I know for season 2 with the expansion teams we will be adding a 15th game to the schedule, but as someone who's always been oddly obsessed with sports scheduling, I can say that having 16 games would be more fair. The S2 schedule, as far as I can guess, will have each team play each other twice, and have a 3rd game against a single conference rival. The problem with this is that not every team will have equal home games, and as far as football is concerned, that's very important. The easiest solution to this problem would be to add a 16th game, or a 3rd game against another conference rival. That way each team will have 8 home games, and the conferences will still be most important because you'll play half of your season inside of it. Another nice thing about this schedule, is that you can take the NFL's method of scheduling and rotate which conference rivals you'll play a 3rd time. This is similar to what the NFL does with determining what division another division in a given conference will play. Even numbers in scheduling are important when you play such a low number of games, so this would make strength of schedule less important.
Pros:
• Equal Home/Away games for every team
• Easy scheduling for seasons in the future with rotating opponents
•Same length as NFL season
•16 games is easy to schedule for leagues with different amounts of teams (8,10,12,etc. teams)
Cons:
•Longer schedule will blow most records set in s1 away
•Longer schedule irl, meaning potentially less interest for those not starting
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I hope it's considered for the future. I'd be glad to answer questions on this topic if anyone is interested.
Pros:
• Equal Home/Away games for every team
• Easy scheduling for seasons in the future with rotating opponents
•Same length as NFL season
•16 games is easy to schedule for leagues with different amounts of teams (8,10,12,etc. teams)
Cons:
•Longer schedule will blow most records set in s1 away
•Longer schedule irl, meaning potentially less interest for those not starting
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I hope it's considered for the future. I'd be glad to answer questions on this topic if anyone is interested.