Hi Anthony, your take on it is like mine.  And after thinking about it,
it  seems to me that Jeff Sauer brought the subject up because if Notre
Dame joins the Big10, then that conference would be activated for D1
hockey.
 
Outside of hockey, I am not sure either if I want ND to join the league
either.  I guess it would be fun to beat ND in football, but Wisconsin
and Notre Dame seem to be renewing their rivalry anyway, at least in the
near future, so who knows.
 
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>From:  Anthony Frolik[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Thursday, March 26, 1998 10:31 AM
>To:    Tuschen, Terry
>Cc:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: Big Ten Hockey
>
>On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Tuschen, Terry wrote:
>
>> UW coach Jeff Sauer addressed this issue a while back on his radio
>> show..  Confirmed that there are already "preliminary",  I think he said
>> very preliminary talks between the Big(11)Ten and Notre Dame for joining
>> the Big Ten conference.  This move is more of a basketball and other
>> sports move, but hockey would be affected.
>>
>> If this were to occur, would the conference be activated for hockey?
>>
>
>As I understand it now, if a sport has 6 or more teams involved in it at
>the D-I level, then they have to compete as the Big 10.  Obviously ND
>would put it at 6, but would they change the requirement if there were 12
>teams in the league and not 11?  Was the goal of the requirement over
>half the teams participating, or just 6?
>
>Also, who knows if Penn State is ever going to move their program to D-I,
>and doesn't Illinois have a club team, too?  Maybe if ND joined the
>league, (personally, I hope they don't) and there was a Big 10 conference
>for hockey, the schools with club teams would consider moving to D-I.
>
>Can anyone help me with this:
>
>School                 Hockey Program
>Minnesota              D-I
>Wisconsin              D-I
>Michigan               D-I
>Michigan State         D-I
>Ohio State             D-I
>Penn State             ACHA
>Illinois               ACHA???
>Indiana                ?????
>Purdue                 ?????
>Northwestern           ?????
>Iowa                   ?????
>
>Tony
>
>
>
 
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