09-08-2024, 08:26 PMLime Wrote: I think you are entirely missing the point of why I brought those countries up... There is already precedent in a major sports federation for including non-states in their system. Valid choice of a nation should be based on precedent and demand. IIHF does not include Scotland and Wales because there simply isn't a demand for it. If you are really hung up on hockey precedent, note that Hong Kong is a long-standing IIHF member. It is important to realize that the SHL IIHF is not the IRL IIHF and has different demands and therefore should weigh its needs independently. I have no idea how active a Quebec team would be versus an Italian team etc. but I don't think it is in any way outside the scope of realism for a simulation hockey league.

i think that this is a well said comment. i am looking forward to see how people rally around this new quebecois team and i think it will do wonders for interest in iihf, and i think that this opens up for future federations of larger representation