On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:21:02 -0500 Kepler wrote:
 
> Why wouldn't it?  Let's say you're the UNC rep on the committee.  The only
> ice you've ever seen is in your drinks, and you couldn't care less if the
> hockey tourny is 16, 12, or 0.  Skirting the issue of why you're voting at
> all, what would be the rationale for not simply accepting the hockey
> schools' consensus, whatever it was?  There's obstinacy I suppose, but I
> would think the political log-rolling instinct would be far stronger.
 
History shows us that accepting the hockey schools' consensus is hardly a
given.  It is the UNC's of the world that have placed a limit on 18 scholarships
for hockey while allowing basketball to have a limit of 15 scholarships.  It
just shows how little they understand our game, and they have absolutely no
desire to develop any understanding.  The 18 scholarship limit is surpassed if,
as most teams do, you skate four lines of forwards, three lines of defense, and
carry two goalies.  Meanwhile, how many NC$$ basketball teams go more than five
deep on their bench?
 
Methinks that the UNC  rep (or rep of whatever university you choose) needs to
put more ice in his/her drink.
 
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