Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Going to be hard to be AAA given they are new teams with no track record. HOCO will give preference to existing AAA teams that have been around for years. Also, Team MD went undefeated in AA and will likely come up. Only AAA team from last year definitely out is HOCO Pink which no longer exists.

Nah, good will put them in elite like they did for Cavs, HLC and true Kp.

I was wondering that same thing. The fact is, there's about 10 teams already in Elite, looks like 12+ in AAA, and a HUGE dropoff to AA (Sidewinders, Diamondbacks etc).

If I had to bet, it ends up looking like:
8 Elite Teams + KP and possibly Blue Claws, minus BLC = 10 Elite Teams
6 of 12 AAA Teams (top half plus BLC) remain at AAA. Maybe Preds and VLC here too
6 of 12 AAA Teams (bottom half) reclass to AA. Maybe Preds and VLC here? Definitely T91. Probably Team MD stays here.
AA wholesale reclass to A, which honestly is where clubs like Sidewinders, Koopers etc have a really good fit), maybe the top 2-3 teams from A stay in A ?
A wholesale reclass to B (new division)

Elite only had 7 teams last year - Madlax, Hawks, FCA, NL, Crabs, True, and BLC. I think all seven of those stay in elite. BLC will stay. Then elite will add 1 or 3 teams. Those will come from True KP, Blue Claws, VLC, or Predators. If VLC and Preds are weak in the fall, my guess is they play at AAA or AA and then you end up with an 8 team elite with whoever of True KP or Blue Claws wants to be there. Obviously there is a strong imbalance between the top 4 teams (hawks, Madlax, FCA, NL) and whoever the bottom 2 are (probably BLC and either True KP or Blue Claws.). And then you have crabs and true Annapolis in the middle.