Talk:American Football Conference
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[edit] Doubt and Suggestion
Hi. I just read the article, and as someone who knew nothing about how the game is organized, I was left with:
1) A doubt: about those 10 games "assigned by the NFL to each team's schedule", it was not clear to me if those games are against only teams from the AFC of if this could include teams from the NFC too. Also, are those 10 games against 10 different teams or is it 5 teams (format home & away)?
2) A suggestion: it would be interesting to list all the four-team divisions. We have a list of all the teams that make up the AFC (on the board at the bottom of the article), but then we don't know who is whose division (and therefore always play each other twice every season). Or does those divisions change from season to season? If so, that would be worth mentioning in the article.
Regards, Redux 21:33, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Browns and Ravens
OK, I totally agree with the edit if it's in line with WP policy in general, but... ugh. This is where the whole "official line" on the Browns/Ravens relocation/expansion becomes a bit difficult to reconcile with reality. It's a paragraph on the number of teams in the AFC. The AFC didn't expand to 16 teams until 1999, but the article as amended makes it sound like the Browns and Ravens both played in 96, 97 and 98. To make sense *and* tow the Modell party line, it should read something like "The Ravens joined in 1996, and at the same time the Cleveland Browns became inactive for 3 years; when Cleveland resumed play in 1999, membership of the AFC rose to 16 teams". But not that, because it sounds terrible. Help? 81.104.160.179 00:10, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- I worded it as "Due to the relocation controversy of the Cleveland Browns, a new AFC franchise called the Baltimore Ravens was offically established in 1996 while the Browns were "reactivated" in 1999." Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:17, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- I think that's much better IMHO. Thanks! 81.104.160.179 00:22, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
