Some Ivy League schools may still not have enough student athletes to field a team so the moves yesterday made it more likely the 39 team limit could be met this spring.My hope is Lafayette has begun planning for the spring, to allow the next phase to happen. The  average size of the crowds last year was about 350. Why not to games.


Now, I may be proven wrong but recent testing by schools, especially in the Northeast are getting favorable results ( eg. I think there was an electronic shrug at the other end of the line.I looked up the “guidelines,” which I think were promulgated in May. The US team was not the “dream” team we are now accustomed to today, but a team of 21 year old college players picked more for their ability to mix as a team rather than those that had individual skills. Here is a quote from the AD at West Point ) a Patriot League member, ” There is no option for our cadet athletes to extend or make up for lost time in sports .

They should have waited for the rest of Divison one ( especially the ones sponsoring Olympic sports ) to come to a considered solution. ?Who is leading……whose on first indeed!!!!! Will crowds be limited to some number under 350, and how will those seats be allocated??? At the present time 34 schools are NOT playing according to my information, meaning if 5 undecideds change there is no NCAA tournament this fall.The most vulnerable conferences who might call off the fall are the Mid-American Conference and the NEC.

These seven schools will bring the number of schools not playing this fall to 40 assuming Louisville will return after their quarantine.

No doubt each other, and will that make them ineligible for a spring NCAA championship?? College hockey is the fastest, most exciting amateur sport on the planet! Will they declare as a redshirt for coming semester to preserve an extra year of eligibility?? The game was not over and I still dream of the possibilities. Last fall she received the Maroon Club Scholar Athlete award, and last night received the Class of 1913 Trophy for the senior scholar athlete, and the Charles L. Albert ’08 award for best senior athlete. A ten dollar fee for 300 fans generates 3000 dollars per game for 8 home games or 24,000 dollars. Bucknell and Lehigh  have pre September 18 football  games with Villanova still posted. Only nineteen teams have won the National Title, but each season every program begins another quest for a trip to the Frozen Four and the NCAA Championship. NCAA's Dan Gavitt: We'll deliver a March Madness tournament in 2021The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a proposal to allow conferences to use one of two alternative formats to award points in their standings after the mandatory five-on-five, five-minute overtime period in men’s and women’s ice hockey.After a traditional five-minute, five-on-five overtime, conferences may use either a five-minute, three-on-three overtime period and a shootout or only a shootout to award additional conference points. ( Training personnel, field time on sites that host multiple sports, and priorities associated with weather and wear and tear on fields).Each school has different resources to bring to the table not everyone has 40 plus billion dollars in endowment like Harvard.I still believe this was a hasty, ill considered action by the Patriot League presidents. Ads are what helps us bring you premium content! Will the NCAA temporarily raise the ceiling on scholarships due to the crisis? Questions? Unlike the rest of the world, I wonder if they expect to be paid for not teaching…..of  course they do!!

There are 12 football playing schools in the conference, four have decided to continue with fall “olympic” sports, Army, Navy, Georgetown, and Fordham. TJHN has confirmed, through multiple sources that their are two Western United States NCAA programs looking to add Division One College Hockey as soon as the 2017-2018 season. I was asked a question by a player from another Patriot League School, about the league extending a fifth year to those players losing a season.

At nine am on Friday, I was in contact with a friend who was in a position to know!!! no reason to be the second through the door with no one behind you!I kind of wear my opinions on my sleeve, so if you have been reading my articles you’re probably going to know how I feel about the cancelling of fall sports.

For the most part, they have decided to play each other and replicate that strategy for their Olympic sports, including field hockey.The Division one committee has stated that if 50% of the eligible sports are not playing there would be no national Division one tournament. The return of sports has had underlying  unifying themes, first expense control, second revenue enhancement, and third safety in light of the virus.I know I am going to get a lot of flack for the above statement, but in my view planning for many schools has involved preserving revenue streams and enhancing expense reduction, first.