tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436487506141525700.post648407241688421..comments2011-05-10T09:35:57.588-05:00Comments on The LPH Blog: Blais to be Named New UNO Head Coach, Switch to WCHA ExpectedKKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624940848687877864noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436487506141525700.post-85502348043006490942009-06-15T22:37:27.686-05:002009-06-15T22:37:27.686-05:00KK,
Show me how UNO makes the WCHA more money. It ...KK,<br />Show me how UNO makes the WCHA more money. It doesn't. Show me where Bemidji makes the WCHA more money. It doesn't either. <br /><br />UAF though would make money for EVERY team in the league (in the hundreds of thousands of dollars). The NCAA provides an exemption for every game you play in Alaska versus an Alaska team. That's an exemption that each and every WCHA team can use to schedule additional home games ... perhaps start their own tournament. <br /><br />Lets use a school like Mankato ... with the additional home games they stand to make as much as 150,000 extra dollars a year. If they were to pimp out their exempt games by scheduling a game or series at the Xcel then it could be substantially more.<br /><br />EVERY team in the WCHA could do this. UNO and Bemidji don't create this revenue stream. UAF does.Donald Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157861465464109957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436487506141525700.post-72721845275991813432009-06-15T09:54:19.606-05:002009-06-15T09:54:19.606-05:00The teams in the WCHA would be stupid not to vote ...The teams in the WCHA would be stupid not to vote for a 12-team league with BSU and UNO. Not only is it good for college hockey and good for aligning teams geographically, but the WCHA stands to earn even more money from the addition of two teams. Getting votes from UAA/CC/DU to add BSU alone was going to be tough, but CC and DU would jump at the chance to add UNO (and therefore, BSU). Really the only hold-up in expansion was the absence of a legitimate 12th team. With Blais at UNO, it's only a matter of time before the Mavs apply for the WCHA.KKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624940848687877864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436487506141525700.post-48211126246384292542009-06-12T18:03:38.470-05:002009-06-12T18:03:38.470-05:00You can order your "Jump To Conclusions"...You can order your "Jump To Conclusions" mat <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/8e6c/?cpg=froogle" rel="nofollow">at this fine site</a> for only 12.99. Agreeing to join or accepting the WCHA's offer doesn't mean 8 out of 10 teams are going to vote for it.Donald Dunlophttp://uaafanblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com