Editing 2000s Star Controversy (section)

==Background==
The decade of the 2000s began with four consecutive titles from the Providence Doves, including a domineering Double-winning, 50+ season in 2003. Their championship streak was broken by the Boston Spirits, who defeated the Doves in the finals in 2004, however the Doves responded by winning yet another Double in 2005. The pair met in the finals for the fifth time in seven years in 2006, with the Spirits coming out on top for the second time. Both the Doves and the Spirits were eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2007 playoffs, however Boston finished the decade in the most dominant fashion possible, completing back-to-back Doubles in 2008 and 2009.

Thus, over the length of the decade, the Doves, who, at first, seemed certain to win the decade's star, were slowly caught up to by the Spirits. By the end of it, the two teams had very similar stats: the Doves had 5 league titles, 3 Coupes Balbuzard, 2 Doubles, 4 league shields, and a 50+ Season; the Spirits had 4 league titles, 4 Coupes Balbuzard, 2 Doubles, 4 league shields, and 2 50+ Seasons.

The 2000s had proven to be the most dominant decade in VHF history on a year-by-year basis. Whereas no team had ever completed the Double (winning both the league title and the Coupe Balbuzard in the same campaign), by the end of the decade in 2009, the Double had been completed four times, with an additional two instances of a team nearly completing it, but instead achieving a "1.9" (winning the league title but losing the Coupe Balbuzard final).