RED ARMY EAST
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From left field (I'm being a bit sarcastic here, maybe...) - cancel the team's participation in the playoffs and merge them into one and send them to FISU as a penance for their actions. Force them to see the other player as a person, a brother, a teammate. Build bridges not walls. Turn a negative into a positive.
Probably kill each other, but sometimes the crazy ideas work.
[Three teams get a by; UNB, SMU & UdeM]
[UPEI & DAL play in the first round to determine team #4]
[UNB vs the winner of UPEI/DAL and SMU vs UdeM]
Could be an idea if the AUS didn't waive their participation as the conference representing Canada at FISU games. It has since been opened up to non-playoff teams also in CanadaWest and the OUA. (RMC etc..)
IMO, I think you run with the suspensions and keep the format the same. I'm sure that some players may get picked up if they are knocked out early from the AUS playoffs?