Option I - 30 Teams in 6 Divisions, each Division holding 5 Teams. There´s a blue and a red side (conference).
You play twice against each team in your own division (home / away), you play 4 teams of your own conference divisions (2 home, 2 away), and 2 games (home / away) against the other conferences divisions.
Blue Red
I 5 Teams 8 Games I 5 Teams 2 Games
II 5 Teams 4 Games II 5 Teams 2 Games
III 5 Teams 4 Games II 5 Teams 2 Games
So you play all teams of your own Division I, 4 out of 5 of Division 2 and 3 Blue and two each of out of Conference Red Division I, II and III.
So that´s 6 Teams finishing first (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6), 6 Teams finishing 2nd (B1, B2...), 6 Teams finishing 3rd, 4th and 5th.
The teams finishing 5th in each Division automatically relegate.
Place 1, 2 in the Division advance to Finals Round
Place 3, 4 in the Division to Relegation Round
4 best 1st places seeded (by record) 1 to 4. (A1, A2, A3, A4)
5 & 6 of the 1st places (A5, A6) and 1 & 2 of the 2nd (B1, B2) places seeded against 3-6 of the second places
Wild Card Round:
Game 1: B3 - B2
Game 2: B4 - B1
Game 3: B5 - A6
Game 4: B6 - A5
Quarterfinals:
Game 5: Winner of game 1 - A1
Game 6: Winner of game 2 - A2
Game 7: Winner of game 3 - A3
Game 8: Winner of game 4 - A4
Semifinals:
Game 9: Winner of Game 8 - Winner of Game 5
Game 10: Winner of Game 7 - Winner of Game 6
Finals (single Game, at the Leagues biggest and 2nd biggest Arena without any HCA):
Game 11: Loser Game 9 - Loser Game 10 (neutral Court)
Game 12: Winner of Game 9 - Winner of Game 10 (neutral Court)
With three Teams going up, both finalists and the Winner of Game 11 advance.
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Relegation Best of Three:
Game 1: D6 - C1
Game 2: D5 - C2
Game 3: D4 - C3
Game 4: D3 - C4
Game 5: D2 - C5
Game 6: D1 - C6
Losers Relegate
Season starts: Thursday (Sat, Tue, Sat, Tue, Sat, Tue, Sat, Tue, Sat, Tue, Sat, Tue, Sat, Tue, Sat, Sat, Tue, Sat, Tue, Sat, Tue)
Wild card round: Thursday
Relegation I and Quarterfinals: Saturday
Relegation II and Semifinals: Tuesday
Relegation III and Finals: Saturday
Post Season Revenue (all the money from all arenas) will be distributed between the Teams:
Winning a Division: 1% of the Revenue (on top of the seedings)
30 Teams:
Champion: (Winner Final) 10 %
Runner Up: (Loser Final) 9 %
Team 3: (Winner Place 3) 7 %
Team 4: (Loser Place 3) 6 %
Teams 5 - 8: (losers Quarterfinals) 5,5 %
Teams 9 - 12: (losers Wild Card round) 4 %
Teams 13 - 18: (winners of relegation round) 2,5 %
Teams 19 - 25: (losers of relegation round) 1,5 %
Teams 25 - 30: no off-season money
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