Little Caps to St James?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heard they were not allowed to own tier 1 and 2 teams. Caps played at ION but the Loudoun Knights were not the same ownership. Is that true?

Yes, two St Alban's families owned WLC, not ION. Same thing at Medstar. Beth Lenz, Jablonic, and others had an interest in WLC. Medstar did not own though. When did CBHL change rules allowing rink owned teams?

[Anonymous]

So I assume St. James didn't want to just let them pay to use the facility without ownership?

[Anonymous]

It does seem like it would be a bit of a conflict of interest for an entity to own both a tier 1 and tier 2 program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It does seem like it would be a bit of a conflict of interest for an entity to own both a tier 1 and tier 2 program.

Why? A lot of places in NJ and NY do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does seem like it would be a bit of a conflict of interest for an entity to own both a tier 1 and tier 2 program.

Why? A lot of places in NJ and NY do it.

Just sort of a gut check - a club would then draw more kids early on away from other teams as part of their tier 2 program (which is also a mine let for the organization) and then could give those kids preference for their tier 1 program. But, maybe that type of thing isn't a concern in youth hockey...

[Anonymous]

Good lord there are a bunch of petty people in this thread

[Anonymous]

Little Caps are staying at Ion with the Knights.