We've been doing "europeanish" for a decade consectutively so I don't think trying something "americanish" is a negative. With only 2 conferences too rather than NFL which has 8 divisions, stuff like that is way less likely to happen. 50% of teams also make playoffs in this where barely over 33% do in NFL which sways it more if there's one garbage division. Our divisions are also seeded by projected strength and not geographical location so this lowers the chances as well. If we were like the NFL we could have our divisions set up by NA FR ESP SA etc. (AKA french teams get punished hard). The format you projected also is cheese because a team could 11-0 the season and lose in the playoffs against a team they already beat in the season who went like 7-4. Playoffs are only meant to be a thing when every team doesn't share the same schedule. If we did your suggestion It would make more sense to have it just play 11 games and its done (worse version of what old format was imo) but that's what we have been doing for a decade already and it's pointless if you lose 2 games to have a shot at winning and it ruins any hype especially when most final week matches have 0 deciding factor on flipping the title holder. If the conferences are unbalanced the playoffs will prove that in this format (and if you're in a conference that turns out to be way better, this means your playoff run will be easier if you make it in)
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