Next season

The league is currently at 12 teams, and we have the option of expanding by 4 more teams if we wish. So there are a couple of things we should talk about before next season.

1) Are we going to send Ratz off to the Fed Cup? At first I loved the idea, but I'm now leaning toward keeping things within the family.

2) Is group play working? I think last year was OK, but I'm beginning to think that it might be more interesting to have 16 teams in two 8-team divisions. That would enable more teams to play each other during the course of the season, but would also mean that teams could only play each other once during the season. Plus, since there would be 7 games during B-Cup play, some teams would play 4 home games, while others would play only 3. It's not THAT big a deal--they're only friendlies--but it would be something of a hardship for those of us who take it seriously.

3) Do we need two legs for playoff matches? Do we need them for only some of the matches and not all of them? That decision may end up helping us fit more regular-season B-Cup games into our schedule.

Thoughts?