>     I think people have this backwards.  When eastern schools go out
west
>     to play the western schools, the western schools usually pick up a
>     good portion of the tab.  This is because of the larger rinks and
>     desire for more money making home dates.  Eastern schools
typically do
>     not have the large crowds to justify the expense of flying in a
>     western team and with all the schools be so close in the northeast
>     there is not really the need to do so.  This is why about the only
>     time you see western teams come east is for tournaments with
corporate
>     sponsorship.
 
Great point --- and another conspiracy theory out the window.
 
I hate when the West puts down the East ... so there's no need for the
East to start griping about the West and just add to the East-West
bickering.
 
Group hug time.
 
AW
 
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