Although I do not remember the source of this information, (and I claim to be a research scientist, so this is bad form) I believe that the impotus for forcin g teams to play all sports at their own level stems from Basketball. I recall that some schools were upset about having to split the pot from the basketball tourney with more schools. They wanted to prevent schools from being Div. II or III in all other sports, but having a Div I basketball team. This was poss- ible since the cost of basketball was much less than other sports. As usual, some NC$$ rule about that stupid orange ball game had a bad effect on hockey, as it forced some teams to drop hockey which had been Div III rather than take it to Div. I (ie. St John's in NYC). While I can see where some competition problems could come up (Dayton in Football, Merrimack on ice) It seems to me that very few teams really abused the old system. But we should be thankful that at least the NC$$ left in some sort of loophole for teams from Div III schools to remain in DivI hockey if they are already there, for if they had not allowed it, the ECAC would lose 4 teams, not to mention the defending National Champs. William Sangrey Cornell '87&'9? Let's Go RED!!!