BARNSTORMING

Barnstorming is a lost art in sports today.

Instead of playing all of their games in one location, teams in their early years can barnstorm various towns across a region rather than be based out of a single facility.

Here is why this can make sense: You do not depend on the same small geographical location to support the organization, but instead bring the team into various communities across a greater region, promote the hell out of the matchup in those communities and increase the amount of people the team is exposed to without having to pay for a multi-million dollar facility to be devoted to something that can’t yet sustain it.

In an area like Chicago, I can think of many facilities which could house such events: Barrington High School for the Northern Suburbs  (even McHenry County!), Neuqua or Waubonsie Valley in the Western Suburbs, Northwestern, UIC, Northeastern, Niles North, U of Chicago for city games,

Bring the sport to the people, rather than have them come to it.

Divisons Of A Pro League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

GULF DIVISION
South Florida (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Naples, The Keys)
Central Florida (Tampa Bay, Orlando, Gainesville, Jacksonville)
Georgia (Atlanta, Savannah)
Louisiana (New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Shreveport)
Texas (San Antonion, Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, El Paso)

SEABOARD DIVISION
Ontario (Toronto, Kitchener, London, Ottawa, Windsor)
New England (Mass., New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine)
Quebec (Montréal, Quebec City,
New York (Long Island, Brooklyn, Syracuse, Buffalo)
Chesapeake Bay (DC, Baltimore, Annapolis, Norfolk, Newport News, Richmond)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

PACIFIC DIVISION
SoCal (San Diego, LA, Inland Empire)
NoCal (Santa Cruz, Bay Area, Sacramento, Eureka)
Northwest (Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland)
Desert (Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tuscon, Albuquerque)
Rocky Mountains (Denver, Boise, Salt Lake City, Missoula)


HEARTLAND DIVISION
Chicago
Michigan (Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Marquette)
Ohio (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo)
Ozarks (St. Louis, Kansas City, Tulsa, Oklahoma City)
Canadian Praries (Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina)