Complex sentence: One of the inaugural SPHL teams, the Columbus Cottonmouths, suspended operations in 2017 after failing to find a buyer while an expansion team called the Birmingham Bulls were accepted into the league as the tenth team.
Split into simpler sentences: One of the inaugural SPHL teams, the Columbus Cottonmouths, also suspended operations in 2017 after failing to find a buyer. An expansion team called the Birmingham Bulls were accepted into the league as the tenth team.