This should have been resolved well before the draft started. I think it's too late to change now. But I am also curious as to how divisions were decided. Maybe there should have been 1 pi team in each division? That would make things even for all radius teams. Pi teams would play slightly less on their home server, but everything would be 'even' in terms of servers played across all the eastern conference.
Fronj should try PrivateTunnel. I can connect to the NY PrivateTunnel server and get 70 ping to pi. Keep in mind my connection goes from south FL to NY back to Atlanta. There's no reason fronj can't get more than playable ping using PT (probably <60). 100 GB costs $12 which would last him the next 20 MLTP seasons. There are solutions here.
> We want to get this 100% correct as the future MLTP careers of players rely on us "doing it right".
I use PrivateTunnel, though some people have had success with other VPNs that have a larger number of exit nodes to choose from. You can get a free trial of like 200 MB, which is probably enough to play a full season of MLTP on.
Cyber Leader: "We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?"
Dalek Sec: "Four."
Cyber Leader: "You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?"
Dalek Sec: "We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek!"
So, Dalek for obvious reasons. Giant tub of Food Supply and an EMP to destroy Dalek once world domination is complete.