when i first mentioned the bettman/pac10 hockey topic, it was just to point
out that exposure gained from a preseason tourney might be one tiny advance
for college hockey in the direction of added members to the div I hockey
family. does anyone of us believe that a pac10 hockey conference will exist
in our lifetime?
i don't really know too much about all the gender equity specifics, but it
seems to me that trying to force colleges to balance teams/scholarships by
2000 (though noble in concept) is unreasonable. imho, equity should begin
for children at a much younger age. perhaps if cities' recreational funds
and parents' funds/support were equal for girls and boys interested in
sport at the earliest stages - then through grade school and high school -
interest in women's athletics would be at a point where more women's teams
could possibly support themselves. subsequently... gender equity might not
be such a tragedy at the collegiate level (e.g. ucla men's gymnastics,
swimming, and diving). do the gender equity powers-that-be feel that starting
at the college level will trickle down equity for the children?
does northeastern still give scholarships to their women's ice hockey
players? do any other schools give scholarships for women's ice hockey
currently?
i believe a gradual (but monitered to be steady) overcoming of the inherent
disparity in the participating and spectating of sports would serve the
gender equity goal better in the long run. it's too bad that very few have
remembered lessons learned about the long-term destructive nature of
must-having instant gratification.
anyway...
who picks the participants in the great western freeze-out? how many black
bear fans have already made plans to head out to LA?
dave
bu 91 and 94, mich 97 or 98?, and transplanted mississippian