Re: Hockey support in Georgia
Hey man, we were here before most every one of those guys.
If D-I happens down South — and it won't, and we're stubbornly keeping the dream alive — it happens with 2-3 teams going as a group, with donors. I could see Georgia and Georgia Tech both making the jump, but they'd pretty much need a Pegula situation to make that viable. The SECHC is an okay league, but most of those schools have home games a ways away from campus. Those young men are really doing it because they love the game, and I have all the respect in the world for them for doing it. Everyone around here has to really worry about Title IX responsibilities given the football situation. Adding a men's sport of hockey's size probably means add two women's sports of similar size, and the money factory that Nick Saban runs just isn't going to put money into hockey, even if he did help our efforts at UAH.
Kennesaw was our best hope, and I do believe that Sonny Perdue killed that one, eh, 5hole?
GFM <— hopes to see Niagara come to UAH again so 5hole will be back in our building.
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If D-I happens down South — and it won't, and we're stubbornly keeping the dream alive — it happens with 2-3 teams going as a group, with donors. I could see Georgia and Georgia Tech both making the jump, but they'd pretty much need a Pegula situation to make that viable. The SECHC is an okay league, but most of those schools have home games a ways away from campus. Those young men are really doing it because they love the game, and I have all the respect in the world for them for doing it. Everyone around here has to really worry about Title IX responsibilities given the football situation. Adding a men's sport of hockey's size probably means add two women's sports of similar size, and the money factory that Nick Saban runs just isn't going to put money into hockey, even if he did help our efforts at UAH.
Kennesaw was our best hope, and I do believe that Sonny Perdue killed that one, eh, 5hole?
GFM <— hopes to see Niagara come to UAH again so 5hole will be back in our building.
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