{"id":95714,"date":"2010-09-17T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/blogs\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2010-09-17T11:00:19","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T17:00:19","slug":"big-tens-statement-on-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/09\/17\/big-tens-statement-on-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten’s Statement on Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here’s the text of the Big Ten’s statement in reaction to Penn State’s announcement that it’s adding men’s and women’s hockey:<\/p>\n
The Big Ten Conference is excited about Penn State\u2019s recent announcement regarding the establishment of NCAA Division I men\u2019s and women\u2019s ice hockey programs set to begin competition in the 2012-13 academic year.\u00a0 Our institutions have longstanding relationships with Division I, Division II, and Division III college hockey programs that have benefitted both our institutions and the entire national hockey community.<\/p>\n
For many years, we have had five institutions sponsoring Division I men\u2019s ice hockey programs \u2013 Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Wisconsin.\u00a0 Big Ten rules allow for a championship whenever there are six institutions sponsoring a program in any given sport.\u00a0 This leads to the presumption that there will be a Big Ten Men\u2019s Ice Hockey Championship at some point in the future.\u00a0 A decision of that nature, however, cannot be made without a significant amount of discussion both internally with conference chancellors, presidents, administrators and coaches, and externally with the hockey community as a whole.\u00a0 Whatever we do, we will communicate in a respectful and responsible way as we endeavor to balance all of the unique interests in play.<\/p>\n
We congratulate Penn State and wish them well as they continue to provide the most broad-based opportunities possible for their student-athletes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s the text of the Big Ten’s statement in reaction to Penn State’s announcement that it’s adding men’s and women’s hockey: The Big Ten Conference is excited about Penn State\u2019s recent announcement regarding the establishment of NCAA Division I men\u2019s and women\u2019s ice hockey programs set to begin competition in the 2012-13 academic year.\u00a0 Our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1425],"tags":[1444],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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