I'll have to dig out the information from last spring's papers to be sure, but I think the rule applies to Division III schools which have moved one program up to Division I. It was put into effect after schools like Clarkson and St. Lawrence entered the league, so the new rules do not apply to them. From this week's Schenectady Gazette: "The only drawback to the hockey team's Division I status is that it can't have a Division I practice schedule. Because all of Union's other sports are classified as Division III, the Dutchmen are two weeks behind the other Division I hockey programs. That gives Union just a little over two weeks to prepare for its season opener against Merrimack Nov. 1 at Achilles Rink. "Delventhal knows it's a problem. 'But it's not a major stumbling block,' he said. 'It's only going to be a problem for those first couple of weeks. Everybody catches up anyway."