Laurie Sefton wrote: >As far as I can tell, the NCAA doesn't want to operate on the assumption of >innocence until proven otherwise (not that they have to, but one might >think that they would try to reflect some of the better qualities of the >judicial system in the US) and if they've decided to start pounding on >Minnesota, well, there isn't much short of a class action suit by the >universities who feel that they have been wronged by the "stewardship" of >the NCAA to stop this ugly business. I don't see where this investigation constitutes "pounding on Minnesota." Any payment from a coach to a (former) player would be something that a reasonable person might question as being suspect. I would seem naive to me to think otherwise. Apparently even the University agrees, given the reported sanctions they have imposed on Woog and the program. Mike Blanchard [log in to unmask] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.