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At 12:35 AM 2/17/97 EST, Wayne Smith wrote:
>(2) Though the "annual exemptions" penalty was not directly appealed, it
> is commonly believed that the NCAA would have lifted this penalty
> *if* the NCAA post-season ban was lifted.
It was automatic as I understand it. When you are banned, you lose your
exemptions, so when you are "un"banned, you must get them back. It's moot
anyways.
> (Maine will not compete in the HEA tournament only because of HEA
> rule that HEA tournament eligible teams must be eligible for the
> NCAA tournament -- a good rule, IMHO. HEA should have the same rule
> in place for the regular season title).
Interesting note here.. the HEA Athletic Directors did actually take a vote
on whether or not to allow Maine in. The vote was 5-4 not in favor to admit
Maine.
Ironically, the BU athletic director was quoted in the release.
What I did not take into consideration, and probably why 3 other schools
voted with Maine to admit them, is that gate receipts Maine generates.
Maine has a large traveling following, and HEA could stand to lose money
this year.
For instance, instead of Maine selling 5000 tickets for a home playoff game
and potentially bring a large traveling contigent to Boston should they
advance, HEA may get Merrimack (sorry Mike) or Lowell with a home game and a
comparably less large traveling group.
I don't know what kind of money this translates into, but HEA will likely
lose some money because of it.
>(5) In the State of Maine I understand it is illegal to scalp tickets by
> selling them for more than face value. I wonder if this applies to
> the ticket vendor?! Who's going to file the class action suit to
> get that righted, if so? :(
Interesting.
You'd have to find out what laws apply to slaping special charges on
season-ticket packages. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with the
situation (likely because I don't pay for it!) because if you want to secure
your seats, should be willing to pay a little extra. $1 to $1.50 per game
doesn't seem like much to ask IMHO.
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Deron Treadwell ([log in to unmask])
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