The rule applies to non-Alaskan teams playing in Alaska, either against an Alaskan team or against another non-Alaskan squad in a tournament. UAF and UAA are subject to the same 34-game limit as all other div. I teams; thus the direct benefit is not to the Alaskan schools (they don't get any extra games), but to teams in the Lower 48 which agree to make a road trip to Alaska. That, not so incidentally, is the purpose for the by-law: to give teams an incentive to play games at the Alaskan schools. Personally can't imagine why anyone would pass up the chance to visit Fairbanks in January... ;-)