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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand why ECNL would want Tophat. But why would Tophat want ECNL? They are thriving in GA and and have tons of visibility. USYNT and P4 placements are consistent and in line with top clubs in the nation. And the club is very profitable. A switch to ECNL would have significant uncertainty.[/quote]

I can think of a couple of reasons.  From a club perspective, they want to compete against better teams.  You literally have to go back two seasons ago to find conference winner in that area that was NOT TH.  In any age group.  Their teams are great, but would still likely benefit from playing stronger competition.  From a parent perspective, they probably also want better competition, but it is extremely frustrating to travel so far to play teams that aren’t really competitive when you can have more competition in your area if you had a different badge.  [/quote]

this.  last year, GA redid the southeast conference  they dropped a local team AFC to Aspire and Wake FC was moved to another GA conference.  They brought in a new terrible Florida club Space Coast and an average club Pinecrest (Miami Area) which was added the year before to a temporary conference they had created then year before which now doesn't exist.  That added a 3rd weekend trip down to Florida. Tophat blocked the move unless they worked it out where they didn't have to make a third trip to Florida. So several teams in Florida are not playing a full 16 game schedule and are missing out on 2 games cause Tophat refused to make another trip. [/quote]
Would the extra trip/game have made a difference? The answer is no.[/quote]

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