LadyStanley
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About 1:08:30 in.
BoG met this past Wednesday. Perhaps 4-6 teams. Might be USHL teams.
USHL, BCHL teams considering "higher" transfer fees ($50k/player) to better keep guys around.
BCHL teams considering "higher" transfer fees ($50k/player) to better keep guys around.
That's my first thought. The OHL seems to hold all the cards here, I'm not sure how it benefits from adding USHL teams.I wonder if this is worth the added travel costs for the OHL.
BCHL with the backwards thinking. They are independent now, so there's no transfer fee at all at the moment. A ton of guys have left for the CHL already. If they try to put this clause in the future, no one's going to sign with that league.
Realistically, the OHL is never returning to Thunder Bay or anything in Northern Ontario. It's essentially the backwoods of the province and travel is too expensive to bother.Well, Youngstown is a halfway mark more or less for teams traveling to and from Erie into Michigan, so that's not really an add travel-wise. Muskegon is a couple hours west of Flint and Saginaw, so it's an add but not much of one.
Only question is if the OHL wants to add more. Even the next closest other than the development team is in the Chicago suburbs, and that's almost four hours in good conditions. That's a big add, albeit being in Chicago's backyard might be viewed as worth it.
Anywhere else further north or west is a huge add travel-wise.
Rock-Paper-Scissors, best of three?... Next steps? Lawsuit? $$$$$?
About 40 minutes in. USA Hockey has to approve move and has put kabosh on move.
Next steps? Lawsuit? $$$$$?
I'm assuming USA Hockey is one of the main backers for the USHL. But what if the franchise owners simply un-couple themselves from the USHL? Would have to think there are ways around this. USHL is basically dead, at this point, with the new CHL/NCAA agreement. Why would they prevent their partners-owners from being able to take advantage of this situation, monetarily?
For sure, I can see that being problematic.Exist fees for franchises leaving the league (whether it be for another league, folding, ceasing operations, etc.) run into the millions of dollars. That major thing possibly preventing Muskegon and Youngstown leaving for the OHL. And the threat of that for two franchises which average about 2,000 and 1,000 fans per game respectively aren't worth the trouble.