> << I just don't understand all the whining about a change that seems so
> clearly positive from the point of view of encouraging competition. >>
>
> Because you've uncovered one of the sport's dirty little secrets: everybody is
> more interested in protecting their own teeny little bit of turf than they are
> in fostering the sport as a whole. As it was in the beginning, is now....
>
>
> gh
>
If "fostering the sport as a whole" means enhancing the NCAA Championships,
I would have to agree. But, pardon my provincialism if I find conference
championships -- with their true team competition among athletes we have
come to know -- a much more important part of collegiate athletics than
NCAAs. Denise seems to think moving regionals into May should not endanger
conference championships. But that's not what the coaches are saying.
