Seems like you could also balance the leagues numerically this way:

BSU to WCHA

UAH to Hockey East
UAA to Hockey East

-- Erik

Mark Lewin wrote:
> My whole point was that it was best for college hockey as a whole for the
> WCHA to absorb these two teams (in order to balance out the leagues
> numerically) but I continued on that the decision was being made by people
> who had higher priorities than the well being of college hockey as a whole.
> Wasn't a value judgment, just an observation.
> 
> As to your Q/A, I have no argument there. If I was paying someone as
> athletic director, he/she better damn well put my school's interest first
> 
>> It's easy to label something as the best choice when it doesn't affect the
>> league one's own team is in.
>>
>> Q:  What do you call an athletic director who puts what's best for college
>> hockey ahead of what's best for his/her school?
>>
>> A: Fired.
>>
>> -- Erik