[NU Sports] BT finally wins one

[mlinhardt at netzero.net]

I know the question is mostly rhetorical, but it comes down to a few 
factors:

1) Alumni interested in funding hockey -- Chicago is currently not a 
hotbed in hockey.
2) Robert Crown Ice Arena in Evanston besides being a dump does not 
like Northwestern for a number of reasons including alcohol.
3) Given that factor NU probably needs to buid its own ice surface, 
which requires land which NU does not have and more money.  Practing 
and playing at Highland Park, however nice and inexpensive they are is 
not conducive to a varsity sport, nor will it bring student crowds.
4) To have a male sport you must have an equivalent sport, which costs 
more money:
Synchronized Skating
http://groups.northwestern.edu/synchro/main.html
Men's Hockey
http://groups.northwestern.edu/menshockey/

We enjoy, fund, and attend both club teams, but our level of funding 
lacks 3-4 additional zeros.

-- MHRJGScott at aol.com wrote:
That was a great game, why the heck can't we have a big time hockey  
program? 



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