 Because the West played 16 games by this time while the East still only played 14, this arrangement oddly allowed both the four-team Eastern Conference and the five-team Western Conference to play three games per intraconference opponent and one game per interconference opponent.It wasn't until 1974 that the East would expand its schedule to 16 games, just like the West.In 1981, the two conferences agreed to a full merger, becoming the East and West Divisions of the CFL.