Mike writes:
 
>  Parker has a very valid point.  Hockey teams dress at least 20 players a game
and play at least 19.  By cutting the number of scholarships, you are forced
to play kids who you could not offer a scholarship to.
 
Stop it, you're killin' me. Parker's "thinking" is absurd! It implies
that scholarship schools have some god-given right to skate a full team
of scholarship players, and that the NCAA is forcing them to skate kids
picked haphazardly off the street. I just can't accept this "argument" at all.
 
>  the so-called non-scholarship schools
 
A school which does not offer athletic scholarships is just that: a
school which does not offer scholarships based on athletic prowess. If
they offer academic and need-based scholarships, the competition for
these scholarships is open to *everyone* and the awards are made based
on non-athletic criteria. The difference is real, and it lies in the
school's philosophical approach to the importance of sports. You may
not agree with it - but you should not willfully misrepresent it.
 
Greg