I hate to get into this but here I go. Many (probably most, maybe all) of the schools in HE have adequate even excellent academic standards for their student athletes. I think the issue is not that the requirements for admission to Clarkson are the same as Harvard but that the requirement for admission of hockey players is roughly the same as the rest of the students and this is a stated goal of the ECAC. An image problem for HE is that Maine visibly (because of their troubles with the NCAA) recruits and admits Prop. 48 players for hockey. My impression is that the general requirements for admission to Maine are significantly higher than those of a Prop. 48 player. If this is not the case Maine is above reproach and any insinuation that the ECAC is superior is unfounded in my mind. Steven Rockey Mathematics Librarian 115 White Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7901 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Office: (607)255-5268