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Aiges that tar trom being the
“world class citv” we dike to
advertise Gurselves as. we are
really an overgrown village
in a world class setting

When your agent recentiv
suggested to a business
friend thet the Toronto
hockey and basketball ope
tions can charge the over-
the-top prices they do and
consistently sell out the Air
Canada Centre is because
the corporate sector there is
10 dimes as big as
Vancouver's, he snorted,
“Make that 30 to 40 umes
as big.”

The new owner of the
Grizz certainly is no dummy.
Fe f made billionair
are. He built his reputation
and his fortune turning fail-
ing companies into mon
makers and holding on to

the best of them. The bas-
kethall team ma
biggest challenge vet.

His track record tells
your agent this man has a
first class business team
working for him and isn’t
going into this venture
withoue knowing all the
downsides as well as the
fewer upsides. If the main
pushes in the Gri
front office aren'ta litle
worried about their place in
his plans, maybe they should
be.

Meanwhile, would any-
one care to speculate on
what kind of rental deal he
negotiated at GM Place
raking this money los:

John McCaw’ hands?

Speaking of money
losers, there may be some
light at the end of the NHL
tunnel for the Canucks.

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Math nwo more franchises
COMIN 1 NEAT season
(Minnesota and Columbus,
Odio: talk ts rite in the
upper echelons about
expanding the number of
plavoff qualiters from: 1 ta
20

Pius, of course, would be
a patently ridiculous move.
But given past performance
such a devaluanion of
Stanley Cup currency would
not deter the NHL owners.
They operate on the
Barnum theory — theres a
sucker born every minute,
and this would afford even
the 400 franchises a crack
al po son pla

Nor would the
at all embarrassed if a
team playoff were to keep
the ove ultimate survivors
skating into the fi
July. Thev’re already inte
the third week of June. As
for the Canucks, well head-
ed inte vet another non-
plavoff season, a 30-team
league qualifving 20 for the
plavofts just might be their
Hicker into post-season play,

There is a way to turn
this proposed bit of non-
sense into Common sense:
let all 30 teams qualify tt
cup play. But change the
format. Emulate European
and British soccer, Match
the teams in a blind draw
and spread cup play through
the entire season. One
weekend a month, a home
and home round, gradually
reducing the contenders to
two finalists at about the
same time league play winds
up.

They then could play a
best-of-seven final for Lord
Stanley's silver chalice and
everyone would be home in

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games and score the oc
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OKANAGAN University College
upset Capilano College’s women’s
volleyball team in three straight
matches Friday in Kelowna.

The Blues, 8-3) lost 25-18, 25-10 and 25
2 tothe 2-9 Lakers.

“Pocamt say that we underestimated
them.” said coach Wayne Desjardins. “We
just didn’t think ar all about them. Tt was a
total team tragedy.”

The team has a bve this weekend.

@ In women’s basketball, the Blues split th
nwo-game road trip on Vancouver Island.

They lost 47-41 to Malaspina College
Friday night: in naime but came home
after a 72-62 win Saturday at) Camosun
College in Victoria.

Marie Rwigema missed both games with a
knee injury, while guard Lindsay Dich!

ues

missed both wames with a suspension.

Melissa Chancey had 19 points in
yvame and 24 the next night
@ The men, meanwhile, lose both of their
weekend games: 90 71 to Malaspina on
Fridav and 106-76 to Camosun on Saturday.

“Ean honestly: say that faim shocked at
our performance this weekend,” said coach
Paul Eberhardt.

"We had a big win fast: week over
Okanagan and a great week of practices. The
guys appeared to be completely prepared and
psyched to play these gvames and then we
came out and just stunk the place up!

The wo losses mean Capilano is ina four:
way tie with Camosun, Malaspina and
Okanagan for the last two playoff spcts.

The Blues men and women both meet
Langara on Friday night at the SportsPlex.

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