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       Expansion Phase III
   DIR By: Lone Star
       Date: October 4, 2020, 3:26 pm
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       Nicky S. talked about expanding in "phases" with San Diego,
       Philadelphia, Halifax, and New York coming in as the first
       round, getting the league back to 13 teams for the first time
       since 2007.
       The next "phase" presumably will see the league get to a nice
       number of 16, hopefully two conferences with two divisions. Fort
       Worth became #14, I think Vegas is a safe pick for #15, and
       let's just say Edmonton comes in #16 to give us four
       geographically pleasant divisions (while ignoring the fact
       Georgia on its own island).
       I started a topic on the temporary new forum about where Team 16
       would be.
       This time, who are/should be Teams 17-20 looking ahead to Phase
       III? This is assuming the gap between Teams 16 and 17 is longer
       than Teams 13 and 14.
       I'll go:
       #17 Seattle - great sports city and by this time, the Kraken
       will have established themselves
       #18 Washington - years after the AFL's demise, Ted Leonsis buys
       a team in a lacrosse hotbed to expand his team portfolio
       #19 Salt Lake City - Utah's growing lacrosse community leads
       charge to bring the state's first pro team
       #20 Montreal - Nicky S. will never forget about Canada
       #Post#: 39--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Expansion Phase III
   DIR By: Lone Star
       Date: October 4, 2020, 3:29 pm
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       To avoid the previous post being too long, that expansion plan
       could put a 20-team NLL at:
       Western Conference
       Northwest
       Calgary
       Edmonton
       Saskatchewan
       Seattle
       Vancouver
       Southwest
       Colorado
       Fort Worth
       Las Vegas
       San Diego
       Utah
       Eastern Conference
       Atlantic
       Georgia
       New England
       New York
       Philadelphia
       Washington
       North
       Buffalo
       Halifax
       Montreal
       Rochester
       Toronto
       #Post#: 46--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Expansion Phase III
   DIR By: Swami24
       Date: October 5, 2020, 4:48 pm
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       OmG, talk about whether the league can play again before
       thinking about expansion.
       #Post#: 48--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Expansion Phase III
   DIR By: Lone Star
       Date: October 5, 2020, 9:20 pm
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       --- Quote from: Swami24 link ---
       >
       > OmG, talk about whether the league can play again before
       thinking about expansion.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Talking about that for a half-year has been long enough.
       #Post#: 61--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Expansion Phase III
   DIR By: GEA
       Date: October 20, 2020, 11:51 am
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       From the OTCB podcast 16 teams by 23-24 season. FW starts for
       21-22 season. Will assume that teams 15-16 will begin play right
       at the 23-24 season giving FW two years to settle in.
       I'd expect new team announcements for the 21-22 finals. So any
       fresh rumors we hear within the next 12 months could very well
       actually be the next teams.
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