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*1. Each season has the same layout, which is the same for every team. That means everybody is playing in the division, interleague, or whatever at the same time, and they do those things in the same week every season. I did set it up to have the last 3 matchups being all against division opponents as people generally like to have races decided at the end.
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That's fine. I wasn't too worried about that, especially with the small schedule.
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*2. Actually to get one Monday game per week, that would need to be done manually also, though going through the schedule after import and each week deleting one Friday game and replacing it on the following Monday does not sound like much work. Plus it allows for more preferable matchups, and it can be done during the season.
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Yeah that's easy. I had already thought of that. More customization.
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*3. I'm guessing there is no need for any kind of break for an All-Star Game in season since the Pro Bowl is after the NFL season. Just remember the playoffs will not start until after an All-Star Game if you add one after the regular season. I'm also guessing bye weeks are unnecessary with all the offdays already there, plus trying to incorporate them into this layout scheme would be next to impossible.
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I'm not a fan of the All Star game and could do without it. Bye weeks are useless because they get 4 days off as it is. Just worry about keeping it simple as those are two things I hadn't even thought of.
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*4. What time frame do you want the season to span? 16 weeks is almost 4 months, so there is April-July, June-September, or whatever else. I just need a preferred start point or end point to work from.
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Ending the season mid-August or September 1st would be great, that way I can have the trading deadline, but not the September call-ups.
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*5. In the checking the layouts I have done so far, some seasons have cases where a few teams have stretches of 5 straight matchups either home or away, and stretches of 4 straight are somewhat more common. I'm trying to minimize this, but hopefully it is not a big deal since all the teams have their total of 8 home and 8 away matchups. The NFL is good at not having such long stretches, but they aren't trying to do all years at once  . |
Don't worry about that. Adds to the problems.
gmo, thanks for your hard work on this. I understand what a difficult project it is. Again, thank you and don't stress yourself out over it. It's just a schedule.