Think we're going a bit off topic now......but anyway......
I think you're being a bit optomistic there Rempel16 with which teams could play EIHL hockey - unless you are planning to severely drop the standard - which I don't.
There is no chance of Slough being able to afford it. Their rink is a dump and they only get around 300 fans a game. They only compete at the moment because their player/owner is bank-rolling them massively.
And I don't think north/south conferences would be the way to go. I'd rather have two divisions where Division 2 allows teams to have a lower budget and maybe even a lower import level. This I think would be more likely to be attractive to the higher EPL teams and give them time to get used to a higher import standard before having to pay the big budget EIHL teams every week. Especially if you set the EIHL Div 2 standard close to BNL standard.
League games would be against teams in your own division, but there would be cup competitions involving both divisions.
EIHL Division 1:
Cardiff
Belfast
Nottingham
Sheffield
Coventry
Dundee
Braehead
Guildford
EIHL Division 2:
Manchester
Hull
Edinburgh
Newcastle
Fife
Basingstoke
Milton Keynes
Bracknell
I think we are still a couple of years away from this though, but I think the EPL is starting to become more two-split than the EIHL and it could see more teams leave perhaps next season.
I think you're being a bit optomistic there Rempel16 with which teams could play EIHL hockey - unless you are planning to severely drop the standard - which I don't.
There is no chance of Slough being able to afford it. Their rink is a dump and they only get around 300 fans a game. They only compete at the moment because their player/owner is bank-rolling them massively.
And I don't think north/south conferences would be the way to go. I'd rather have two divisions where Division 2 allows teams to have a lower budget and maybe even a lower import level. This I think would be more likely to be attractive to the higher EPL teams and give them time to get used to a higher import standard before having to pay the big budget EIHL teams every week. Especially if you set the EIHL Div 2 standard close to BNL standard.
League games would be against teams in your own division, but there would be cup competitions involving both divisions.
EIHL Division 1:
Cardiff
Belfast
Nottingham
Sheffield
Coventry
Dundee
Braehead
Guildford
EIHL Division 2:
Manchester
Hull
Edinburgh
Newcastle
Fife
Basingstoke
Milton Keynes
Bracknell
I think we are still a couple of years away from this though, but I think the EPL is starting to become more two-split than the EIHL and it could see more teams leave perhaps next season.
