>>        Don Amiot, MSU Director of Men's Athletics, echoed Rush's
>>sentiments.  "The granting of the waiver is important to us for several
>>reasons," said Amiot.  "From a scheduling stand-point it means that other
>>NCAA Division I hockey programs can play us immediately without impacting
>>their power rating. It also will allow our coaching staff to immediately
>>begin to recruit for student-athletes on the same basis as other NCAA
>>Division I programs."
 
That's a strange analysis.  Div1 schools can play Mankato State right now
without having an effect on their RPI, as those games are excluded from the
calculations.  Once Mankato State is a Div1 team, some Div1 teams might be
reluctant to play them due to the impact on their strength of schedule.
 
-- Erik
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