MSG: Red Hot Hockey

[Jim Hyla]

I'm going with son and friend and brother and my wife -  we could each put a ziplock of Snickers in pockets and meet up with you inside ?

Apparently this is a tradition that started after I left.  What's the deal with the snickers?

1: I always give them to the band, home or away.

2: For 20 years, or so, in the second intermission I've thrown them to fans at the away games I attend. I used to throw them at Sec B fans at home games, but then CU made me stop.:`-(

Last year Harvard made me stop at their rink. So we'll see what happens this year.

Is the rationale for this that by giving candy away you lower for-profit sales at the licensed stands?

After all, I assume you're throwing out wrapped Snicker bars that almost certainly have not been tampered with. What other reason could they have?

Yes, what possible reason could they have for not wanting someone to throw small, solid projectiles into the stands?

Not saying I agree with their stance, but it's not at all crazy.

CU allows penalty box officials to throw candy from the ice, but not me. So what does that mean? I have no idea.

Think like a lawyer. Their insurance can indemnify their own employees if something happens. If you injure someone, Cornell could be on the hook for letting you do it and uninsured for it.

I'd rather not, but I figured someone would come up with this. Next they'll probably say that I can't hand out newspapers. There must be some potential problem with that.:-D

[upprdeck]

the crew throwing candy on the ice to kids has been scaled back because of lawyers too

[osorojo]

Lawyers do not think. They scheme. "Think like a lawyer" is an oxymoron - sorta like  "Harvard hockey star".

[scoop85]

I know it's easy to bash lawyers, but that's a sorry take

[Trotsky]

A society where disputes are mediated by lawyers is better than a society where disputes are mediated by gunmen, even if in the end the result is the same and the richest person wins.

[osorojo]

A society mediated by juries of peers and by judges is infinitely preferable to a society mediated by lawyers. Harvard is currently rated #1 in the ECAC; Cornell is tied for second place. Betcha this ranking was done by lawyers, not juries of the people.

[Scersk '97]

A society where disputes are mediated by lawyers is better than a society where disputes are mediated by gunmen, even if in the end the result is the same and the richest person wins.

Well, the right answer then is to reduce the cost of serious weaponry, right? Am I right?

"We're armed, and they're armed! Yayyy!"

Or we could just all become lawyers, right? Is that the answer?

[Dafatone]

A society where disputes are mediated by lawyers is better than a society where disputes are mediated by gunmen, even if in the end the result is the same and the richest person wins.

Well, the right answer then is to reduce the cost of serious weaponry, right? Am I right?

"We're armed, and they're armed! Yayyy!"

Or we could just all become lawyers, right? Is that the answer?

That's my family's motto.

[cth95]

Damn lawyers.  Always have to ruin everyone's fun.

[Beeeej]

A society mediated by juries of peers and by judges is infinitely preferable to a society mediated by lawyers. Harvard is currently rated #1 in the ECAC; Cornell is tied for second place. Betcha this ranking was done by lawyers, not juries of the people.

They're not "rated" #1. They've accumulated the most points in conference play so far, which they've done while playing in more conference games than Cornell has yet played. I think standings ought to be done by winning percentage instead of points because it accounts for those "game in hand" situations, but it's not up to me - and things even out once the Beanpot is done anyway.

[andyw2100]

A society mediated by juries of peers and by judges is infinitely preferable to a society mediated by lawyers. Harvard is currently rated #1 in the ECAC; Cornell is tied for second place. Betcha this ranking was done by lawyers, not juries of the people.

They're not "rated" #1. They've accumulated the most points in conference play so far, which they've done while playing in more conference games than Cornell has yet played. I think standings ought to be done by winning percentage instead of points because it accounts for those "game in hand" situations, but it's not up to me - and things even out once the Beanpot is done anyway.

Ummm...not for ECAC standings.

[Beeeej]

A society mediated by juries of peers and by judges is infinitely preferable to a society mediated by lawyers. Harvard is currently rated #1 in the ECAC; Cornell is tied for second place. Betcha this ranking was done by lawyers, not juries of the people.

They're not "rated" #1. They've accumulated the most points in conference play so far, which they've done while playing in more conference games than Cornell has yet played. I think standings ought to be done by winning percentage instead of points because it accounts for those "game in hand" situations, but it's not up to me - and things even out once the Beanpot is done anyway.

Ummm...not for ECAC standings.

Yes, for ECAC standings. One of the main reasons Hahvahd plays a different, more front-loaded in-conference schedule is to make room for the Beanpot. Been that way for years.

[andyw2100]

A society mediated by juries of peers and by judges is infinitely preferable to a society mediated by lawyers. Harvard is currently rated #1 in the ECAC; Cornell is tied for second place. Betcha this ranking was done by lawyers, not juries of the people.

They're not "rated" #1. They've accumulated the most points in conference play so far, which they've done while playing in more conference games than Cornell has yet played. I think standings ought to be done by winning percentage instead of points because it accounts for those "game in hand" situations, but it's not up to me - and things even out once the Beanpot is done anyway.

Ummm...not for ECAC standings.

Yes, for ECAC standings. One of the main reasons Hahvahd plays a different, more front-loaded in-conference schedule is to make room for the Beanpot. Been that way for years.

The original point was about Harvard being "rated" higher than Cornell. You correctly pointed out that they had played one more conference game than Cornell, which is why they show as being ahead of Cornell in the conference standings. The games Harvard loses in the Beanpot won't affect the conference standings.

[Beeeej]

A society mediated by juries of peers and by judges is infinitely preferable to a society mediated by lawyers. Harvard is currently rated #1 in the ECAC; Cornell is tied for second place. Betcha this ranking was done by lawyers, not juries of the people.

They're not "rated" #1. They've accumulated the most points in conference play so far, which they've done while playing in more conference games than Cornell has yet played. I think standings ought to be done by winning percentage instead of points because it accounts for those "game in hand" situations, but it's not up to me - and things even out once the Beanpot is done anyway.

Ummm...not for ECAC standings.

Yes, for ECAC standings. One of the main reasons Hahvahd plays a different, more front-loaded in-conference schedule is to make room for the Beanpot. Been that way for years.

The original point was about Harvard being "rated" higher than Cornell. You correctly pointed out that they had played one more conference game than Cornell, which is why they show as being ahead of Cornell in the conference standings. The games Harvard loses in the Beanpot won't affect the conference standings.

And I didn't say they would. The schedule will normalize at that time, that's all.

[andyw2100]

A society mediated by juries of peers and by judges is infinitely preferable to a society mediated by lawyers. Harvard is currently rated #1 in the ECAC; Cornell is tied for second place. Betcha this ranking was done by lawyers, not juries of the people.

They're not "rated" #1. They've accumulated the most points in conference play so far, which they've done while playing in more conference games than Cornell has yet played. I think standings ought to be done by winning percentage instead of points because it accounts for those "game in hand" situations, but it's not up to me - and things even out once the Beanpot is done anyway.

Ummm...not for ECAC standings.

Yes, for ECAC standings. One of the main reasons Hahvahd plays a different, more front-loaded in-conference schedule is to make room for the Beanpot. Been that way for years.

The original point was about Harvard being "rated" higher than Cornell. You correctly pointed out that they had played one more conference game than Cornell, which is why they show as being ahead of Cornell in the conference standings. The games Harvard loses in the Beanpot won't affect the conference standings.

And I didn't say they would. The schedule will normalize at that time, that's all.

Yes, we're saying the same thing. My response was to what I thought was a joke you were making about Harvard's perennial failure in the Beanpot, which of course we both know will not affect ECAC standings. I now realize you weren't making that joke.