The most interesting college hockey news this week was the announcement that the women’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association has set up a crowd-funding site in an attempt to raise money to cover some league-wide costs. The NCAA Division I conference was hit hard by the announcement that North Dakota was eliminating its women’s program. With the abrupt departure of one team from an eight-team league, the math gets a lot harder for the other seven, who have to make up for the loss of income from North Dakota. Crowd-funding might seem unorthodox, and I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about it (Nafio compared it to kids selling candy to buy classroom supplies, and I think the comparison is apt).
Women’s Hockey Wednesday: Crowd-funding the WCHA
