According to Thursday's Dallas Morning News college hockey may be coming
to Texas.  The article says that the UT athletic director is looking to bring
college hockey to Austin as a revenue generator, largely based on the
success of the Austin Ice Bats in the Western Professional Hockey League.
 
        He cites concerns about Title IX as the primary obstacle, though I would
think that the $500,000 projected budget would also be prohibitive, and I
am not sure if that would include the travel costs.  Dallas Stars' owner Tom
Hicks is a regent of UT and is very much in favor of this idea, though
everyone seems to think that it is fairly unlikely to happen.
 
                                Best,
                                        Alex
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Alex Relyea
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McKinney, TX 75070                      2 John 12
"A moderate is a moral pickpocket." -- Branch Rickey 1956
 
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