>Posted on 26 Apr 1994 at 16:07:14 by Mike Machnik in reply to my
>original post:
 
>I can understand why some of the Brown parents would feel the schedule
>is already too long.  Part of the reason, I feel, for the Ivies
>feeling crowded is that they start much later than everyone else.
>What is the reasoning behind this - a shorter season?  Perhaps they
>could start on the same date as everyone else but mandate an extra
>week off over and above what other DivI teams are held to.
 
Brown played its exhibition game on October 29 and its last playoff
game on March 19. This is close to a five-month season, which is long
enough.
 
>>As far as the Ivies go,
>>I'd like to see a maximum of 27 regular season games plus 1 pre-season
>>exhibition game.
>
>I thought this was already allowed - last season, all 6 Ivies played an
>exhibition plus 27 games they counted in their regular season records:
>
>Brown 27 + New Brunswick
>Cornell 27 + Western Ontario
>Dartmouth 27 + Concordia
>Harvard 27 + New Brunswick
>*Princeton 27 + @ Middlebury
>Yale 27 + McGill
 
I meant to say 28 games plus one exhibition game.
 
Luiz F. Valente