Before you can determine how many games will make up a season you need to know a few things. How many teams will make up the league? How many games will each team play in a week? How many weeks will the season last? What can you afford?
Let's assume a game costs $100 for the playing field or arena and $30 for officials, so a total of $130 per game. The league has 10 teams. Each team will play every other team once to complete one round of the schedule or 9 games since they don't play themselves.
One round would be 10 teams X 9 games each = 90 / 2 teams per game =45 games per round at a cost of 45 X $130 = $5850 per round. This would be a balanced schedule meaning that every team plays every other team an even number of times. If the costs were too high or the resulting season were too long, the season could be shortened by making two divisions of 5 teams.
In a schedule with two divisions of 5 teams the math would be the same. 5 teams X 4 games = 20 / 2 teams per game = 10 games per round at a cost of 10 X $130 = $1300 x 2 divisions = $2600. Playoffs could then see the winner of each division play each other for an eventual champion but remember that every playoff game has its own costs involved.
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