1. "Maine placed on probation for four years" is the title of the major article. This is far and away the best description of the major violations and penalties that I've seen. It doesn't answer some of the questions on penalties that have been raised and leaves out some information such as the fact that though the football team was penalized 13 scholarships for next year, many of those would be scholarships that would not have been used by Maine anyway. (I think) strangely, the report says that Maine and the head men's ice hockey coach may appeal, yet the only sanctions on Walsh were given by Maine and now "adopted" by the NCAA. Why was Walsh mentioned, but not coaches of the other 10 sports affected? Point your web browser to http://www.ncaa.org/news/960819/active/3330N13.html for the complete story. 2. "Maine to keep title" basically reported what we already know: Mrs. Dunham made a good-faith effort to abide by the rules and was led astray by USA Hockey. This was not condoned, but the NCAA "did not believe it warranted requiring the institution to vacate its championship". Point your web browser to http://www.ncaa.org/news/960819/active/3330N17.html for the complete story. Yours in Maine hockey (Drop the Puck!), Wayne T. Smith Systems Group -- CAPS [log in to unmask] University of Maine System Co-owner of the College Hockey lists - Hockey-L/Info-Hockey-L/Hockey3