By: Larry Burton
While this could be a long article listing all the sides on why the playoffs should be expanded to 6 or even 8 teams or more, or listing all the reasons that the playoffs shouldn’t be expanded, let’s just examine one simple undeniable truth.
The reason for a championship playoff is not to determine the best 4, 6, 8 or 12 teams. It is simply to come up with a champion.
It has done that every year since the playoffs were put in action.
There has been no reason to deny that if there had been more teams in playoffs that a different champion would have walked off with the title.