"Ralph N. Baer" <[log in to unmask]>  writes:
 
>I had thought that this problem only occurs in basketball because it is
>very cheap compared to football--less players and thus less
>scholarships, smaller stadiums, cheaper uniforms, etc.  I would suspect
>that hockey is more comparable to football in this regard than it is to
>basketball.
 
Don't forget insurance!  Any sport that involves more physical contact and
therefore more chance of injury will cost more because of insurance!
 
>Besides for cost, I think that the two major things that are hurting
>the spread of college hockey are 1) the fact that hockey at any level
>is still not followed by significant numbers of people in vast sections
>of the country and 2) gender equity.  Factor 1 is slowly changing,
>however the gender equity problem is a real problem.  Perhaps schools
>should be encouraged to introduce men's and women's programs
>concurrently to not affect the ratio.  (Actually, if both a men's and a
>women's team is added, it would be a positive influence since the goal
>is 60-40.)
 
I agree 100%!
 
  Steve G