BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - Last fall, several districts asked the Minnesota State High School League to cut the number of games to help them cut costs. The league has gathered ideas for how schools can save money on sports, and on March 2, will announce their decision.

The survey of Minnesota schools includes the question: Should games in any sport be reduced to save money?

Jeff Whisler is a board member of MSHSL, which put out the survey. The survey also asked what schools are doing already to cut costs.

He says the last thing the league wants to do is force schools to cut games.

Some schools are already scheduling girls and boys games, both hockey and basketball, as double headers – so two teams ride one bus. Other schools are already reducing the number of games.

But some districts want the high school league to make the reduction statewide, which isn't sitting well with the State Hockey Coaches Association.

"We're very worried about what the high school league might be doing. We worked really hard a couple years ago to increase the number of games for high school hockey," said Buffalo hockey coach Mike MacMillan. And by them reducing it, it would put us back to where we were ten years ago. And that would be bad for our sport."

MacMillan says their sport needs 25 games to keep kids from leaving high schools to go to other junior hockey programs. MacMillan says the league should leave it up to each school to decide for itself.

Three to four basketball and hockey games would be trimmed.