Brad Cuyler writes... >For the first time people are going to witness 3 conferences within a >NCAA Division I hockey league the WCHA. The good fans of the WCHA are >going to be so happy to have a WCHA team outside its conference travel >to your arena for just one game then clean and shower and jump in a bus >or plane or perhaps a dogsled in Alaska. Then another team will fly or >travel to your arena for the next game. This format is so ridiculous is >like a big nightmare. Jeez, this is how the other three conferences do it. Scary, huh? It's a wonder that we can sleep at night. :-) >The league standings will also represent records mostly made up of >the successes of one teams conference, unlike today where everybody >plays everyone 4 times for true standings. Name one Div I conference where everyone plays everyone else four times. Jeffrey Billman writes... >>The good fans of the WCHA are >>going to be so happy to have a WCHA team outside its conference travel >>to your arena for just one game then clean and shower and jump in a bus >>or plane or perhaps a dogsled in Alaska. Then another team will fly or >>travel to your arena for the next game. This format is so ridiculous is >>like a big nightmare. > >I agree. If logistics are not handled carefully, a team like Denver will >wind up flying out to Boston on Friday, play a game, then fly to Alaska on >Saturday on something like 2 hours' sleep, if they're lucky. Just imagine >how ready they'll be to play then!:-) Aren't we overdramatizing a bit? Nobody plays in Boston and Alaska on the same weekend, not even Santa Claus. Schedule makers are not rocket scientists, but I give them enough credit to "handle the logistics carefully." John H U Mich Accommodate UAF and USAFA.