USCHO Interview
Suspension of Canisius Player:
I have no problem with stiff penalties for egregious violations of rules, especially those that threaten player safety. However, this set of suspensions is completely arbitrary. Six games; the first four being immediate, and then two additional when Canisius travels to Colorado Springs in February? That is moving beyond commissioners discretion, and into area of unilateral authority and decisions. What if a commissioner is an alum of a certain program? Bias can creep in (or at least be claimed) if the commissioner has complete authroity to make up penalties along the way.
Non-Conference Play: Duh. I think it has been well established that on whole, the conference has the ability to "compete", but not necessarily win against other conferences.
Future Expansion, Four Unnamed Programs: I guess its a safe bet that UAH is one of the four. Unless someone has the skinny, I am all for idle speculation. Navy? Beyond that, it gets interesting. It would have to be either a new program (which can't be a D-III school anymore), or someone from another conference. I used to follow NCAA rules, but lost track. Can (new) D-II programs still play up?
Stonehill?
St. A's?
St. Michael's?
SNHU?
Merrimack? (Go ahead, pile on and tell me how ridiculous this is.)
Suspension of Canisius Player:
I have no problem with stiff penalties for egregious violations of rules, especially those that threaten player safety. However, this set of suspensions is completely arbitrary. Six games; the first four being immediate, and then two additional when Canisius travels to Colorado Springs in February? That is moving beyond commissioners discretion, and into area of unilateral authority and decisions. What if a commissioner is an alum of a certain program? Bias can creep in (or at least be claimed) if the commissioner has complete authroity to make up penalties along the way.
Non-Conference Play: Duh. I think it has been well established that on whole, the conference has the ability to "compete", but not necessarily win against other conferences.
Future Expansion, Four Unnamed Programs: I guess its a safe bet that UAH is one of the four. Unless someone has the skinny, I am all for idle speculation. Navy? Beyond that, it gets interesting. It would have to be either a new program (which can't be a D-III school anymore), or someone from another conference. I used to follow NCAA rules, but lost track. Can (new) D-II programs still play up?
Stonehill?
St. A's?
St. Michael's?
SNHU?
Merrimack? (Go ahead, pile on and tell me how ridiculous this is.)
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