While I understand and sympathize with those [M. Machnik, C. Shub] who are urging a softer line on Maine, it seems to me that Ploszek's actions in knowingly allowing a Maine team to play an ineligible athlete calls for something more than a sanction on him personally. Remember when SMU got the "death penalty"? That was largely for things done by boosters. In this case, it would appear that we have a grievous offense by the #1 person in the Athletic Program at Maine. Surely there must be an institutional sanction as well as a personal one. I shudder to think of the consequences of applying Mike Machnik's logic to some of the bandit football and basketball programs of recent years. Yes, this is a harsh penalty, but it will be a long time before another national contender dresses three ineligible players in less than two years -- in hockey, at least.