> For all of you who refuse to recognize the A.C.H.A. as a viable,
>competitive alternative, here's are some facts:
>
It will be interesting to see how the ACHA does this year considering the
dramatic changes in the organization at last April's national meeting. I
suspect that we'll see a decline in membership this year as institutions
re-evaluate the organization and take a "wait and see" approach to joining.
Also, I believe membership dues have increased -- always a cause for a
slight membership drop.
> - The University of Illinois-Champaign's A.C.H.A. Division I Fighting
>Illini have scheduled N.C.A.A.-opponent Illinois-Chicago for a
>mid-November match-up.
>
Perhaps like Stephen Roth, I should let coment pass, but Northern State
Univ., a minor club hockey program from South Dakota, beat Illinois at the
ACHA National tourney last March. I guess any team can have a bad game.
> - The Fighting Illini hockey team is the third largest spectator
>sport on campus - behind football and men's basketball. The team receives
>daily newspaper, radio, and television coverage. Last year, five of the
>team's home games were broadcast locally on television.
>
I have to agree, many programs would like to have the coverage that the U of
I team receives from the media there.
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I would be interested in hearing from other ACHA member programs about their
current views on the organization.
Thanks!
Michael J. Breitner, Assistant Director for Operations & Services
Memorial Union, North Dakota State University
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