All this talk is very interesting about SUNY going to Div.I.  I have
often wondered why there was no DivI programs in the SUNY system.
It appears obvious that the "university centers" are planning on
making the jump, but what about the colleges that have top notch
Div III programs - like Plattsburgh's hockey team or Potsdam's
basketball?  Would they attempt something sleazy like transplanting
the team? (i.e. move the Plattsburgh hockey team to Buffalo).  Wasn't
that attempted at UMASS when they wanted to start a hockey program in
Amherst (by sucking the Lowell team to Amherst)?
 
If DivI hockey was implemented somewhere in the SUNY system I think that
this would be good for the sport.  I grew up in a suburb of NYC and it
seems like at least 50% of the people I went to high school with went to
college at a SUNY school (that number is a huge guess).  At any
rate, many people in the area I lived in (Westchester county) go
to SUNY schools.  A DivI hockey team might be able to spur interest
in the NYC area.  Lot's of people from Long Island at those schools
too.  The only unfortunate thing is that those who don't go to college
upstate think of anything north of Poughkeepsie as Canada.  I think
that it might be difficult to generate interest with them.
-Mike
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