 Jess Smith, co-owner of the Swiss Alpines, declared in June that a league meeting would be held in Houston and that the league was looking to add franchises, possibly in England, Italy, Ireland, Yugoslavia or France.Echoing Hecht's statement that they expected a loss for the first year, he said team owners saw a future second season as "a break-even year".Despite these statements, a second EPBL season never happened and the league silently disappeared.