No, I don't think any of those teams would want to leave and it would probably cost tens of millions to split them out of the MLS llc
Considering Ottawa's owners are reportedly one of the owners in the CPL? Possible. They could also be starting a reserve team in CPL, but that would seem to create issues about calling it a D1 league.
The only semi-realistic involvement of the Canadian MLS teams in the Canadian Premier League is moving their reserve teams from the USL to the CPL. The TFC and Montreal Impact U-18 academy teams used to consistently finish in the upper half of the CSL before the league folded.
Right from the title, you knew this was going to be a good idea. Canada's two most popular sports have either 7 Canadian teams (and a bunch of US teams) or 9 teams. Population centers to make real-time professional sports work in Canada alone are simply lacking.
Curling doesn't have a central league, which is why it was excluded. I love me some curling. I literally watched some tonight.
NBC Sports? I got too frustrated watching the U.S. team miss shots that decent curlers make. ESPN3 will supposedly have the Scottie's Tournament of Hearts later this month and the Tim Horton's Brier next month. They did last year as well.
The CSL has not folded. Still alive and kicking-> http://www.tsn.ca/rcmp-opens-investigation-into-canadian-soccer-league-1.432095 USL teams will likely stay in USL. The CPL does not want reserve teams out of the gate.
I was actually surprised to find out a few years back that we have a curling club in Columbus. I keep meaning to check it out sometime.
The USA needs the NCAA to implement Curling as a varsity sport in order to grow our Olympic pool. Should be relatively inexpensive to implement provided there is a suitable curling rink or ice capable arena available. It could also act as a decent title IX offset for those schools that need it. Kidding..... for the most part.
The schools that tend to need Title IX offsets are ones with football teams, and relatively few schools have football teams in Curling country (Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc). They would also need to construct dedicated facilities for curling, and is probably unlikely. We might just have to let Canada have this
If we were to take this seriously it wouldn't be difficult for a college to partner with a local curling club to find facilities. Seattle has a large curling club that UW could use for example. I don't know if Boulder has one for CU but Denver has a couple.
How common is this for smaller sports? I know some football teams share with other teams, but I can't think of many smaller sports that aren't played on campus in most places. Club curling does exist at the college level (http://www.collegecurlingusa.org/) and they have places to practice, so maybe they could just use this. I don't know if there are enough teams from schools that readily hand out athletic scholarships, and if there aren't scholarships then the difference between club and NCAA is probably not huge (maybe the school could cover non-scholarship costs?)
I'd think of it like college golf. Most college golf teams don't have a campus course, they play at a course near the college.
Well they'd lose at least US $100 off their current $175 million valuation, given there are only 6 urban areas with a population over 1 million. How much interest do you think Toronto vs Saskatoon would really generate?
I think it's not uncommon for club soccer teams to play their games off campus, even if they practice on campus. For NCAA teams in all sports, it happens less frequently, but it does exist, especially at schools with urban campuses. The St. John's soccer teams didn't play on campus until 2002 when they built a rooftop stadium. Before that, they drove 16 miles out to Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale for home games.
I was watching the US/China Women's match of the US Cup from NBCSN...3rd end I turned it off and did something else. Open centreline, just needed a draw to the button, but nope, China steals one.
The Canadian situation would be similar to that in Wales where the top four teams play in another country's league system (much to the disdain of UEFA), while Welsh Premier League matches look more like this. That is actually CPD Rhyl's stadium. Just replace the cow with a bull and you have Calgary FC.
I remember listening to a Canadian Soccer guy on Sirius Radio a few weeks ago. Basically the Canadian League wants to have teams in Toronto and Vancouver. Not to compete with MLS, but to have a team in the major Canadian media markets. They want to have the three Canadian teams remain in MLS due to higher level of competition (ie Wales in EPL). They are not going to force any NASL teams to join with the new league. However, Ottawa is basically on board and they hope the travel and costs associated with travel will dissuade Edmonton from continuing in the NASL. Will post link if I can find the audio.