Thank you for posting this Mo-Icetime.
So as I read this, the two divisions will not play each other and we just lost another 8 games after getting back the SCAHA league games. Or, will the divisions play each other and have the games count? I see the divisions being 8 teams each.
If you are going for a coach and growth at a lower level club does this mean that you lose out on a faster pace because your stuck in a lower division?
Does the season just end for the lower division teams with no playoffs?
The way this is written, it does not count on coaching or player development over the course of a year. Sure some teams just do not belong, but other clubs very much approach the off season differently. Some of this is by choice and in other cases by no choice. At PWAA, often outside of big clubs you don't really look at a spring practice and say "There is the PWAA team. They are all pretty much out there or it sure looks like they are out there."
Yes, IMO this does create a bias for a '07 team playing up.
Lastly, kids are forced to go play each other Labor Day and all of us travel to San Jose. Instead of saving money to play local or spend money and have a choice to go play wherever we damn well please.
It's my bet we won't have an answer to any of it before tryouts.