Now it's official: Shifting the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix to the Western Conference, as first reported in The Japan Times months ago, is, I think, an incredibly lousy idea while only expansion to the Eastern Conference (Chiba, Yokohama, Shinshu and Iwate in 2010-11 and Tokyo and Gunma next season) takes place. And ... while the West has been the better conference.
If the league had real stability, this wouldn't be such a wacky concept. If the league's alleged leaders actually exhibited leadership and common sense, the present makeup of the league would be dramatically different.
The Eastern Conference's competitiveness is there, sure, but real quality teams are the exception. There are too many teams just starting out, and that also includes Akita, with just two years in the books.
This move also destroys the past four seasons' of rivalries that the Phoenix had created with their Eastern foes.
More food for thought:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120215eo.html
If the league had real stability, this wouldn't be such a wacky concept. If the league's alleged leaders actually exhibited leadership and common sense, the present makeup of the league would be dramatically different.
The Eastern Conference's competitiveness is there, sure, but real quality teams are the exception. There are too many teams just starting out, and that also includes Akita, with just two years in the books.
This move also destroys the past four seasons' of rivalries that the Phoenix had created with their Eastern foes.
More food for thought:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120215eo.html
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