Yes the zombie apocolypse has had an effect but its had an effect on every club. The fact is toronto as no doubt ottowa will have spent millions building a squad, no problem with that, if they can afford to spend that sort of money over the 3 years getting into SL then they should have had no problem continuing the funding to continue trading.
The money income issue with home game crowds! Neither toronto or ottowa can play at home till late april ish due to weather i still cannot see how a team can entet a competition that they cannot actually properly compete in