Inspired by our leader ramblin tho.
Don't want just mere inspiration. I will take a licensing fee, though.
But if I must be ambassador of the MIPL, I will gladly accept. But you’re on the board. Since I ruined your weekend already, find me a dozen Midwest canditates, Joliet to Louisville is the radius. Thank you.
Several years ago, I offered here what a MW Jesuit league might look like, and that was done when Iggy was a cellar dweller so I left them out. Now that Iggy has put on their big boy pants, here is what such a league might look like:
LA
Iggy
Milwaukee Marquette U High
St Louis U High
St Louis DeSmet
Indy Brebeuf
Cincy St Xavier
Cleveland Iggy
Akron(ish) Walsh
Toledo St John
I was tempted to include Rockhurst, but they are a single outlier too far west. The above gives you a 9 game regular season...and lots of travel (8.5 hour drive between Cleveland Iggy and St Louis DeSmet).
If you are looking for more high profile Catholic MIPL, you could keep several of those Jesuit schools like LA, St Xavier (OH), DeSmet, Iggy (OH), and Walsh, and sprinkle in a few others like MC, St Edward, Moeller, Archbishop Hoban, Bishop Chatard, CBC, Cathedral, Trinity, and St Xavier in Louisville.
That's a 15 team league that could be broken down into East and West divisions of the Ohio and Kentucky schools in the East and the others in the West. That makes 8 in the East and 7 in the West.
Add another St Louis area Catholic school like Ritter or Chicago area Catholic school (pick one) to the West, and there are your two divisions of 8 schools each.
Again, travel would be a bitch even with the regional divisions.
Most schools would have to get used to much tougher schedules and winning fewer games than they are accustomed to winning.
ALL teams make the playoffs with the division champs facing off in a title game in Lucas Oil Field in Indy.