A friend of mine asked (after reading that article), "what degree did Eric
Weinrich receive from the University of Maine"? Does anyone happen to
know?? By the way, the question wasn't asked to slight student athletes, he
was suggesting that the editorial was very well written, and was just
curious what Weinrich studied while in university.....
Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Dixon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Weinrich responds to an article in USA TODAY
> Here is the original article that Weinrich is referencing if anyone's
> interested. Personally I am contemplating writing my own letter to the
> editor. This author is obviously not a hockey fan and can't possibly
> appreciate what losing the NHL means. I know we all love college hockey
> here, but I am equally a big NHL fan and the thought that next fall it
> won't be around is very distressing! I won't make any excuses for what
> Bertuzzi did, but I think the NHL has shown that it wants to improve its
> image and the punishment they have handed down is in my opinion a fair
> one. I know this doesn't have much to do with college hockey, but then
> I sure will miss cheering for all our UMaine alumns if the NHL goes away.
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/brennan/2004-03-10-brennan_x.htm
>
> Beth
>
> Jacob Metzler wrote:
>
>
>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2004-03-16-weinrich-letter_x.htm
> >
> >interesting "editorial"
> >
> >-Jake
> >
> >
> >
>