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Taking the time frame of the current schedule (beginning May 14th, ending September 18th, last day before Olympic break July 22nd, first day back August 26th, no Monday games) I decided to see if I could make a schedule using the following rules:
1 No back-to-backs
2 Multiple games on every game day
3 No teams playing each other twice within a seven day period
It turned out to be harder than I thought, but it wound up looking like this:
5/14 Sat
Phoenix at Minnesota
Washington at Indiana
Seattle at San Antonio
5/15 Sun
Chicago at New York
Los Angeles at Dallas
Connecticut at Atlanta
5/17 Tue
Minnesota at Washington
New York at Atlanta
Indiana at Chicago
5/18 Wed
Seattle at Dallas
San Antonio at Connecticut
5/19 Thu
Los Angeles at Phoenix
Atlanta at Indiana
5/20 Fri
Minnesota at Seattle
New York at Connecticut
Chicago at San Antonio
5/21 Sat
Washington at Los Angeles
Dallas at Phoenix
5/22 Sun
New York at Seattle
Minnesota at San Antonio
Chicago at Connecticut
5/24 Tue
Phoenix at Indiana
Washington at Dallas
Atlanta at Los Angeles
5/25 Wed
Seattle at Connecticut
New York at San Antonio
5/26 Thu
Los Angeles at Minnesota
Atlanta at Phoenix
5/27 Fri
Dallas at Chicago
Seattle at Washington
Indiana at San Antonio
5/28 Sat
Connecticut at Los Angeles
Minnesota at Atlanta
5/29 Sun
Dallas at Indiana
Washington at Chicago
Phoenix at New York
5/31 Tue
New York at Minnesota
Phoenix at Chicago
Connecticut at Indiana
6/1 Wed
Seattle at Atlanta
San Antonio at Washington
6/2 Thu
Connecticut at Dallas
Los Angeles at New York
6/3 Fri
Indiana at Minnesota
Chicago at Seattle
Phoenix at San Antonio
6/4 Sat
Atlanta at Washington
Dallas at New York
6/5 Sun
San Antonio at Los Angeles
Indiana at Seattle
Minnesota at Connecticut
6/7 Tue
Minnesota at Phoenix
New York at Chicago
Indiana at Washington
6/8 Wed
Dallas at Los Angeles
Atlanta at Connecticut
6/9 Thu
San Antonio at Seattle
Washington at Phoenix
6/10 Fri
Los Angeles at Chicago
Atlanta at Dallas
Indiana at New York
6/11 Sat
Connecticut at Washington
Phoenix at Seattle
6/12 Sun
Dallas at Minnesota
San Antonio at Atlanta
Los Angeles at Indiana
6/14 Tue
Chicago at Minnesota
Washington at New York
Connecticut at Phoenix
6/15 Wed
San Antonio at Dallas
Seattle at Los Angeles
6/16 Thu
Chicago at Atlanta
Indiana at Connecticut
6/17 Fri
Dallas at Seattle
Washington at San Antonio
Phoenix at Los Angeles
6/18 Sat
Atlanta at Minnesota
Connecticut at New York
6/19 Sun
Seattle at Chicago
Dallas at San Antonio
Los Angeles at Washington
6/21 Tue
Minnesota at New York
Chicago at Indiana
Phoenix at Atlanta
6/22 Wed
Washington at Seattle
Connecticut at San Antonio
6/23 Thu
Minnesota at Los Angeles
Atlanta at New York
6/24 Fri
Chicago at Dallas
Indiana at Phoenix
Connecticut at Seattle
6/25 Sat
Los Angeles at San Antonio
Washington at Atlanta
6/26 Sun
Phoenix at Dallas
Minnesota at Chicago
New York at Indiana
6/28 Tue
Minnesota at Indiana
New York at Phoenix
Chicago at Washington
6/29 Wed
Atlanta at Seattle
Los Angeles at Connecticut
6/30 Thu
San Antonio at Minnesota
Dallas at Washington
7/1 Fri
Los Angeles at Seattle
Phoenix at Connecticut
Indiana at Atlanta
7/2 Sat
New York at Dallas
San Antonio at Chicago
7/3 Sun
Seattle at Phoenix
Los Angeles at Atlanta
Connecticut at Minnesota
7/5 Tue
Phoenix at Minnesota
Chicago at New York
Washington at Indiana
7/6 Wed
Los Angeles at Dallas
Seattle at San Antonio
7/7 Thu
Connecticut at Atlanta
New York at Washington
7/8 Fri
San Antonio at Indiana
Chicago at Phoenix
Minnesota at Dallas
7/9 Sat
Seattle at New York
Washington at Connecticut
7/10 Sun
Atlanta at San Antonio
Chicago at Los Angeles
Indiana at Dallas
7/12 Tue
Washington at Minnesota
New York at Los Angeles
Atlanta at Chicago
7/13 Wed
Seattle at Indiana
San Antonio at Phoenix
7/14 Thu
Connecticut at Chicago
Dallas at Atlanta
7/15 Fri
Seattle at Minnesota
San Antonio at New York
Indiana at Los Angeles
7/16 Sat
Phoenix at Washington
Dallas at Connecticut
7/17 Sun
Seattle at Los Angeles
Indiana at San Antonio
New York at Atlanta
7/19 Tue
Chicago at Minnesota
Dallas at Phoenix
Atlanta at Washington
7/20 Wed
New York at Connecticut
San Antonio at Los Angeles
7/21 Thu
Chicago at Seattle
Washington at Dallas
7/22 Fri
Minnesota at Connecticut
Phoenix at Indiana
Atlanta at Los Angeles
8/26 Fri
Seattle at Connecticut
San Antonio at Dallas
Washington at Phoenix
8/27 Sat
New York at Minnesota
Indiana at Chicago
8/28 Sun
San Antonio at Seattle
Atlanta at Connecticut
Dallas at Los Angeles
8/30 Tue
Minnesota at Phoenix
New York at Chicago
Indiana at Washington
8/31 Wed
Seattle at Dallas
San Antonio at Atlanta
9/1 Thu
Los Angeles at Minnesota
Chicago at Connecticut
9/2 Fri
Washington at New York
Indiana at Seattle
Phoenix at San Antonio
9/3 Sat
Los Angeles at Chicago
Connecticut at Dallas
9/4 Sun
Minnesota at Washington
Atlanta at Phoenix
Indiana at New York
9/6 Tue
Indiana at Minnesota
Phoenix at New York
Washington at Chicago
9/7 Wed
Seattle at Atlanta
San Antonio at Connecticut
9/8 Thu
Los Angeles at New York
Dallas at Minnesota
9/9 Fri
Seattle at Washington
Chicago at San Antonio
Connecticut at Phoenix
9/10 Sat
Los Angeles at Indiana
Atlanta at Dallas
9/11 Sun
Phoenix at Seattle
New York at San Antonio
Connecticut at Washington
9/13 Tue
Minnesota at Atlanta
Dallas at Indiana
Phoenix at Chicago
9/14 Wed
Connecticut at Los Angeles
New York at Seattle
9/15 Thu
Atlanta at Indiana
Dallas at Chicago
9/16 Fri
Minnesota at San Antonio
Washington at Los Angeles
9/17 Sat
Dallas at New York
Chicago at Atlanta
Connecticut at Indiana
9/18 Sun
San Antonio at Washington
Minnesota at Seattle
Los Angeles at Phoenix
I tried to put premium games on Tuesdays for ESPN. I used the same format as in my previous post in terms of who plays whom where and how many times.
The biggest downside is that this reduces the number of weekend games from 128 to 113 (out of 204). I'm pretty sure I can make a schedule that will make up most of that with a little more effort.
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| Posted: 07/23/16 8:45 pm ::: |
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The back-to-back games exist in part to get more weekend games, which generate more income. So if players want to eliminate back-to-back games, they should then volunteer to get less money.
Of course that won't happen, and it's the same in the NBA and MLB and the NFL and NHL: Everyone (owners, players, etc.) agrees the seasons are too long but no one wants to make less money.
Or, to put it another way, everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. |
Difference being that women playing pro basketball generally have to play year 'round to make a decent living. I don't see players from the league's you mention playing year 'round. Of course that, and offering weekend back to back games, is s fiscal reality for the WNBA's current viability but to compare them to male pro athletes is a false equivalency.
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| Posted: 07/24/16 3:06 pm ::: |
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| ClayK wrote: |
The back-to-back games exist in part to get more weekend games, which generate more income. So if players want to eliminate back-to-back games, they should then volunteer to get less money.
Of course that won't happen, and it's the same in the NBA and MLB and the NFL and NHL: Everyone (owners, players, etc.) agrees the seasons are too long but no one wants to make less money.
Or, to put it another way, everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. |
Difference being that women playing pro basketball generally have to play year 'round to make a decent living. I don't see players from the league's you mention playing year 'round. Of course that, and offering weekend back to back games, is s fiscal reality for the WNBA's current viability but to compare them to male pro athletes is a false equivalency. |
I guess it depends on what you mean by "decent living."
So the veteran minimum is $50,000 (three years), for a season that runs from May (if you show for training camp) until the end of September. That leaves another seven months to add to that $50,000, basketball or not.
Now I have two daughters, one 27 and one 31, and neither makes $50,000 for 12 months' work. They would consider $50,000 more than a "decent living," especially with seven months off.
Those WNBA players who do choose to play year-round make $150,000 or so, and I've never come close to making that much money in a year in my career. To me, that's a lot more than a "decent living," but maybe I'm just not working hard enough.
There's a young player I know just going into college who's a WNBA candidate if all goes well. If you figure her college is free ($200,000), she plays four years in the WNBA ($160,000) and then gets cut, and plays overseas for 10 years at $40,000 a year (($400,000), we're looking at generating the equivalent of $750,000 in 12 years, which is more than $70,000 a year before the age of 30.
And a ten-year WNBA veteran who plays overseas until her mid-30s will make upwards of $4 million by the time she's 35.
That's a decent living in my book ...
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| Posted: 07/24/16 3:26 pm ::: |
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| Posted: 07/25/16 3:19 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| myrtle wrote: |
| You have too much time on your hands! |
Taking the time frame of the current schedule (beginning May 14th, ending September 18th, last day before Olympic break July 22nd, first day back August 26th, no Monday games) I decided to see if I could make a schedule using the following rules:
1 No back-to-backs
2 Multiple games on every game day
3 No teams playing each other twice within a seven day period |
I took another run at this with an eye towards having more weekend games.
5/14 Sat
Phoenix at Minnesota
Washington at Indiana
Connecticut at Atlanta
5/15 Sun
Chicago at New York
Los Angeles at Dallas
Seattle at San Antonio
5/17 Tue
Indiana at Minnesota
Washington at New York
5/18 Wed
Dallas at Phoenix
Chicago at Seattle
5/19 Thu
Minnesota at Washington
New York at Atlanta
5/20 Fri
San Antonio at Connecticut
Indiana at Seattle
Los Angeles at Chicago
5/21 Sat
Atlanta at Phoenix
Washington at Dallas
5/22 Sun
Seattle at Los Angeles
New York at Minnesota
Chicago at San Antonio
Connecticut at Indiana
5/24 Tue
Connecticut at Phoenix
Dallas at New York
5/25 Wed
Atlanta at Washington
Minnesota at San Antonio
5/26 Thu
Phoenix at Chicago
Connecticut at Dallas
5/27 Fri
Minnesota at Seattle
San Antonio at Los Angeles
Indiana at New York
5/28 Sat
Washington at Phoenix
Atlanta at Dallas
5/29 Sun
Seattle at Connecticut
Chicago at Minnesota
New York at San Antonio
Los Angeles at Indiana
5/31 Tue
Phoenix at New York
Connecticut at Los Angeles
6/1 Wed
Minnesota at Atlanta
Dallas at Chicago
6/2 Thu
Indiana at San Antonio
Connecticut at New York
6/3 Fri
Los Angeles at Phoenix
Chicago at Atlanta
Seattle at Washington
6/4 Sat
Dallas at Minnesota
New York at Connecticut
6/5 Sun
Atlanta at Los Angeles
Indiana at Chicago
Phoenix at Seattle
San Antonio at Washington
6/7 Tue
Los Angeles at New York
Washington at Chicago
6/8 Wed
Seattle at Dallas
Atlanta at Indiana
6/9 Thu
Phoenix at San Antonio
Minnesota at Connecticut
6/10 Fri
Seattle at Atlanta
Dallas at Indiana
Washington at Los Angeles
6/11 Sat
Minnesota at Phoenix
New York at Chicago
6/12 Sun
Dallas at Los Angeles
San Antonio at Seattle
Atlanta at Connecticut
Indiana at Washington
6/14 Tue
Minnesota at New York
Phoenix at Washington
6/15 Wed
San Antonio at Indiana
Seattle at Chicago
6/16 Thu
Connecticut at Washington
Phoenix at Atlanta
6/17 Fri
San Antonio at Dallas
Seattle at Minnesota
Chicago at Los Angeles
6/18 Sat
Chicago at Connecticut
Phoenix at Indiana
6/19 Sun
San Antonio at Atlanta
New York at Seattle
Los Angeles at Minnesota
Dallas at Washington
6/21 Tue
Atlanta at Minnesota
Dallas at Connecticut
6/22 Wed
San Antonio at Chicago
Indiana at Los Angeles
6/23 Thu
Washington at Seattle
New York at Phoenix
6/24 Fri
Connecticut at San Antonio
Indiana at Dallas
Los Angeles at Atlanta
6/25 Sat
Seattle at Phoenix
New York at Washington
6/26 Sun
Los Angeles at San Antonio
Indiana at Connecticut
Dallas at Atlanta
Minnesota at Chicago
6/28 Tue
Minnesota at Dallas
New York at Indiana
6/29 Wed
San Antonio at Phoenix
Los Angeles at Washington
6/30 Thu
Atlanta at New York
Chicago at Dallas
7/1 Fri
Seattle at Indiana
Los Angeles at Connecticut
San Antonio at Minnesota
7/2 Sat
Phoenix at Dallas
Washington at Atlanta
7/3 Sun
Los Angeles at Seattle
Minnesota at Indiana
San Antonio at New York
Connecticut at Chicago
7/5 Tue
Washington at Connecticut
Minnesota at Seattle
7/6 Wed
Indiana at Atlanta
Chicago at Phoenix
7/7 Thu
Washington at San Antonio
Minnesota at Los Angeles
7/8 Fri
Atlanta at Chicago
Phoenix at Connecticut
Seattle at New York
7/9 Sat
Los Angeles at Dallas
Washington at Indiana
7/10 Sun
Connecticut at Atlanta
Phoenix at Minnesota
Chicago at New York
Seattle at San Antonio
7/12 Tue
Indiana at New York
Washington at Chicago
7/13 Wed
Phoenix at Los Angeles
Dallas at Seattle
7/14 Thu
Washington at Minnesota
Chicago at Indiana
7/15 Fri
Connecticut at Seattle
Atlanta at San Antonio
New York at Dallas
7/16 Sat
Chicago at Washington
Indiana at Phoenix
7/17 Sun
Atlanta at Seattle
New York at Los Angeles
Dallas at San Antonio
Connecticut at Minnesota
7/19 Tue
Dallas at Phoenix
Atlanta at Los Angeles
7/20 Wed
San Antonio at Connecticut
New York at Seattle
7/21 Thu
Los Angeles at Minnesota
Chicago at Atlanta
7/22 Fri
Indiana at San Antonio
Connecticut at Phoenix
Washington at Dallas
8/26 Fri
Indiana at Seattle
New York at San Antonio
Los Angeles at Chicago
Minnesota at Connecticut
8/27 Sat
Atlanta at Dallas
Washington at Phoenix
8/28 Sun
Chicago at Seattle
Minnesota at San Antonio
Los Angeles at New York
Connecticut at Indiana
8/30 Tue
Phoenix at New York
Chicago at Minnesota
8/31 Wed
Atlanta at Washington
Dallas at Indiana
9/1 Thu
Seattle at Connecticut
Chicago at San Antonio
9/2 Fri
Atlanta at Phoenix
Dallas at Minnesota
Washington at Los Angeles
9/3 Sat
New York at Chicago
San Antonio at Seattle
9/4 Sun
Minnesota at Phoenix
Indiana at Washington
Dallas at Los Angeles
Atlanta at Connecticut
9/6 Tue
New York at Minnesota
Indiana at Chicago
9/7 Wed
Seattle at Los Angeles
Connecticut at Washington
9/8 Thu
Dallas at New York
Atlanta at Indiana
9/9 Fri
Seattle at Washington
Phoenix at San Antonio
Connecticut at Los Angeles
9/10 Sat
Dallas at Chicago
Minnesota at Atlanta
9/11 Sun
Phoenix at Seattle
San Antonio at Washington
Los Angeles at Indiana
New York at Connecticut
9/13 Tue
San Antonio at Dallas
New York at Atlanta
9/14 Wed
Minnesota at Washington
Phoenix at Chicago
9/15 Thu
Seattle at Dallas
San Antonio at Atlanta
9/16 Fri
Los Angeles at Phoenix
Chicago at Connecticut
Indiana at Minnesota
9/17 Sat
Seattle at Atlanta
Washington at New York
9/18 Sun
San Antonio at Los Angeles
Connecticut at Dallas
Phoenix at Indiana
Here we have 126 weekend games, practically the same as the 128 on the actual schedule. It was harder to get premium games on Tuesdays for ESPN this way.* This schedule also has every team playing at least two games every full week and at least one in every partial week. It also has pre and post break balance in that every team has 25 games before the break and nine games after.
* Apologies to Lib fans for giving them seven Tuesday home games in the attempt to have good games for the Worldwide Leader. If this was a real schedule, I would probably switch some of those for road games.
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| Posted: 07/27/16 10:33 am ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| myrtle wrote: |
| You have too much time on your hands! |
Taking the time frame of the current schedule (beginning May 14th, ending September 18th, last day before Olympic break July 22nd, first day back August 26th, no Monday games) I decided to see if I could make a schedule using the following rules:
1 No back-to-backs
2 Multiple games on every game day
3 No teams playing each other twice within a seven day period |
I took another run at this with an eye towards having more weekend games. |
There were a couple of errors in that last schedule, most notably Connecticut at New York playing twice with a couple of days of each other. So I took another pass at it, this time making sure every team has a majority of their home games on the weekend and trying to even out the ESPN Tuesdays a bit.
5/14 Sat
Phoenix at Minnesota
Washington at Indiana
Seattle at San Antonio
5/15 Sun
Chicago at New York
Los Angeles at Dallas
Connecticut at Atlanta
5/17 Tue
New York at Minnesota
Washington at Phoenix
5/18 Wed
Indiana at Seattle
Chicago at Connecticut
5/19 Thu
Atlanta at Dallas
Phoenix at New York
5/20 Fri
Seattle at Los Angeles
Minnesota at San Antonio
Connecticut at Washington
5/21 Sat
Dallas at Phoenix
Indiana at Chicago
5/22 Sun
Seattle at Minnesota
San Antonio at Los Angeles
New York at Connecticut
Atlanta at Washington
5/24 Tue
Indiana at Minnesota
Atlanta at Phoenix
5/25 Wed
San Antonio at Dallas
Los Angeles at Chicago
5/26 Thu
Seattle at Connecticut
Washington at New York
5/27 Fri
Chicago at San Antonio
Los Angeles at Atlanta
Dallas at Indiana
5/28 Sat
Minnesota at Washington
Connecticut at Phoenix
5/29 Sun
San Antonio at Atlanta
Los Angeles at Indiana
Dallas at Chicago
New York at Seattle
5/31 Tue
New York at Atlanta
Minnesota at Chicago
6/1 Wed
Phoenix at Indiana
San Antonio at Washington
6/2 Thu
Minnesota at Atlanta
Dallas at New York
6/3 Fri
Chicago at Seattle
Phoenix at San Antonio
Connecticut at Los Angeles
6/4 Sat
Indiana at New York
Washington at Dallas
6/5 Sun
Seattle at Atlanta
Phoenix at Chicago
San Antonio at Connecticut
Los Angeles at Minnesota
6/7 Tue
Dallas at Minnesota
Connecticut at Indiana
6/8 Wed
Seattle at Washington
Los Angeles at New York
6/9 Thu
Indiana at San Antonio
Dallas at Connecticut
6/10 Fri
Phoenix at Seattle
Washington at Los Angeles
Chicago at Atlanta
6/11 Sat
Minnesota at Connecticut
New York at San Antonio
6/12 Sun
Seattle at Dallas
Atlanta at Indiana
Los Angeles at Phoenix
Washington at Chicago
6/14 Tue
Minnesota at Indiana
Dallas at Washington
6/15 Wed
Seattle at Chicago
Atlanta at New York
6/16 Thu
Indiana at Los Angeles
Phoenix at Dallas
6/17 Fri
Connecticut at Seattle
San Antonio at Minnesota
Washington at Atlanta
6/18 Sat
New York at Chicago
Dallas at Los Angeles
6/19 Sun
Minnesota at Phoenix
Indiana at Washington
Atlanta at Connecticut
San Antonio at Seattle
6/21 Tue
New York at Los Angeles
Chicago at Washington
6/22 Wed
Seattle at Phoenix
Connecticut at San Antonio
6/23 Thu
Indiana at Atlanta
Minnesota at Dallas
6/24 Fri
San Antonio at New York
Chicago at Los Angeles
Phoenix at Connecticut
6/25 Sat
Washington at Seattle
Atlanta at Minnesota
6/26 Sun
Los Angeles at San Antonio
Chicago at Phoenix
Connecticut at Dallas
New York at Indiana
6/28 Tue
Dallas at Atlanta
Chicago at Indiana
6/29 Wed
Minnesota at Seattle
New York at Phoenix
6/30 Thu
Atlanta at San Antonio
Indiana at Dallas
7/1 Fri
Los Angeles at Washington
Connecticut at Chicago
Seattle at New York
7/2 Sat
Phoenix at Atlanta
San Antonio at Indiana
7/3 Sun
Los Angeles at Seattle
Chicago at Minnesota
New York at Dallas
Washington at Connecticut
7/5 Tue
Phoenix at Washington
San Antonio at Chicago
7/6 Wed
Connecticut at Minnesota
Atlanta at Los Angeles
7/7 Thu
Seattle at Indiana
Dallas at Chicago
7/8 Fri
Washington at San Antonio
Phoenix at Los Angeles
Connecticut at New York
7/9 Sat
Seattle at Dallas
Atlanta at Chicago
7/10 Sun
San Antonio at Phoenix
Minnesota at Los Angeles
Indiana at Connecticut
New York at Washington
7/12 Tue
New York at Seattle
San Antonio at Connecticut
7/13 Wed
Phoenix at Minnesota
Washington at Indiana
7/14 Thu
Los Angeles at Dallas
Connecticut at Atlanta
7/15 Fri
Washington at Minnesota
Seattle at San Antonio
Chicago at New York
7/16 Sat
Los Angeles at Connecticut
Indiana at Phoenix
7/17 Sun
Minnesota at New York
Atlanta at Seattle
San Antonio at Dallas
Washington at Chicago
7/19 Tue
Dallas at Phoenix
Atlanta at Los Angeles
7/20 Wed
Indiana at Minnesota
Seattle at Washington
7/21 Thu
Los Angeles at Phoenix
Atlanta at Dallas
7/22 Fri
Chicago at Minnesota
Indiana at New York
Seattle at Connecticut
8/26 Fri
Minnesota at Seattle
New York at San Antonio
Phoenix at Chicago
Dallas at Indiana
8/27 Sat
Atlanta at Washington
Connecticut at Los Angeles
8/28 Sun
Minnesota at San Antonio
Chicago at Seattle
Dallas at New York
Phoenix at Indiana
8/30 Tue
New York at Connecticut
Dallas at Minnesota
8/31 Wed
Chicago at Atlanta
Washington at Los Angeles
9/1 Thu
Dallas at Seattle
Phoenix at San Antonio
9/2 Fri
Minnesota at Atlanta
Connecticut at Washington
Los Angeles at Indiana
9/3 Sat
New York at Chicago
San Antonio at Seattle
9/4 Sun
Atlanta at Connecticut
Dallas at Los Angeles
Indiana at Washington
Minnesota at Phoenix
9/6 Tue
Chicago at Connecticut
New York at Minnesota
9/7 Wed
San Antonio at Atlanta
Washington at Dallas
9/8 Thu
Los Angeles at New York
Minnesota at Connecticut
9/9 Fri
Washington at Phoenix
Indiana at Seattle
Chicago at San Antonio
9/10 Sat
Connecticut at Dallas
Los Angeles at Minnesota
9/11 Sun
Seattle at Atlanta
San Antonio at Washington
Phoenix at New York
Indiana at Chicago
9/13 Tue
Atlanta at Indiana
Seattle at Los Angeles
9/14 Wed
Dallas at San Antonio
Connecticut at Phoenix
9/15 Thu
Los Angeles at Chicago
New York at Atlanta
9/16 Fri
Indiana at San Antonio
Phoenix at Seattle
Minnesota at Washington
9/17 Sat
Chicago at Dallas
9/18 Sun
San Antonio at Los Angeles
Connecticut at Indiana
Atlanta at Phoenix
Washington at New York
Yes, I know the last Saturday only has one game. We're just going to have to live with it.
Every team has at least two Tuesday games. Minnesota has seven , New York six, Los Angeles three, San Antonio and Seattle two. Everyone else has four or five. ESPN would have the chance to show everyone.
Every team has at least nine weekend home games. Most have more than that.
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| Posted: 03/22/17 5:02 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| myrtle wrote: |
| You have too much time on your hands! |
Taking the time frame of the current schedule (beginning May 14th, ending September 18th, last day before Olympic break July 22nd, first day back August 26th, no Monday games) I decided to see if I could make a schedule using the following rules:
1 No back-to-backs
2 Multiple games on every game day
3 No teams playing each other twice within a seven day period |
Decided to do this with the 2017 schedule, going from May 13 to September 3, with a break July 21-23 for the ASG, and adding a rule that every team must have a majority of their home games on a weekend. Since this schedule is more spread out than last year, there are 108 weekend games. It looks like this...
5/13 Sat
Minnesota at Los Angeles
Indiana at Atlanta
Dallas at San Antonio
5/14 Sun
Chicago at New York
Seattle at Phoenix
Connecticut at Washington
5/16 Tue
Los Angeles at Connecticut
Chicago at Minnesota
5/17 Wed
San Antonio at Seattle
Atlanta at Dallas
5/18 Thu
Washington at Indiana
Phoenix at New York
5/19 Fri
Minnesota at San Antonio
Los Angeles at Dallas
5/20 Sat
New York at Washington
Chicago at Connecticut
5/21 Sun
Phoenix at Indiana
Dallas at Seattle
San Antonio at Atlanta
5/23 Tue
Indiana at Los Angeles
Minnesota at Seattle
5/24 Wed
Washington at Phoenix
Atlanta at New York
5/25 Thu
Dallas at Chicago
Connecticut at Indiana
5/26 Fri
Los Angeles at San Antonio
Washington at Minnesota
5/27 Sat
Connecticut at New York
Phoenix at Chicago
5/28 Sun
Atlanta at Seattle
Washington at Dallas
Indiana at Minnesota
5/30 Tue
Chicago at Los Angeles
New York at Seattle
5/31 Wed
San Antonio at Phoenix
Connecticut at Atlanta
6/1 Thu
Minnesota at Dallas
Los Angeles at Washington
6/2 Fri
New York at San Antonio
Connecticut at Seattle
6/3 Sat
Atlanta at Phoenix
Indiana at Chicago
6/4 Sun
Connecticut at San Antonio
Dallas at New York
Seattle at Los Angeles
6/6 Tue
Phoenix at Minnesota
Washington at Atlanta
6/7 Wed
Chicago at San Antonio
Dallas at Indiana
6/8 Thu
Washington at Seattle
Minnesota at Connecticut
6/9 Fri
Phoenix at Los Angeles
Atlanta at Chicago
6/10 Sat
Indiana at New York
San Antonio at Washington
6/11 Sun
Connecticut at Dallas
Los Angeles at Atlanta
6/13 Tue
New York at Minnesota
Seattle at Indiana
6/14 Wed
Washington at Chicago
Dallas at Phoenix
6/15 Thu
Indiana at San Antonio
Minnesota at Atlanta
6/16 Fri
Connecticut at Phoenix
Seattle at Chicago
6/17 Sat
New York at Los Angeles
Atlanta at Indiana
6/18 Sun
Phoenix at Seattle
Washington at Connecticut
Dallas at San Antonio
6/20 Tue
Minnesota at Los Angeles
New York at Chicago
6/21 Wed
San Antonio at Atlanta
Indiana at Dallas
6/22 Thu
Minnesota at Washington
Connecticut at Los Angeles
6/23 Fri
Seattle at New York
Chicago at Phoenix
6/24 Sat
San Antonio at Indiana
Dallas at Atlanta
6/25 Sun
Phoenix at Connecticut
Seattle at Washington
Los Angeles at Chicago
6/27 Tue
Minnesota at New York
Los Angeles at Indiana
6/28 Wed
San Antonio at Chicago
Seattle at Dallas
6/29 Thu
Washington at New York
Connecticut at Minnesota
6/30 Fri
Phoenix at Atlanta
Dallas at Los Angeles
7/1 Sat
Indiana at Washington
Seattle at Minnesota
7/2 Sun
New York at Phoenix
Atlanta at Connecticut
Chicago at Dallas
7/4 Tue
Seattle at San Antonio
Minnesota at Chicago
7/5 Wed
Washington at Los Angeles
New York at Connecticut
7/6 Thu
Phoenix at San Antonio
Atlanta at Minnesota
7/7 Fri
Indiana at New York
Dallas at Connecticut
7/8 Sat
Los Angeles at Phoenix
Chicago at Seattle
7/9 Sun
San Antonio at Minnesota
Dallas at Washington
New York at Atlanta
7/11 Tue
Chicago at Indiana
Atlanta at Los Angeles
7/12 Wed
San Antonio at Connecticut
Phoenix at Washington
7/13 Thu
Indiana at Seattle
New York at Dallas
7/14 Fri
Los Angeles at San Antonio
Chicago at Washington
7/15 Sat
Indiana at Connecticut
Minnesota at Phoenix
7/16 Sun
Seattle at Atlanta
Los Angeles at New York
Washington at San Antonio
7/18 Tue
Minnesota at Indiana
Chicago at Atlanta
7/19 Wed
Phoenix at Dallas
Seattle at Connecticut
7/20 Thu
Atlanta at Washington
San Antonio at New York
7/25 Tue
Dallas at Minnesota
Connecticut at Chicago
7/26 Wed
Indiana at Phoenix
Los Angeles at Seattle
7/27 Thu
San Antonio at Dallas
Connecticut at Washington
7/28 Fri
Indiana at Atlanta
Seattle at Phoenix
7/29 Sat
New York at Chicago
Los Angeles at Minnesota
7/30 Sun
San Antonio at Seattle
Atlanta at Dallas
Washington at Indiana
8/1 Tue
Chicago at Minnesota
Los Angeles at Connecticut
8/2 Wed
Phoenix at New York
Indiana at San Antonio
8/3 Thu
Minnesota at Dallas
Los Angeles at Washington
8/4 Fri
New York at Connecticut
Phoenix at Chicago
8/5 Sat
Atlanta at Seattle
Dallas at Indiana
8/6 Sun
San Antonio at Phoenix
Chicago at Los Angeles
8/8 Tue
Seattle at Minnesota
Connecticut at Atlanta
8/9 Wed
Dallas at New York
Washington at Phoenix
8/10 Thu
Minnesota at San Antonio
Chicago at Connecticut
8/11 Fri
New York at Washington
Seattle at Los Angeles
8/12 Sat
Atlanta at San Antonio
Connecticut at Indiana
8/13 Sun
Los Angeles at Dallas
Washington at Seattle
Phoenix at Minnesota
8/15 Tue
New York at Indiana
Atlanta at Chicago
8/16 Wed
San Antonio at Los Angeles
Dallas at Seattle
8/17 Thu
Minnesota at Washington
Connecticut at Phoenix
8/18 Fri
Atlanta at New York
Indiana at Chicago
8/19 Sat
San Antonio at Connecticut
Washington at Dallas
8/20 Sun
Phoenix at Los Angeles
Seattle at Indiana
New York at Minnesota
8/22 Tue
Chicago at Washington
Minnesota at Atlanta
8/23 Wed
New York at San Antonio
Dallas at Phoenix
8/24 Thu
Connecticut at Seattle
Los Angeles at Atlanta
8/25 Fri
Indiana at Minnesota
San Antonio at Washington
8/26 Sat
Seattle at Chicago
Connecticut at Dallas
8/27 Sun
New York at Los Angeles
Phoenix at Indiana
Washington at Atlanta
8/29 Tue
Chicago at San Antonio
Indiana at Los Angeles
8/30 Wed
Minnesota at Connecticut
Atlanta at Phoenix
8/31 Thu
Dallas at Chicago
Seattle at New York
9/1 Fri
Los Angeles at Minnesota
Washington at Connecticut
9/2 Sat
Atlanta at Indiana
Phoenix at Seattle
9/3 Sun
Chicago at New York
San Antonio at Dallas
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Randy
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| Posted: 03/22/17 5:07 pm ::: |
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| Looks like Angel has figured her own way to eliminate back to back games.
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myrtle
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| Posted: 03/22/17 8:15 pm ::: |
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| While I agree it would be nice to eliminate the back to backs, still I think the bigger problem is cramming 5 or 6 games into a two week, or even shorter, period. While one team is doing that, another might have one game in the same time frame. This seems pretty ridiculous to me, and really harder on the body than an occasional back to back.
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