I have nothing against former college athletes coming back to play in scrimmages, but let's get real about this "alumni" game stuff. Last weekend the University of Maine held its annual "alumni" game. The problem was, five of the players who participated had not graduated from Maine. So what's the deal with calling it an alumni game? Peter and Chris Ferraro played two seasons at Maine before turning pro. They have not graduated from Maine. Ditto with Paul Kariya. In fact, none of these three will ever graduate from Maine, I think. I think Jean-Yves Roy and Mike Dunham also fall into the above category. If a school is going to have an alumni game, it should truly have an alumni game. If a school is not going to have an alumni game, then it should name its scrimmage something else. At the very least, the athletes should be college graduates. They should have to earn the right to take part in such a contest. If this means the Kariyas of the world have to wait another two to three years, then that's the way it is. _____________________________________________________________________ Ryan Robbins "Nothing in fine print is ever good news." University of Maine -- Andy Rooney _____________________________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________ http://maine.maine.edu/~rrobbi32/____________________________________