RPI 2011 Recruit Thread

[GreatLakerMohawk]

Re: RPI 2011 Recruit Thread

The NCAA thinking of MJ as abject pros is ridiculous. Apparently a $50 per diem makes a kid a pro but not a full ride to a university. OK whatever you say NCAA. It's a foolish and ridiculous designation by the NCAA, especially when the NCAA is busy making money off of all the kids in major sports.

[troyboy]

Re: RPI 2011 Recruit Thread

Are the young players victims? Yes. Are the MJ guys opportunistic? Yes. But many of their parents are neither and deserve full responsibility for not doing their homework. If you are a parent and you are being told that your child is the second coming of Sydney Crosby, then find out the history of success via the routes being considered. The information is widely available. If you decide to choose the route that cuts off options, then the outcome is on you as a parent. I wouldn't want to be looking into my son's eyes and have to tell him he has no where to go in hockey at the age of 20...shut it down. Parents put on the rose colored glasses with blinders and want the bragging rights. What they should brag about is their son's success in life...which comes with a good education.

babo...I'm taking the statue of Our Virgin Mother Mary out of the halfshell on my front lawn and putting a statue of you in there(LOL).That sums it up perfectly !!!

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: RPI 2011 Recruit Thread

People (here and elsewhere) are more than a little PO'd at MJ's cherry picking. It seems that the only way it'll ever change is if the NCAA allows MJ kids to go D1...even if they put parameters on it, like say no more than one season, or "x" amount of games. That way, young kids who are sold a bill of goods up there and want to change their minds, have the option of leaving and getting an education while bringing glory to their institutions and the NCAA....

I'll leave it to others to handicap the likelihood that this'll ever happen...but I'm certainly not holding my breathe. I'd sure like to see an attempt led by the "big boys" -- who have the financial clout thanks to football and hoops, but certainly including ECAC/Ivy schools...who have the weight of academic excellence with a long track record of their hockey players excelling in the classroom. I can dream anyway...

I think that you are absolutely correct about this, but didn't want to post it for fear of "speaking my mind", if you know what I mean. I think some of the rules unfortunately are very strict because of football or basketball. Instead of blanketing them across the entire NCAA, there really needs to be different rules for different sports to adhere to the needs of each sport and its environment.

[babo]

Re: RPI 2011 Recruit Thread

People (here and elsewhere) are more than a little PO'd at MJ's cherry picking. It seems that the only way it'll ever change is if the NCAA allows MJ kids to go D1...even if they put parameters on it, like say no more than one season, or "x" amount of games. That way, young kids who are sold a bill of goods up there and want to change their minds, have the option of leaving and getting an education while bringing glory to their institutions and the NCAA....

I'll leave it to others to handicap the likelihood that this'll ever happen...but I'm certainly not holding my breathe. I'd sure like to see an attempt led by the "big boys" -- who have the financial clout thanks to football and hoops, but certainly including ECAC/Ivy schools...who have the weight of academic excellence with a long track record of their hockey players excelling in the classroom. I can dream anyway...

Are the young players victims? Yes. Are the MJ guys opportunistic? Yes. But many of their parents are neither and deserve full responsibility for not doing their homework. If you are a parent and you are being told that your child is the second coming of Sydney Crosby, then find out the history of success via the routes being considered. The information is widely available. If you decide to choose the route that cuts off options, then the outcome is on you as a parent. I wouldn't want to be looking into my son's eyes and have to tell him he has no where to go in hockey at the age of 20...shut it down. Parents put on the rose colored glasses with blinders and want the bragging rights. What they should brag about is their son's success in life...which comes with a good education.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI 2011 Recruit Thread

People (here and elsewhere) are more than a little PO'd at MJ's cherry picking. It seems that the only way it'll ever change is if the NCAA allows MJ kids to go D1...even if they put parameters on it, like say no more than one season, or "x" amount of games. That way, young kids who are sold a bill of goods up there and want to change their minds, have the option of leaving and getting an education while bringing glory to their institutions and the NCAA....

I'll leave it to others to handicap the likelihood that this'll ever happen...but I'm certainly not holding my breathe. I'd sure like to see an attempt led by the "big boys" -- who have the financial clout thanks to football and hoops, but certainly including ECAC/Ivy schools...who have the weight of academic excellence with a long track record of their hockey players excelling in the classroom. I can dream anyway...

I think that Penn Sate will go D-I before that happens.