My comment: probably nothing to do with the CCHA, other than (1% possibility/effect) that the CCHA may be more willing to let a school in. Let's face (what I believe to be) an ugly fact: with cuts in federal and state funding for schools, especially public schools, the almighty dollar will rule many decisions, and influence short-term thinking in other decisions. For those lucky few programs where hockey is a revenue generator, that's great news; for those several programs where it's close to break even, that's not bad news; for the rest where hockey is a money sink, that could be catastrophic. As long as the NC$$ pituitary-ball tournament generates *huge* amounts of money, and that money goes to participating schools and conferences, AND as long as those end-of-year tournaments allow the 11-18 teams into "the dance", the temptation will be there to view pituitary-ball as a potential revenue generator. Ugly as s***, but a fact (I think) of life. Steve G ------------- Original Text From [log in to unmask] (The College Hockey Discussion List), on 3/29/96 1:28 PM: we've seen two D-I teams fold in recent years, and they've both been from the ccha. i wonder if this has anything to do with league politics, as well as the individual school politics being discussed at uic. any comments. scott quakkelaar [log in to unmask] michigan 1993 ucla 1995 HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.