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Originally Posted by elly63
Why would that be bad?
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I like the current set-up where you actually get a truly national champion. All teams are involved and the best go forward and into the various levels of the tournament. For me, regardless of whether we think the "best" teams are in the superleague, it will always feel a little tainted for a champion to be declared when all universities/athletes didn't get the same chance to make it to the championship.
For me it feels like they are trying to be the NCAA with that type of set-up where you have the Big 10, or whatever other groupings they use... But Canada is small enough and we have a system that works well enough that it really isn't necessary. The thing holding the CIS back from being bigger isn't the current set-up of the leagues... it's the way they have gone about their media partnerships. Sportsnet was supposed to run a lot more programming, but basically signed the contract and did nothing.
If they set up a "super league" of sorts, I also wouldn't be surprised if the universities left out just decided to pursue some NCAA partnership like Simon Fraser instead of trying to get something going with what's left over... which in the end would harm the CIS more than help it.