Whoops, that might be the least advised choice of a team to illustrate 
revenue-based principles, Joe.  After Michigan and Michigan State count 
their proceeds from the December 2010 game in front of 112,000 in 
Michigan Stadium, will either ever worry about two lousy revenue games 
again?

Bob

. . . can't wait for that next game after they add the second deck to 
Michigan Stadium.



Joe LaCour wrote:
> Don't think so.  The trip to Alaska gives a team 2 more games that 
> they can schedule.  For a team like Michigan, it means two more home 
> (revenue) games.
>
> So I doubt that State of Alaska will go to one league.
>
> Joe
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Griebel" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Bemidji State gets good news from WCHA
>
>
>> Under the topic of scenarios that deserve serious consideration, does 
>> it make sense for the WCHA to take Alaska Fairbanks as a way to make 
>> conference travel more manageable for both the WCHA and CCHA, leaving 
>> the CCHA to replace Fairbanks with one of the more easterly Midwest 
>> teams needing a conference, perhaps Huntsville?  It seems we've moved 
>> beyond the considerations that initially put one Alaska school in 
>> each conference. Might it be time to realign what have become 
>> established programs using practical geographic considerations?
>>
>> Bob Griebel
>>
>>
>>
>> Hampton, Nathan E. wrote:
>>> We should have a poll of some kind to guess the 12th team (which 
>>> reminds me of my favorite Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt movie, Twelve 
>>> Monkeys). We have a few candidates already mentioned - 
>>> Nebraska-Omaha and Northern Michigan. Plus at least one upstart in 
>>> Moorhead State. Was it last year by popular vote that North Dakota 
>>> State was going to move all sports to Division 1 and then didn't get 
>>> the money? They could jump into the mix, possibly. I still like Air 
>>> Force coming in.
>>>
>>> I wonder if anybody out there wants to take a poll of who people 
>>> think is most likely and then we can somehow declare a winner?
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>
>