Re: AP: New WCHA "bleeding money"
BTW- while this maybe the opposite of what people see the WCHA doing, but a reasonable option is to help other western schools get hockey going.
There are some out there- similar to how ASU *might* get some P12 schools going. But that would let the WCHA split east/west, and be big enough to not force all teams to travel to Alaska more than once a year.
That's not going to help the tournament at all, as you get a bunch of new small schools. But that does get you less travel, with a TV deal, more eyes, etc. And there are western schools that want to add hockey. Well, I know of one. But it's a long, long way off.
BTW- while this maybe the opposite of what people see the WCHA doing, but a reasonable option is to help other western schools get hockey going.
There are some out there- similar to how ASU *might* get some P12 schools going. But that would let the WCHA split east/west, and be big enough to not force all teams to travel to Alaska more than once a year.
That's not going to help the tournament at all, as you get a bunch of new small schools. But that does get you less travel, with a TV deal, more eyes, etc. And there are western schools that want to add hockey. Well, I know of one. But it's a long, long way off.
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