WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

[devildog]

Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

If they accept more students just to get a higher enrollment, they will end up with a lower quality student body. Michigan already has Northern, we don't need two schools with standards that low.

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Yeah, that's real smart. Instead of expanding your programming to draw a broader range of students, keep them restrictive and suffer the financial consequences. What are they teaching over there at Tech?

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

It's gonna have to breach $150-200k today to have a shot, based on what I've seen of most crowdfunding efforts. Best of luck. I'm skeptical.

GFM

up to $118k> right now...

[beaverhockeyfan]

Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

It's gonna have to breach $150-200k today to have a shot, based on what I've seen of most crowdfunding efforts. Best of luck. I'm skeptical.

GFM

If the goal is met, what type of numbers will they have left for players? Players can't really be sitting around right now waiting to see what happens. They need to be out there selling themselves to see if they can latch on with another program, whether it is D-I or D-III. And with Long Island University looking to fill their roster, there are spots out there.

And what does this $1 million do for next year, and the year after?

As much as I want to see the Chargers survive, I am probably as skeptical as you are...... The school can't keep doing this every 10 years to you.

[gfmorris]

Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

It's gonna have to breach $150-200k today to have a shot, based on what I've seen of most crowdfunding efforts. Best of luck. I'm skeptical.

GFM

[bcmsu9196]

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Boosters and Alumni have made a last ditch effort to save the team by this Friday. A GoFundMe has been started, and they have already raised $37,000.
Need $500,000 by Friday

GO UAH CHARGERS HOCKEY!!!

No harm in trying, if goal is not met all $$$ donated is to be refunded ... Go Chargers!

https://tinyurl.com/ydf76swr

[fairbanks hockey puck]

Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

Boosters and Alumni have made a last ditch effort to save the team by this Friday. A GoFundMe has been started, and they have already raised $37,000.
Need $500,000 by Friday

GO UAH CHARGERS HOCKEY!!!

[JohnsonsJerseys]

Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

If they accept more students just to get a higher enrollment, they will end up with a lower quality student body. Michigan already has Northern, we don't need two schools with standards that low.

Technically, NMU is in Upper Wisconsin (or Upper Missouri as CNN calls it), but you still make a valid point.

[aparch]

If they accept more students just to get a higher enrollment, they will end up with a lower quality student body. Michigan already has Northern, we don't need two schools with standards that low.

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You misspelled Central.

[MTUHuskies]

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can someone explain how LSSU enrollment is bad yet their acceptance rate is ~60%...if they're not getting enough students, why aren't they accepting more students? If enrollment is truly the problem I would expect a much higher acceptance rate for admissions.

If they accept more students just to get a higher enrollment, they will end up with a lower quality student body. Michigan already has Northern, we don't need two schools with standards that low.

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[Shirtless Guy]

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can someone explain how LSSU enrollment is bad yet their acceptance rate is ~60%...if they're not getting enough students, why aren't they accepting more students? If enrollment is truly the problem I would expect a much higher acceptance rate for admissions.

[LSSULaker889294]

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I'm guessing UAH dropping hockey was quite unexpected to the WCHA league office. If there were any rumblings of the Chargers folding, they probably would of put off releasing the 2020-21 league schedule.

[gfmorris]

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I understand UAH did such about 10 years back & saved their program but had not heard such about Ferris.

The school got 20% of the $500k pledged.

GFM

[aparch]

Re: WCHA 2020-21: We Can Do Better than Two Bids and Eight Teams Exiting

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

GFM <— signing off for a while, perhaps forever.

Please don't go. At least not forever. Your insights have always been welcomed.

[LordofBrewtown]

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So long, and thanks for all the fish.

GFM <— signing off for a while, perhaps forever.

Hope it isn't forever. Your insightful posts and perspective would be missed.

[lakersparty]

The school itself has had it's fair share of budget concerns over the last few years. Enrollment has been declining, a number of layoffs and 'reorganizing' has been going on, and outside of the season before last, the team hasn't exactly been steller, though somehow attendance numbers have increased.

I'm sure we're not out of the woods yet, but I'm not as concerned as I'm sure the Alaska school supporters are. I did, however, email Dr. Paitson to see if there was any possibility, in light of the UAH closure, to see if the department, or the school, would be willing to issue a statement concerning the program.

That's not to say they can't go back on it - I mean, the Chargers were introducing their freshman a couple weeks ago on social media, but at least it would help us fans feel a little better.

I wouldn’t worry about the hockey program unless fans aren’t allowed when hockey starts up. Bill Crawford was asked about the health of Laker Hockey just a few months ago by the CHN guys and he said it was fine. Granted that was before this situation, but the Lakers’ athletic program isn’t having trouble from any accounts.

The worry, like you mentioned, has been on the university side. They need to attract more students.