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The following article really tempered my enthusiasm for Big Red basketball quite a bit this week: http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/8727/cornell-hoops-wall-streets-semipros

Several members of the media spent the week writing about the "purity" of our vision of student-athletes vs. the "semi-pro" nature of Kentucky (and by extension, most top NCAA programs). In my humble opinion, the fact that many of our most successful athletes end up within the investment banking / hedge fund pipeline serves to complicate such a comparison. While our beloved athletes certainly have a claim to the higher moral ground with respect to being true student-athletes, the fact that many of them end up being part of the "Wall St. establishment" post graduation seems to nullify it a bit.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am an alum that works on Wall St. I have to say that I personally found the whole TARP / "Wall St. bailout" experience to be an enlightening one that has shaken the core of my belief in the reality of our democratic society (e.g., both parties serve Wall St. before anything / anyone else, etc.). However, I thought I'd share my perspective to see if it resonates with anyone else.

Sorry about that - did a quick scan and didn't see anyone post it. Also, this article was dated June 25th; hence the posting.

http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17118/FormerCornellGoalieMcKeePleadsNotGuiltytoRapeCharges.html

Can someone post the score?

Seems like the Nov. 10th game at Lynah between Sucks and Cornell is the only nationally-televised regular season appearance for the Big Red in 2006 - 2007!

Source: http://www.ecachockeyleague.com/news/television_06-07

Feels like the TV coverage is getting worse despite the team's success.

http://www.cstv.com/chat/032006aaa.html

Vinod (New York): As a person that is very familiar with the Big Red, what do you feel their prospects are for capturing a national championship within the next few years? Have they attained all that they can with the 2003 / 2005 runs as long as they play within the current system? As a Big Red fan, I am searching for the light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for your thoughts.

Adam Wodon: I'd hate to say it's impossible for them to do it, but the 2003 team was a very special team, and getting back to that level is very, very difficult for Cornell to accomplish. They had a great balance of skill, toughness, smarts, leadership and goaltending that they are going to need to achieve it. Players like Doug Murray, Stephen Baby and Mark McRae don't come around all that often. I think Cornell is recruiting a lot more skill than ever before, but Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc. are always going to recruit more of it -- so it would take something extra ... and that's what this group -- as good as it is -- doesn't have that the 2003 group did. Whether the new recruits turn into that, we'll see. But the crop over the next two years has as much talent as Cornell has ever brought in. Can they get a Hobey-caliber goalie again? That remains to be seen, too.

Check out http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/INCH.htm

ESPN.com's The Show: Cornell's Chris Abbott guests Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET.

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