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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope they get in on ECNL girl’s side. One less out of town travel for my kid’s team. Same with FCV and MU. Bring ‘em all in and reduce travel times. Then it’d look like this:
BRYC, McLean, Loudoun, VDA, MU, Arlington, FCV, Richmond, NCFC, NC Fusion, NC Courage. Furthest game is 5 hrs with most games within 30-45 minutes. Only two league road trips per year. Everyone would play HS in the spring putting a much better HS product in the field and drumming up natural rivalries. Lot of fun for the kids. [/quote]

Its pretty hard to argue against that from a parents travel perspective. I suspect though that the ecnl is thinking longer term and values competitiveness over travel distance. As conferences go, ma is already pretty tightly grouped so I dont expect them to focus on it. 
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Again, are we doing this for the benefit of the ECNL or clubs? Or for the kids and the families?  Ecnl could overexpand for the short term and then relegate poorly runs clubs in two years to ERNL[/quote]

ECNL (and all elite leagues) are built to support clubs. ECNL clubs are businesses whose product is getting kids into college soccer. The preferences of kids and families are way down the list.

With regard to relegation, ECNL doesn't seem to be headed that way even though they have the RL levels now. Relegation only really works well for younger kids where there are fewer financial implications. For U14 and up, being relegated is a death knell for clubs in a crowded environment like ours because the best players will just go next door to a tier 1 team/club. Clubs hate pro/rel. It's really no different than just denying access now. In fact, denying access now speeds up the process of consolidation.  Additionally, pro/rel tends to emphasize winning over all else, which is not really in style right now. 
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