> I think people have this backwards. When eastern schools go out
west
> to play the western schools, the western schools usually pick up a
> good portion of the tab. This is because of the larger rinks and
> desire for more money making home dates. Eastern schools
typically do
> not have the large crowds to justify the expense of flying in a
> western team and with all the schools be so close in the northeast
> there is not really the need to do so. This is why about the only
> time you see western teams come east is for tournaments with
corporate
> sponsorship.
Great point --- and another conspiracy theory out the window.
I hate when the West puts down the East ... so there's no need for the
East to start griping about the West and just add to the East-West
bickering.
Group hug time.
AW
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