On 10/30/2013 10:04 PM, John Edwards wrote:
>  and I think Chicago is likely - particularly if the B1G 10* is behind it.
>
> *-calculations made using Base 6.
>

Hmmm, but by the time a potential Chicago Frozen Four rolls around, the 
Big 6/14ths Hockey Conference may be obsolete.  When Penn State's 
upgrade to varsity hockey satisfied the Big 10's own rule that a Big Ten 
Conference must be created for any sport in which half the Big Ten 
schools participate, 6/12 = 50%.  But after Maryland and Rutgers come 
aboard, 6/14 will equal 42.8571429%.

And who knows who's yet to come aboard.  There are schools in other time 
zones where broadcast sponsors would be delighted to benefit from 
expanding market coverage.  Does the Big Ten have a minimum threshold 
dissolution rule?

Bob