@Vinny del Pirlo
I don't know how you endure those finals. 7 matches just to settle a winner, who has time for that?
Yea, it's a bit long. But for a game like basketball or baseball, it works, because of the nature of the game, the best team won't always win in just one game. Especially in baseball where they have 4 or 5 man pitching rotations, they play those seven game series so all the pitchers get a chance to influence the series.
But the NFL obviously is a one game knockout playoff.