tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post6900845592718279104..comments2023-10-20T04:45:00.350-06:00Comments on Coming Down the Pipe!: NCAA Propoganda Getting RidiculousGuy Flaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178739486819659419noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-63178056268264754362010-06-04T00:21:37.552-06:002010-06-04T00:21:37.552-06:00I agree Dan.
I made sure to contact the USHL and...I agree Dan. <br /><br />I made sure to contact the USHL and see if they still stand behind what is written here and was told that they do. <br /><br />We'll get to the bottom of all the numbers and stuff, probably after the NHL draft because it will be so time consuming, but it's on the agenda for sure!<br /><br />I plan on talking to Paul Kelly about it to just to get the NCAA response to this - I expect they won't be 100% behind it either.Guy Flaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178739486819659419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-72280239388596758792010-06-03T00:36:27.355-06:002010-06-03T00:36:27.355-06:00I come from Ann Arbor which is NCAA country but do...I come from Ann Arbor which is NCAA country but don't get me wrong I have been to a number of Whalers and Spits games.<br /><br />I would like to say that this document is done by the USHL not the NCAA. That being said it is a pretty poor document from a statistics point of view. I was once told that numbers can tell you anything depending on who is evaluating them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004732382103496880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-91233800308093732162010-06-02T09:04:56.458-06:002010-06-02T09:04:56.458-06:00Ummmm.... if you want an NCAA scholarship, you us...Ummmm.... if you want an NCAA scholarship, you usually have to play either Jr. A, USHL or USNTDP, all of which involved being billeted away from home.<br /><br />So, by recruiting the majority of players from those avenues, isn't the NCAA kind of encouraging the practice as well.Boondockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172493348945989849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-91300790021184207172010-06-02T08:26:28.610-06:002010-06-02T08:26:28.610-06:00I think it's clear the CHL is in a position wh...I think it's clear the CHL is in a position where it can be blatantly contradictory in it's direction as a pro/amateur league, but play it off as nothing because those criticisms carry no threat to their bottom line. <br /><br />Now that Junior Hockey is bigger nationally then it's ever been, thanks to TSN and the World Juniors, more kids are going to see the CHL as a "dream" than just a stepping stone on the path to the NHL - I can't see this issue being resolved anytime soon. <br /><br />But it's the NCAA's policies, particularly the one about seeing the CHL as a pro league, that keeps these kids from higher education - not the CHL itself. <br /><br />I know this is a general policy that affects all of the NCAA sports programs, but if they could some how find a way through the miles and miles of red tape and make it so CHL graduates can go to the NCAA at ages 18 or 19, after their fortunes as an NHL prospect have waned, I guarantee you NCAA Hockey would be stronger then it is today. <br /><br />I can't quite picture how that would be anything but a win for the kids involved. <br /><br />Well, maybe not so much for the kids who barely make the cut and wouldn't with a influx of CHL stars - but that's life.Mark-Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09204493092400924142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-77087780457853171022010-06-02T00:50:01.511-06:002010-06-02T00:50:01.511-06:00Plans already in place to get Jim Donlevy from the...Plans already in place to get Jim Donlevy from the WHL on the show to go over all the finer points. I'm not the expert but i believe...<br /><br />1 & 2 & 3) If you sign NHL or AHL contract you forfit the scholarship money. Really, if you're getting paid to play professional hockey thanks to the training you received while playing in the CHL... why do they need to compensate you more after reaching your career choice successfully?<br /><br />It's the guys who don't succeed that the scholarship money is there for. Quite honestly, I think CHL guys who sign ECHL contracts when their junior eligibility is up are making a mistake. The ECHL will be there for you at 25, take the CHL scholarship and play CIS, get your education and then go play minor pro if you still want to.<br /><br />4) No offence meant but that's the oddest idea I have ever heard. I think the competitive balance between Vancouver and Swift Current might be a little tilted.<br /><br />5) This is a worthwhile topic and one I think deserves more attention. It's pretty tough for these guys to play, practice, stay on top of their studies. Not sure if any have part time jobs or not. <br /><br />I think it's quite valid to wonder why CHL or Jr. A players don't get compensated more.Guy Flaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178739486819659419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677867857097423502.post-19454745549614258932010-06-01T17:51:09.321-06:002010-06-01T17:51:09.321-06:00Devil's Advocate mode ON
(I'm torquing the...Devil's Advocate mode ON<br />(I'm torquing the comments a touch.)<br /><br />Doesn't the CHL yank your university education money back if a marginal prospect signs any pro contract?<br /><br />Why does the CHL yank the university education money back?<br /><br />At a minimum, why shouldn't there be some sort of earnings threshold before the CHL yanks your university education money back?<br /><br />Why won't the CHL let a player play for his home town team, and live at home, if he so chooses?<br /><br />Why is the drafting of children by money-making businesses in Canada allowed? Why are they not at least paid the minimum wage?godot10https://www.blogger.com/profile/15054719949689366760noreply@blogger.com