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    Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

    Its only a battle if both sides are fighting....right now, only one side is fighting and the other one is laying over playing dead...The CHL has had the edge for quite some time now and its an edge in no small part given to them by the NCAA. The edge is now, however, turning into downright domination by the CHL over the NCAA. How different would all this be if the NCAA revises its policies and makes CHL players eligible? Who would be "poaching" from who then?

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    • #3
      Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

      Originally posted by jnacc View Post
      Its only a battle if both sides are fighting....right now, only one side is fighting and the other one is laying over playing dead...The CHL has had the edge for quite some time now and its an edge in no small part given to them by the NCAA. The edge is now, however, turning into downright domination by the CHL over the NCAA. How different would all this be if the NCAA revises its policies and makes CHL players eligible? Who would be "poaching" from who then?
      I am not sure you would see poaching, but you might see a lot of very good hockey players come into the NCAA once they hit 20 or once the promises by CHL organizations turn up dry, that's not to say that NCAA organizations do not make the same promises .

      The problem right now is there is so little allowance to a young man. If he steps on the ice with a CHL team he is done. Therefore, a young man has to make a decision between challenging himself at the highest level in Canada or choosing to play at a lower level just to have a chance at a scholarship. While the latter may be stunting the growth of the player. If the NCAA did lower their restrictions then it might make both teams much better down the road and make NCAA hockey even more competitive.

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      • #4
        Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

        You can develop fine in either league. The CHL dominates because it is a Candian league in a Canadian-dominated sport even with all the foreign talent in the NHL since the 90s especially.
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        • #5
          Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

          The CHL is a perfectly good place for those hockey players not suited to higher education. I've known quite a few more than my share of hockey players over the last 30 or so years and one thing I can say without reservation is ... there is more than a majority who were definitely not suited for higher education.

          The NCAA people who whine about losing kids to the CHL are being selfish in large part. What's the number of "elite" players that bolt from college or their committment? 5 or 6 in a bad year? Is there some known population of CHL players that would suddenly be in the NCAA if the NCAA would let them? Seems to me that I see a lot of Canadian families manage their kids choices toward college because they understand the value of education ... that ethos probably applies proportionally less with the talent level of the player. Still though, families that value education steer their kids to that path. Those that don't (or recognize that their kid ain't gonna cut it at college) have another path.

          College hockey would not be made appreciably better by allowing CHL players to play in the NCAA. Quite the opposite could happen. It could hurt the sport. Some leniency or reason could be applied on a case by case basis so as to not shut out kids that made the CHL mistake at 16 but other than that ... I'd like to see things stay pretty much the same.

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          • #6
            Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

            Originally posted by uaafanblog View Post

            College hockey would not be made appreciably better by allowing CHL players to play in the NCAA. Quite the opposite could happen. It could hurt the sport. Some leniency or reason could be applied on a case by case basis so as to not shut out kids that made the CHL mistake at 16 but other than that ... I'd like to see things stay pretty much the same.
            How would college hockey be hurt....are you saying that there are more American players who do not really value an education but yet still end up in the NCAA? Would relaxing the rules and making CHL players eligible suddenly drive these players away from the NCAA??? There are currently over 400 former CHLers playing in the CIS(sort of refuting your idea that CHL players are not academically inclined)...if the NCAA could even manage to get half of those players, would it not be better?

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            • #7
              Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

              Originally posted by jnacc View Post
              if the NCAA could even manage to get half of those players, would it not be better?
              How do those CIS teams do when they compete against NCAA teams?
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              • #8
                Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

                There's really less competition between the CHL and the NCAA than perhaps the average person thinks. The "high-profile" cases seem to actually be the majority of times there is direct competition.

                One league caters to players who's peak development comes in the 17-20 year range and the other caters to players who's peak development comes in the 19-22 year range. There is perhaps a sort of "ecological balance" that exists between the CHL and NCAA. Is getting some highly sought elite prospect to come to the NCAA for one or two years really the side of the argument on which educational institutions should be coming down?

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                • #9
                  Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

                  Originally posted by Shortofbrillant View Post
                  The problem right now is there is so little allowance to a young man. If he steps on the ice with a CHL team he is done. Therefore, a young man has to make a decision between challenging himself at the highest level in Canada or choosing to play at a lower level just to have a chance at a scholarship. While the latter may be stunting the growth of the player. If the NCAA did lower their restrictions then it might make both teams much better down the road and make NCAA hockey even more competitive.
                  It's an obvious advantage for the CHL that player can be recruited earlier and play earlier in juniors, but that's not the current problem. The biggest problem right now is kids who not only verbally commit to NCAA schools, but sign a NLOI and back out at the last minute. Jarred Tinordi left after he had already enrolled at Notre Dame. Oleksiak even played a full season with the Huskies.

                  CHL teams are obviously sweetening the pot for collegiate signees. Joe Birch, the OHL Director of Recruitment and Education Services, admitted the Winsor Spitfires offered Cam Fowler a $50,000 scholarship, even though the leagues laws state it should have been limited to the cost of state schools nearest the Fowlers' home. The CHL either needs to stop offering incentives for collegiates to switch their commitments or shed their veil of amateurism and become a professional league.

                  Right now college scholarships are seen as leverage by top prospects. They can help secure a bigger payday or use it to demand a trade to a team closer to their home towns.
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                  • #10
                    Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

                    Let's see. You can start playing at a younger age. You're likely to be done with juniors and playing in the AHL by the time you're 20 and in the show by 22 at the absolute latest if you're an elite player. You can spend 9 games with your drafted club at the beginning of the year if they want to see how you're developing and what you should work on before sending you back to the CHL. There's no pressure for grades. You don't have to memorize rules to keep your eligibility.

                    The real question might be "Why would an early draft pick who knows he's going to get a max ELC go the NCAA route?" The NCAA is bringing a knife to a gunfight. Sure, you rarely could get lucky and throw the knife and sever an artery, but in general we all know how it usually ends.
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                    • #11
                      Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

                      Originally posted by MaizeRage View Post
                      How do those CIS teams do when they compete against NCAA teams?
                      The better ones, those with rosters comprised mainly of former CHLers, hold their own.....last year Western Ontario beat both LSSU and MSU while losing to Michigan by a 2 goal margin..I believe U.N.B. was 3-1 against NCAA competition. The point is there are a lot of good players in the CIS that could have been playing in the NCAA were it not for some stupid rule that is no longer serving anyone.

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                      • #12
                        Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

                        Originally posted by ND Hockey View Post
                        CHL teams are obviously sweetening the pot for collegiate signees. Joe Birch, the OHL Director of Recruitment and Education Services, admitted the Winsor Spitfires offered Cam Fowler a $50,000 scholarship, even though the leagues laws state it should have been limited to the cost of state schools nearest the Fowlers' home. The CHL either needs to stop offering incentives for collegiates to switch their commitments or shed their veil of amateurism and become a professional league.
                        Why should they? What incentive is there for them in not doing that? The end result is in their favor: They get the player. I don't like it, but the NCAA basically shoots themselves in the foot over it. The same is true with local road races vs. NCAA Track and Field. If you win a local road race and accept a prize that happens to include cash, bang, you can't run for the school, because the NCAA sees you as a professional.

                        The only way the NCAA will get anywhere is if they get off their amateur high horse. Or at least take a look at what Major Junior offers compared to the USHL.
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                        • #13
                          Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

                          I don't see the big deal. Some kids will play MJ and some will play NCAA. I don't think baseball fans get all worked up over the same scenarios. I don't think the NCAA rules need to be changed-------but if we are doing that, I would allow HS players in MJ to retain their NCAA eligibility....that way they can get thru their draft year and see where they stand as players, and then make the best decision

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                          • #14
                            Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

                            Originally posted by pinch View Post
                            I don't see the big deal. Some kids will play MJ and some will play NCAA. I don't think baseball fans get all worked up over the same scenarios. I don't think the NCAA rules need to be changed-------but if we are doing that, I would allow HS players in MJ to retain their NCAA eligibility....that way they can get thru their draft year and see where they stand as players, and then make the best decision
                            I agree 100%.

                            The NCAA makes a random arbitrary rule calling for a loss of eligibility for a player who plays in the CHL -- but not, absurdly enough -- for a player who plays Tier-I juniors. Now, the USCHL and OHA kids play almost as many games. Play for professional coaches. Play of paying crowds. Are given a stippend for billiting and food. Have their equipment provided to them by the team. And in the Junior-A leagues in Canada, the teams present scholarships to players. Players in all Junior-A leagues are subjec to being traded. The rules that govern Canadian Junior A regarding school, housing, food, travel, and gear are the same rules the CHL must operate under. And the USHL uses the Canadian Junior-A regulations regarding those requirements.

                            What is the damage caused by the NCAA cutting off the CHL players while accepting the OHA, or the USHL players -- is that kids must make a hard choice, without a hired agent, at age 14-15.

                            Why is it OK for a kid from Royal Oak, Michigan, to pack up and move 2,000 miles to Alberta to play Junior-A until he is 18 and then enter college? He is given room and board, travel costs, gear, training, plays for a professional coach, plays before paying customers. What is the difference between playing for a Junior-A team in Alberta, or playing for the Red Deer Rebels?


                            Nothing.


                            And folks, if you think for one minute that the coaches and players at the Junior-A level care about school more than the CHL people, you are just delusional. The boys in Junior-A couldn't care any less about schooling than the boys in the CHL.

                            Imagine the world without the NCAA random, baseless line-drawing against the CHL: The talent level in the NCAA would be greatly increased. Kids could play a year or two in the CHL, and then move to college when they are 18-19. Now college hockey is truly a major stepping stone to the NHL, and presenting great hockey. By removing the silly restiction, the NCAA would open up its league to hundreds of highly-talented and experienced players.



                            The NCAA started this phony war with Canadian Major Juniors so many years ago, I believe we would be hard pressed to know when and how this nonsense all began.

                            But what the NCAA's obtuse decision to punish CHL players, and look the other way for all other Junior-A players -

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                            • #15
                              Re: NCAA vs CHL battle for players

                              The problem is kids are committing to colleges at 15 up to 6 years before they arrive on campus. When the kid develops at 17 or so, he realizes that he is an stud and can develop faster in the CHL.

                              So why, in heaven's name, are colleges tying up scholarships for 15 year olds? Better if they wait until 17 and see which way the kid is leaning. It's a lot less disruption.
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