A Change is Needed

In the NFL there are six teams that make it to the playoffs from each confrence. There are 4 divisions in each confrence and the winners of those divisions recieve an automatic bid into the playoffs along with two teams that get wild card slots. In the first roung the two teams with the best records recieve a by into the second round. Then the other two division winners play against the wild card teams to see who advances to the next round. In many cases the wild card teams have a better record than some of the division winners. In the first round the winners of the divisions have home field advantage even if their record is not better than their opponent. I feele that this is a flawed element in the playoffs because I believe that the team with the better record should be rewarded with the advantage. With the current system a team that is clearly better than their opponent may lose because they have to travel a far distance and not have the comfortabuility of being at home. For example, the San Diego Chargers were in a very poor division and won with a record of 8-8. There opponent in the first round was the Indianappolis Colts who came in second in a great division with a record of 12-4. I think that almost evryone picked the colts to win this game and believed that they were the better team. Yet, they still had to go into San diego and win on the road, which is very hard to do. I believe that if the rule was changed so that the team with the best regular season record should recieved home field advantage. This should help to keep the best teams in the playoffs and ultimately find the true champion.