> His point is well taken.  This year we have a commercial web site
> http://uscollegehockey.com that seems to be doing a good job of
> reporting scores, standings, and game recaps.
> They have (3pm sunday) all the scores except for 2 non DivI games,
> There are 59 final scores, 39 boxes, and 14 game recaps.  That, to a
> large extent, is supplementing the stuff on hockey-l and info-hockey-l
>
> I just fear that eventually there will be fees associated with
> commercial sites,and with the valuable stuff migrating from our lists
> to the commercial sites, there will be a net loss to us.
 
I cannot speak for all the guys at USCHO -- but I'm pretty sure their
philosophy is like mine ... Absolutely no way fees will be charged.
 
Money will be made through advertising (we hope), just like free over-the-air
television.
 
If anything --- if there was an easy system for implementing this --- I think
charging, say, 5 cents for listening to Around the Rinks would be painless ---
and make a couple hundred bucks (covering expenses).   But that would only
happen if the Bill Gates dream becomes a reality, of easy monetary transfers
over the net.  This is all very speculative, way down the line, and just
thinking out loud --- but the basic philosophy is the public will not be
charged -- no way.
 
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