John wrote:
> times during the season, but now some teams play more games
> at home (and others play more on the road).  Given that all
> WCHA qualify for the postseason tournament, if I were battling
> for position with UAA I'd be putting up a bitch that UAA played
> 18 of 32 conference games at home.
 
John's taking a view of this that I can agree with, and that is
that an unfair advantage is given to UAA.  (I would hold
that there is no evidence, at least so far, that Minn and Wisc are
getting some privilege other schools in the league are not, but we've
been through that...)  But this raises some questions:
Do people in the CCHA complain that Michigan has an unfair advantage
if Notre Dame moves its home game against Michigan to Joe Louis??
Or in the WCHA, St. Cloud moving its home game against Minnesota to
Minneapolis' Target Center, or Duluth moving its home game against
Wisconsin to Milwaukee's Bradley Center?  I don't think this is that
terribly different (except in motivation).
-Pam Sweeney
Go Gophers!!!