Looking into the future, five years at a time
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Vision 2006 is simply a look into the future, five years into the future to be exact. Based upon the GCLA's ever-expansionist goals, and taking into account untapped lacrosse markets, this list simply illustrates what the GCLA lineup COULD look like five years from now. We begin by including ALL of the GCLA teams that participated during the 2001 spring season. Any additional new teams in any city are simply designated with Roman numerals. Any city within our target area of over 100,000 in population is to be considered on our "hit list". Metropolitan areas or concentrated counties are also to be considered targets for our league. This list in no way differentiates between conference members or at-large members. Basically, a GCLA member is a GCLA member. If you happen to live in any of these places, and would in any way like to help make our vision come true, you are urged to contact our league immediately. Enjoy....
CENTRAL DISTRICT Houston Metropolitan LC Club Texas Lacrosse South Texas Storm Houston LC (GCLA) Pearland/Alvin/Friendswood LC Galveston LC Pasadena/Deer Park/LaPorte LC Houston I Beaumont LC University of Houston LC Sam Houston State LC Lamar University LC Brazoria County LC SOUTH TEXAS DISTRICT San Antonio LC San Antonio I San Antonio II Corpus Christi Kahunas LC Texas A&M-Kingsville LC Victoria LC Laredo LC Brownsville/McAllen LC UT-San Antonio LC EASTERN DISTRICT Jackson LC New Orleans LC UA-Little Rock Trojans LC New Orleans I Baton Rouge LC Lafayette LC Lake Charles LC Mobile LC Gulfport/Biloxi LC
As one can see, we COULD have 30 or more teams in the GCLA by 2006! We did include some colleges, and here's our rationale: Some city-commuter schools such as Lamar University, the University of Houston, and the University of Texas at San Antonio might have a better chance for success by fielding teams in a club league rather than a college league. The commuter nature of such schools works against the five-day practice grind that is required to compete against other schools that are currently competing in the college leagues. In addition, our rules would open the door to faculty, graduate students, and school employees. This would help these teams make up the difference from not having the five-day per week practices. This could prove to be a very exciting five year period. This list will be rolled over every year. It will be interesting to see just how far we go by 2006, and at that time it will be even more interesting to see where we go from there.
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