The new Super League is going down the tubes.

[4four4]

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The Press Conference on Wednesday will explain how the league will go down the tubes, what tube they will go down and who's fault it is that they had to leave the WCHA & CCHA.

Live Press Conference

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

11 AM MT

www.OneSportsPlus.com

Right after this press conference the Big Ten will be announcing that they will be leaving the NCAA. Seriously, don't be suprised if this happens in the future. ;P

[smokeythebear]

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So now Notre Dame is going to create the "CHL" ... Catholic Hockey League?

Notre Dame
Boston College
Providence College
Holy Cross
Merrimack
Canisius

the lord doesn't pick sides, all have split conference championship

[Flashy Man]

Re: The new Super League is going down the tubes.

The Press Conference on Wednesday will explain how the league will go down the tubes, what tube they will go down and who's fault it is that they had to leave the WCHA & CCHA.

Live Press Conference

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

11 AM MT

www.OneSportsPlus.com

Too bad it be overshadowed by the US Women's Soccer team making it to the World Cup Finals.

[icehawk]

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Show me all these Sioux fans who are all excited about this new Super Conference? I have seen Sioux fans stating that this is necessary after losing Minnesota and Wisconsin to the B10, but that's just them stating what they see as the reality of the situation, not excitment over leaving. I've seen several Sioux fans refer to how they don't like this change on posts on this board over the last couple of days. I have yet to see one who is bubbling over with excitment about it. There is probably someone out there who is, but I have yet to find them.

We are in the same boat that Gopher/Badger fans were in a couple months ago. Our school has made a choice that many of us aren't happy with. We can speak against it, we can feel bad for the schools left behind, the rivalries lost, the history being walked away from. But we can't change it. That doesn't mean we are excited about it.

Yep all the Sioux fans I know in my parts are dead set against this new super duper league. Of course I am old as are most my friends are and we hate to see the tradition of the WCHA go down the tubes. Not sure where people are getting the idea that Sioux fans are all giddy about this new league because the majority of us are not.

[Montelena]

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It took an 80 million dollar or so donation with strings attached for Penn State to do it. You need to lay off the funny stuff.

Thank you. Obviously, these people on here have never looked at an athletic budget nor have they taken the time to learn about title IX.

If you did, you would understand the difficulty of started a Division I full-scholarship hockey program. College hockey is a very expensive sport to initiate considering the expectation of losing $6-800 on a womens program that would be mandatory to be in compliance with title IX.

[Flashy Man]

Thank you. Obviously, these people on here have never looked at an athletic budget nor have they taken the time to learn about title IX.

If you did, you would understand the difficulty of started a Division I full-scholarship hockey program. College hockey is a very expensive sport to initiate considering the expectation of losing $6-800 on a womens program that would be mandatory to be in compliance with title IX.

$6-$800 seems relatively manageable.

[Shirtless Guy]

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Someone else understands math.

Too bad the pot will probably be half the size too...

[ecbrevik]

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Too bad the pot will probably be half the size too...

I doubt the pot will be half what it would have been in a Minny/Bucky-less WCHA. Exactly what it ends up being depends very much on what these schools manage to negotiate for TV rights and how they handle the conference tourny. On the TV side, much may ride with Notre Dame. The Irish are a national name with a national following, and if Notre Dame ends up in the new conference it probably ups the TV value by quite a bit. If Notre Dame goes elsewhere, the TV value of the new league is much less.

In the end, I doubt the pot will be less than it would have been in the new WCHA. It could be more. And that is why this is happening. My bet is these 6 schools expect the pot to grow based on this move.

[MaizeRage]

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Too bad it be overshadowed by the US Women's Soccer team making it to the World Cup Finals.

I think you mean 'too funny' that it will be overshadowed by women's soccer.

[Shirtless Guy]

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I doubt the pot will be half what it would have been in a Minny/Bucky-less WCHA. Exactly what it ends up being depends very much on what these schools manage to negotiate for TV rights and how they handle the conference tourny. On the TV side, much may ride with Notre Dame. The Irish are a national name with a national following, and if Notre Dame ends up in the new conference it probably ups the TV value by quite a bit. If Notre Dame goes elsewhere, the TV value of the new league is much less.

In the end, I doubt the pot will be less than it would have been in the new WCHA. It could be more. And that is why this is happening. My bet is these 6 schools expect the pot to grow based on this move.

IF you get Notre Dame, this whole move makes sense to the Sioux-Per League. If not, I don't really see the SPL revenue really being more than half what it would have been in the B1Gless WCHA. The playoff structure is very important in determining this. Other than Grand Forks...there isn't a location that makes sense and there will be very little interest for this tournament from Minnesotans...But we'll never know since you guys abandoned the league before we could even see what the Final Five would be like without the B1Gs

[Flashy Man]

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IF you get Notre Dame, this whole move makes sense to the Sioux-Per League. If not, I don't really see the SPL revenue really being more than half what it would have been in the B1Gless WCHA. The playoff structure is very important in determining this. Other than Grand Forks...there isn't a location that makes sense and there will be very little interest for this tournament from Minnesotans...But we'll never know since you guys abandoned the league before we could even see what the Final Five would be like without the B1Gs

Only other place I forsee is maybe if the get the new 12,000 seat arena in Sioux Falls. http://siouxfalls.org/eventscenter

[Tipsy McStagger]

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Bettman and Ebersol's (NBC) vision is to strategically target and catalyze the growth of NHL hockey viewership in key hockey markets throughout the US. Could NBC be persuaded to adopt a vision that includes investing in the college hockey media market generated by the Super League?

Bettman and Ebersol are idiots. Ebersol lost NBC tens of millions of dollars and no longer works for them.

Are people seriously this dense to think that this new conference is going to get a major cable deal? Wake up. Aside from Denver, you have Grand Forks, Duluth, Oxford, Colorado Springs and Omaha. In other words, one media market worth anything. Schools with enrollments that are at most 1/3 the size of the Big Ten schools. The Big Ten schools are also all schools with huge followings outside their immediate metro areas. NO ONE WILL WATCH THESE GAMES.

[4four4]

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Too bad it be overshadowed by the US Women's Soccer team making it to the World Cup Finals.

That was a hell of a game. I got to I gave up on them with 3 minutes left in the extra session, right before the goal of the decade.

[Flashy Man]

That was a hell of a game. I got to I gave up on them with 3 minutes left in the extra session, right before the goal of the decade.

It was probably one of the most amazing moments in US National sports...time to win the last two rounds to make it count.

[ronmexico]

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Is anyone taking odds on whether or not Donald is going to tyrannize us with another midnight baby fit?