In a message dated 11/24/99 10:49:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << > As noted everyone has an agenda - from defenders of Canadian Junior Hockey- > to someone referring to the NCAA as NC$$. This list has a history, and those who have spent many years on this list know that it was once standard form to refer the Kansas mafia as NC$$. A lot of people from those days have jumped ship and the list is poorer for it. >> I do not care for the casual use of the word Mafia. We do not need a "group " mentality but cogent comments and insights on issues on college hockey. There are two that could provide some decent dialogue- a) the long (and short) term affect on college hockey of the 2 new conferences - ie. impact on existing conferences and b) the apparent loosening of the NCAA rules on amateur athletes (Canadian Major Junior As). HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.