A little more knowledge, plus Jim Love's comments, have prompted me to post on this one again. I think Jim went a bit overboard in his reaction; on it's own, this really isn't a big deal. At least here at Minnesota, students have about three weeks before drop/add ends. While I stand by my opinion that this isn't a good sign for those of us who were hoping to see Rass back next year, there is another perfectly plausible explanation, one I used frequently myself. When I was at the U, I would routinely only register for classes I thought might fill up. Other than that, I attended the first couple of sessions of 6-8 (or more) courses and only make my final registration well into the second week of the term, after I'd had a chance to give them a look. Given that one of the NCAA's main concerns seems to be whether something that an athlete does is a special privilege not available to the general student, Rasmussen's actions could in fact be perfectly reasonable. There is another reason I think that forfeits are not being demanded. Frankly, this is a suspension I've never heard of before. Yet it wasn't just Rasmussen. We saw the post about the players at Alaska-Fairbanks getting zapped. Also, while merely channel surfing this afternoon, I heard two different references to basketball players suspended for the same infraction. It sounds to me as if the NCAA has just started enforcing the rule, or has a new interpretation. Thus, they may be going a bit lightly at the beginning. J. Michael Neal HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.