The eastern/western conference alignment is stupidity to begin with -- as is the hyper-regionalism of the divisions.
You can't grow the sport by keeping the new regions entirely seperate from the old. The only time the southern teams matter to the northern teams are when the playoffs come around (and I don't even mean seeding).
I want two conferences with east/central/west alignments. No more of this ridiculous rust-belt "Western" status...
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