Article: NL brass revamps playoff system

Article: This week's question: Should fewer than 8 teams make the football playoffs in Western Class A?
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  October 16, 2008 ;     312 words ......question: Should fewer than 8 teams make the football playoffs in Western Class A? Byline...and Western C) make the playoffs, while 32 teams from Western A, Eastern...state title. Having eight teams in the playoffs allows those that have a...

Article: To Expand or Not to Expand? Should the NHL allow more teams to make the playoffs?
The Hunter Envoy;  April 16, 2002 ;     379 words ......might not make the playoffs. As it stands, only eight teams make the playoffs from each Conference...allow undeserving teams like the New York...Rangers to make the playoffs. The Blueshirts...would four more teams making the playoffs help or hurt the...

Article: What's with all the bad teams in the playoffs?
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  November 2, 2006 ;     617 words ......are high for the teams with losing records that crack the WPIAL playoffs. Prior to 1998...to slip into the playoffs this season while 11 other teams qualified with sub...months longer than teams that didn't make the playoffs." Although No. 1-seed...

Article: NFL rejects proposals to change OT, playoffs: Number of postseason teams to remain at 12
Charleston Gazette;  March 27, 2003 ;     565 words ......down a proposal to give both teams a shot at the ball in overtime...a proposal to expand the playoffs from 12 teams to 14. The plan to change...before tinkering with the playoffs. "We had no problems last...Bay's general manager. "The teams that made the playoffs were the ...

Article: NFL Adds Two Teams To Playoffs;Postseason Change Linked to ABC Deal Of Nearly $1 Billion
The Washington Post;  March 2, 1990 ;     700+ words ......League added two wild-card teams to its playoffs and reached agreement on a...Basketball Association, 16 of 27 teams make the playoffs; in the National Hockey League...maybe ought to include more teams in the playoffs," said league spokesman Jim...

Article: NFL might expand playoffs to 14 teams in 2002
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 25, 2000 ;     522 words ...NFL Notes NFL might expand playoffs to 14 teams in 2002 Seeding would affect...Under the current format, 12 teams make the playoffs. Wild-card entrants, regardless...behind the idea of adding two teams to the playoffs," NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue...

Article: Time to expand playoffs: Two more teams means more fun
Charleston Gazette;  January 9, 2003 ;     464 words ......guess what? The NFL playoffs could be even better...simple. Add two more teams, expanding the playoff...because almost half the teams (14 of 32) would make the playoffs. But many of the...to 32. So 18 NFL teams used to miss the playoffs. Under this plan...

Article: Prep football playoffs to be doubled in '96 With target of all teams over .500, WIAA approves expansion of field
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 26, 1996 ;     615 words ......approved expanding the playoffs from 96 to 192 teams, effective with the...The WIAA football playoffs started in 1976 with eight teams qualifying in four divisions...an invitation to the playoffs, as well as some teams with .500 records, Dobbs...

Article: Analysis: Twelve NFL teams still in the hunt for the remaining five playoffs spots as the league enters its final regular season weekend
NPR All Things Considered;  December 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ......12 will be in the playoffs. Seven teams have already made...up the number of teams that have already qualified for the playoffs, which is seven, with the number of teams that are still in...qualify for the playoffs in six different ways that involve 19 teams winning, losing...

Article: ONLY THE BEST TEAMS MADE THESE PLAYOFFS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 18, 1993 ;     700+ words ......04-18-1993 ONLY THE BEST TEAMS MADE THESE PLAYOFFS By TERRY EGAN Date...months later, the playoffs are finally here...eliminate eight teams. Sixteen remain...went 12-1.) The playoffs begin today. Here...Playoff history: The teams met once, in the...

Article: Wisconsin high school robotics teams miss playoffs
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 19, 2009 ;     425 words ......of the high school teams from Wisconsin made it into the playoffs of the FIRST Robotics...its ally for the playoffs, so it was forced...on the sidelines. Teams in the top eight...choose two partner teams for the playoffs. "We did fantastically...

Article: District basketball playoffs likely to expand; Teams with .500 or better records would be eligible if proposal is ratified
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  June 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......compete in the playoffs. The number of teams that shared...allow all teams with winning...enter the playoffs." Under the...the top 16 teams will again...Single-A, teams with losing...make the playoffs to fill out...

Article: CENTENNIAL LEAGUE ON A MISSION WITH FIVE TEAMS IN 5A PLAYOFFS, CONFERENCE IS READY TO RECLAIM GLORY.(Rocky Preps.com)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ......its crown? As the playoffs begin Friday the...five of its seven teams. And, one might...qualify only two teams, those two - top-rank...makes trips to the playoffs is No. 5 Cherry...some good football teams out there this year...forget it's the playoffs, a new season. Any of the 16 ...

Article: New invitees hope to shake up format Additional 16 teams in playoffs ecstatic to vie for 5A crown.(Rocky Preps)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......News For 16 additional teams in the Class 5A state football playoffs, an opportunity has...double the number of teams in the playoffs from last season. For...note, of the seven teams that did not qualify for the playoffs, six have been pitted...