greenie <[log in to unmask]> writes: >I commend Kenneth Baker on taking such a firm stand on "severe" >infractions. However, there's something here that I've heard -- also >mentioned by others -- that would only make the situation worse (in other >words, the NCAA will probably implement it next month). >>SIDENOTE: College hockey also needs a match penalty for 10 minutes which >>would also carry an automatic ejection from the game giving the opposing >>team an extra man for 10 minutes. >IMHO, this would be just plain ridiculous. NO sport, college or >professional, carries such a devastating penalty, and with good reason. In >other college sports, there is no penalty which is as severe as a 5-minute >major. Likewise, no other college sport is as violent as hockey. The red card in soccer comes to mind. There the offender's team plays a man down for the rest of the *game*. Of course, in soccer there are 10 attackers rather than 5, so the loss of one is proportionally less severe. John Whelan Cornell '91 <[log in to unmask]> <http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/people/john_whelan/jphock.html> HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.