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#Post#: 38--------------------------------------------------
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
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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.
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Re: Expansion Phase III
DIR By: Lone Star
Date: October 5, 2020, 9:20 pm
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--- Quote from: Swami24 link ---
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> 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.
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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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