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[quote=Blutarski][quote]ECNL would be better with a pro/rel system than this mega merger BS. The 07 boys GFR team could play in ECNL today if there was promotion. How many lifelong Loudoun players will get cut to make room on a combined team ? [/quote]

It would be hard to see how that would be better for ECNL. ECNL has a form of pro/rel already, just not the one you want. It's implemented at the club level vs the team level. Mostly it's been promotion in the last few years as they pick off decent GDA teams, but with RL, they're already set up to do a pro/rel system. I'm not sure it's happened yet, but at some point, they could decide to promote an RL club to ECNL or relegate an ECNL club that performs poorly across all age groups over a period of years to RL. This would retain the club centric ECNL model that relies on the inertia present in member clubs to foster development across age groups.

A pro/rel arrangement at the team level would require a complete rework of ECNL to implement. To keep costs under control, they would have to move towards more of a regionalized model since teams would lose the economies of traveling/coaching as a club. It would require significantly more management and would drive costs significantly for players. It would be great for allowing good teams from smaller clubs on the outside in, at the expense of current ECNL clubs to some extent.

So... pros and cons I think, but definitely not in the best interests of ECNL and their member clubs. For them, it's working great. What they could do easily is open up their showcases to invite in single teams on an invitation only basis but I haven't seen any of that going on.[/quote]

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