1. "Maine placed on probation for four years" is the title of the major
article. This is far and away the best description of the major
violations and penalties that I've seen.
It doesn't answer some of the questions on penalties that have been
raised and leaves out some information such as the fact that though
the football team was penalized 13 scholarships for next year, many
of those would be scholarships that would not have been used by Maine
anyway.
(I think) strangely, the report says that Maine and the head
men's ice hockey coach may appeal, yet the only sanctions on Walsh
were given by Maine and now "adopted" by the NCAA. Why was Walsh
mentioned, but not coaches of the other 10 sports affected?
Point your web browser to
http://www.ncaa.org/news/960819/active/3330N13.html
for the complete story.
2. "Maine to keep title" basically reported what we already know:
Mrs. Dunham made a good-faith effort to abide by the rules and was
led astray by USA Hockey. This was not condoned, but the NCAA "did
not believe it warranted requiring the institution to vacate its
championship".
Point your web browser to
http://www.ncaa.org/news/960819/active/3330N17.html
for the complete story.
Yours in Maine hockey (Drop the Puck!),
Wayne T. Smith Systems Group -- CAPS
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Co-owner of the College Hockey lists - Hockey-L/Info-Hockey-L/Hockey3