the loss of the cha inevitable?

[redhair34]

[quote ugarte]While I could do without an AQ from the CHA in the tourney[/quote]


Niagara=good chance at wining the CHA. Reminder: AQ's-->TUC's.  Wins against TUC's = very good.  Considering we are playing 2 games against them next year, I can live with it.;-)

[RichH]

Am I correct in guessing that the 4-team ACC is the only conference that doesn't have an AQ in lacrosse?

[redhair34]

[quote RichH]Am I correct in guessing that the 4-team ACC is the only conference that doesn't have an AQ in lacrosse?[/quote]

The ECAC doesn't (at least this year).

[Chris \'03]

[quote RichH]Am I correct in guessing that the 4-team ACC is the only conference that doesn't have an AQ in lacrosse?[/quote]

Looks like the 8-team ECAC doesn't get one either... but that doesn't seem right.

Autobids:

American East Conference
Colonial Athletic Conference
Great Western Lacrosse League
Ivy Group
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Patriot League

http://www.laxpower.com/update06/binmen/ncaa01.php

[redhair34]

[quote Chris '03]
Looks like the 8-team ECAC doesn't get one either... but that doesn't seem right.
[/quote]

I'm too lazy to sift through the laxpower forum to discover why they don't receive an automatic bid.  I'm sure someone here can explain it to us. ::help::

[RichH]

[quote redhair34][quote Chris '03]
Looks like the 8-team ECAC doesn't get one either... but that doesn't seem right.
[/quote]

I'm too lazy to sift through the laxpower forum to discover why they don't receive an automatic bid.  I'm sure someone here can explain it to us. ::help::[/quote]

Just found it:

http://www.laxpower.com//forums/viewtopic.php?t=8628&highlight=

[Q]for a conference to warrant an aq (not that the acc needs it with the quality of their teams) it is obliged to maintain a consistent 6 members for a minimum of 2 years. (the ecac lost their aq last year after navy and umbc left for other conferences. it will regain it after next year (2007) with this year's addition of hobart, loyola, and st. john's - fairfield will join next year but that is inconsequential to the aq.) [/Q]

[jy3]

[quote Roy 82][quote jtwcornell91][quote Liz '05][quote Jerseygirl]Silly me, I read that thread title before seeing who started it, and thought the "cha" was something like "chi" or energy flow. I should have realized that a) that poster doesn't believe in caps and b) this crowd ain't that new-agey.[/quote]

I thought "cha...as in cha-cha?"  [/quote]

You and me both. ;-)[/quote]

You and me three. I thought it was something like "mojo" (which, come to think of it, is probably a good English translation of "chi").

[sarcasm]
Don't blame yourself. Blame the messenger. Perhaps he/she is not simply lazy or conforming to some percieved norm of internet protocol (all lower case was like so 1990s) but has small hands or RSI and cannot easily reach the shift key.

Rather than simply criticize, I would like to help him/her out. Here is a supply of capital letters for use on elynah. Just let me know if you need more:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
XXXXXXXXX (don't need many of these)
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[/sarcasm]
Sorry, I am procrastinating at work and taking it out on the oringinal poster for confusing me.[/quote]
(sarcasm was noted)
could it also be to reflect the diminutive status of a possibly dieing league? no, he cant have a reason b/c he never uses apostrophes either!
i thought criticizing people on the internet when you know nothing about them about insignificant topics and having more than one person repeat it was so 1990s as well.
sigh
as I have mentioned before, would other teams ever step up and donate some cash to help another school gain d1 status or pay them to come into a league?
i doubt it but it is interesting when you think about ncca mens hockey and the nhl.

[Liz '05]

[quote jy3](sarcasm was noted)
could it also be to reflect the diminutive status of a possibly dieing league? no, he cant have a reason b/c he never uses apostrophes either!
i thought criticizing people on the internet when you know nothing about them about insignificant topics and having more than one person repeat it was so 1990s as well.
sigh
as I have mentioned before, would other teams ever step up and donate some cash to help another school gain d1 status or pay them to come into a league?
i doubt it but it is interesting when you think about ncca mens hockey and the nhl.[/quote]

As part of that lengthy quote, I'd like to mention that no criticism was intended.  I just thought my initial thought upon reading the title of this thread was amusing.

On-topic post: the CHA did step up and donate cash (or at least offer to donate cash) to convince teams to join their league.  It didn't work, though it seemed to have at least gotten Kennesaw State's attention long enough for them to explore the idea.  I hope the legislation goes through, because that really seems to be the only way to keep the CHA as a fully functioning league and one where schools can introduce new hockey programs.  Certainly, all the realignment ideas floating around USCHO are unlikely to happen.

[DeltaOne81]

"People (feel) optimistic for sure, based on precdent and based on the rationale behind it," said Anastos. "And because there are people on the Championships Cabinet and Management Council that very well understand our sport. So you never know, but there's optimism."

The Cabinet includes representatives from hockey-playing schools Miami, Connecticut, Denver, Cornell and Quinnipiac.

Since when does Cornell actually *participate* with anything to do with college sports. Other than wrestling, of course, and their obligatory committement to hockey.

Get off the Championship Cabinet and use your free time to host a regional!

[Roy 82]

[quote Liz '05][quote jy3](sarcasm was noted)
could it also be to reflect the diminutive status of a possibly dieing league? no, he cant have a reason b/c he never uses apostrophes either!
i thought criticizing people on the internet when you know nothing about them about insignificant topics and having more than one person repeat it was so 1990s as well.
sigh
as I have mentioned before, would other teams ever step up and donate some cash to help another school gain d1 status or pay them to come into a league?
i doubt it but it is interesting when you think about ncca mens hockey and the nhl.[/quote]

As part of that lengthy quote, I'd like to mention that no criticism was intended.  I just thought my initial thought upon reading the title of this thread was amusing.
[/quote]

My criticism was intended. I could have done it in a less condescending manner, and for that I apologize. Unlike Liz, who is a far more gracious person than I, my reaction to the miscommunication was not one of laughing at myself but of mild annoyance at you because your style confused me. Since I don't know you, I automatically "filled in the blank" by assigning motive to your style.

So feel free to make use of this information as you see fit. Just letting you know that your presentation style will sometime confuse some and sometimes annoy some (or maybe just me).

Anyway, we've discussed this topic before on another thread and so the horse is starting to keel over. If we were in the midst of hockey season I probably wouldn't have cared but I was bored.

Peace out. ::rock:: (that's almost a peace sign)

[jy3]

whatever works, roy. there are more important things to worry about than my lack of punctuation and use of big letters. as i said a posting in the hockey forum with the letters "c" "h" and "a" together suggests a hockey post and not an off topic post. maybe I am asking too much for people to realize that just as you are asking too much for me to use punctuation and big letters or rather asking too much to have people not assume that an OT post would be in the hockey section.

no offense taken, no matter what was intended, so dont sweat it.

liz, i had not realized that $ was dealt out to the members. interesting

[jtwcornell91]

IthinkweshouldreturntotheoldEnglishpractiseofnotputtingspacesbe
tweenwordsorpunctuationwithinsentences.thatwouldsavevaluablepar
chmentandallowforthefurtherglacialdevelopmentofourcivilisation.

[Beeeej]

[quote jtwcornell91]IthinkweshouldreturntotheoldEnglishpractiseofnotputtingspacesbe
tweenwordsorpunctuationwithinsentences.thatwouldsavevaluablepar
chmentandallowforthefurtherglacialdevelopmentofourcivilisation.[/quote]

frthtmttrwhndsvwls?

Bj

[cth95]

I never have been able to understand why proper punctuation and grammar are expected on hard paper, but are so often neglected when the medium is electronic.  Should we assume that an author is so busy that they simply do not have the time to use proper English?  The time of the author must therefore be far more valuable than that of the reader, since it seems to be okay for the reader to now spend more time trying to decipher the implied message.  ::rolleyes::

[DeltaOne81]

Hey Age, can we have a new forum for arguments about grammar?  ::help::