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Rapid City was voted to be the host city and team of the 2010-11 All-Star game. Congratulations to the entire organization. The format for the game will be whomever is on the Rapid City Rush roster sheet at the time of the game. They will play host to the chosen few from the other 17 teams in the league.

So in other words if the Rush were to only have 4-5 players on their team worthy of being chosen to such a game, does that mean that rest of the roster will be in a sense taking up spots that should be filled by All-Star caliber players?

I know it’s a long way off, and it is not even August yet. But remember, every player signed by the Rush is already penciled in as an All-Star.  I don’t mind having a host team, it’s the format of the game I can’t get past. It should be a North-South game format in my opinion. After all, it was the league that boasted the two conference system in the first place.

In other news, but not necessarily new – category: Come playoff time, there will be two teams that will be left feeling like schmucks to their fans after being eliminated from the playoffs, this we know. What we don’t know yet is how many below .500 teams to make the post-season. Along with teams having had bad seasons, but not as bad or unlucky as the #9 teams. I will say this though, teams near the cutoff line will want to use every last breath they have not to fall below the leagues waistline..

I am also guessing that most fans have a pretty good idea of which teams have the best shot at not making the Conference Cut.  This format adds a whole new meaning to the words “Cold Cuts”.

Hopefully we can get a sense of how things are shaping up in the playoff race after a 3rd (22 gms.) of the schedule is played out.

I will (for now) put the stick down and stop beating the poor dead horse. But then where’s the fun in that?

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