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Originally Posted by Steven Donow
Can't that trend also be related (perhaps insignificantly) to the switch to 8 divisions? ~42% of teams in a division being in elims in 2015 vs. 32% being in elims in 2014
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For sure - the %'s are probably less informative than the total number of teams "participating" in elims.
2013: 96
2014: 128
2015: 256
While 100 team fields are less than ideal, splitting to 8 fields caused a noticeable decline in the depth and overall competitiveness of each field.