Thursday, August 08, 2013

Expansion in Ultimate Pro Leagues

There's been lots of recent chatter about expansion in the professional Ultimate leagues. AUDL has been claiming an expansion of "16-20" more total teams (67% growth) while the MLU has halted plans to expand into the midwest (0% increase).

[UPDATE CHART as of 8/9]

NOTES: AUDL started in 2012; MLU started in 2013.
Not all AUDL 2012 teams continued in AUDL 2013. There are 23 cities listed as "AUDL 2014 Expansion".
Per MLU "New teams are in development but will not be added in 2014."




NOTES: AUDL started in 2012; MLU started in 2013.
Not all AUDL 2012 teams continued in AUDL 2013. There are 23 cities listed as "AUDL 2014 Expansion".
The 2014 MLU season assumes the originally invited teams (NJ & San Jose) in its total.
As noted by SemiProUltimate, "But [MLU's] planned expansion into the center of the country - Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Pittsburgh, and Denver - in 2014 is no longer certain." [via Ultiworld]
[Updated 8/9 at 12:15pm ET]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Steve Gordon's comment was to have a league of 16-20 teams next year, not 16-20 NEW teams. Just wanted to clarify.

Sludge said...

Dear Anonymous @ 12:50pm:
Ah, good clarification. An updated chart has been posted based on the new info.