Mike writes:
>Jim Teresco writes:
>>   - Practice begins Tuesday, just 16 days before the season opener
>>   against Merrimack.  The late start is required under the NCAA rules.
>>   Union is classified as a Division III school, with hockey being the
>>   only Division I program.
>
>Isn't this an ECAC rule and not an NCAA rule?
 
To my knowledge, this is not an ECAC rule either.  The Ivies could not begin
on-ice practice until October 15, but the non-Ivies are under no such
restriction.  Colgate, for example, generally begins practice in the first
week of October.
 
I'm guessing that the Union higher-ups are choosing to move cautiously into
Division I (starting practice so late and scheduling only 25 games) because
of the bad experience they had in the late '70s.  Hopefully, these people
will realize soon that Division I hockey is nowhere near the scandal-ridden
monster that Division I basketball and football are, and they will relent
and allow the Dutchmen to have more of an opportunity to compete in Div. I.
--
Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86 and probably '94
LET'S GO RED!!
 
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