAN/USA not playing Russia plays an E vs. W series)
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If I am understanding you correctly, interesting idea splitting up the superpowers...
I think parity is a huge issue for the WC. Splitting up Canada and the US may annoy many Canadians (mostly Western Canadians if it was split West/ ON/ PQ-Maritimes-NL), but would make things more interesting.
US E-W Split would probably lay between Detroit and Chicago.
I love watching Canada win, but knowing it's theirs to loose gets kinda boring.