BRI wrote.. >It seems as though Maine should be punished by either forfeiting >the 1991 games in which Ingraham "illegaly" played or make him sit >out 14 games this season. BOTH would be incredibly excessive and >downright outrageous. Maybe. Maine AD Mike Ploszek was on Dale Duff's Sport's Radio morning show this morning. He said that since Maine played with an ineligible player, however unintentional, it is completely reasonable for Maine be asked to forfeit those games. Maine has agreed to the forfeiture of those games. Maine's position wrt Cal Ingraham's penalty is that it is excessive and that the NCAA appeal's committee has the power to lessen the penalty, should it see mitigating circumstances. The appeal should be held tomorrow with result expected to be available late Friday afternoon. When asked whether Cal and the athletic department *should* have been aware of Cal's eligibility, Ploszek said "Yes". When notified that UAF had already (possiby) forfeited (at least one)+ of its two games with Maine Ploszek was had a good chuckle, but had no idea on how the contest would be treated. He thanked the caller for bringing it to his attention. (You're welcome, Mike. It was nice of host Dale Duff to ask all of my questions, but then I'd primed him with them 30 minutes earlier). :-) cheers, wayne Wayne Smith The College Hockey Discussion List administrator Systems Group - CAPS BITNET/CREN: wts@maine University of Maine System internet: [log in to unmask] + Footnote: Mike Machnik has reported that UAF has already forfeited 12 games in the Fall of 1991. I have since discovered (what Keith Instone reported to us on 28 Aug 1992) that though UAF forfeited the games preceeding and following the pair of games with Maine on 11/21-22/1991, the ineligible player DID NOT PLAY in the UAF-Maine series. So the double forfeit question becomes an academic one. Amazing what you can find in the HOCKEY-L archives!