Greg Berge writes
 
> 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.
 
I assume the reason they'd vote against it would be that 16/52 is still above the
NC$$'s official maxmum for percentage of teams in the tournament.  You know,
"the rule of law" and all that.
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