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NCAA Rule Changes to Slow Recruiting

UMLFan said:
Wait, who's complaining? :confused:

The "smaller, non elite schools" have the rules behind them, and it's been that way for years.
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You’re complaining that UML cannot compete with BC & BU unless they recruit 21 year old freshman. I don’t agree and I think Shawn Walsh proved that at Maine. The only reason the top programs are down is due to the top talent leaving after a year or two. Turning college hockey into an older less skilled league is boring to watch. It’s become a very defensive game. College hockey can’t stop the top talent from leaving, but they can make the game more exciting to watch but putting in a maximum age.
 
SJHovey said:
I've got news for you. The big schools are taking older players. By my count, and looking at Heisenberg's site, between Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, they'll have 11 players coming in this year who will be 20 or 21 by the time their freshman season starts in October. For Minnesota alone, Close (21), Sorenson (20), Meyers (21 in November), McGregor (20) and Moe (20) all fit the bill.

But the difference is that the big schools use the older kids to fill out rosters (they would never fill one out with an 18 year old who's not ready, but is 18) and to replace kids who were recruited early but didn't pan out. The smaller schools have fewer blue chip players and thus have to rely upon more of the older kids who have played some juniors and are starting to develop.
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BC has a 20 year old freshman Mark Hardman coming in this year. You have to take at least two every year imo to compete.
 
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UMLFan said:
Wait, who's complaining? :confused:

The "smaller, non elite schools" have the rules behind them, and it's been that way for years.
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And they have won championships recently. Yale and Union, case in point. The only rule the Ivies aren't hamstrung by is age BTW.
 
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College hockey is fine the way it is. As soon as the big schools get the maximum age of college hockey players reduced to 23, they'll be the first in line at the rules committee's door trying to allows kids to sign their NLI at age 12.

If you really want to fix college hockey, stop the over recruiting. Stop the meaningless verbals. If the kid signs an NLI he should know at that instant what the school is giving him (nothing, 1/2 ride, full ride, etc) and it is locked in. The school will have to honor that even if the kid doesn't make the team. If the kid wants to back out, and go somewhere else then the team is off the hook. But if the team runs out of scholarships to hand out because they over recruit for a certain year, well tough luck. Good luck signing walk-ons for a couple years.

I don't know who is dumber - programs that sign a dozen or more kids for a single class year, or the player who signs with a school that already has a dozen or more kids signed for the year they want to land on campus. Every kid believes they won't be the one to get left in the cold but do the math. There are only so many roster spots on game day. You can't play 45 guys, regardless of what you were told when you signed your NLI.

Ryan
 
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JohnsonsJerseys said:
College hockey is fine the way it is. As soon as the big schools get the maximum age of college hockey players reduced to 23, they'll be the first in line at the rules committee's door trying to allows kids to sign their NLI at age 12.
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Lmao okay... The big schools, the ones that actually compete for the star players at the young ages, wanted to get rid of the early recruiting and that's why this recent change made it through. The big schools want to get rid of the ridiculous 25 year old players. And watch, eventually the big schools will win because the real power rests with the few in college hockey. Others will just have to evolve.
 
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There have been no loopholes opening up, teams are not taking older and older players to benefit themselves these have been the same eligibility rules since any on of us can remember so stop trying to change the rules and pretending you’re not doing it in your own self interest. And what if they do change and you still lose?
If you want to change the rules to benefit your programs, you should campaign to allow on-campus regional host sites again like at Mariucci, Yost, REA... at least that would only repeal a recent rule change and return it to the old way and have a shred of dignity. When did the host site rules change, 2010? That seems to correlate really well with when the big $$ schools started doing poorly although when Mariucci last hosted in 2009 the Gophers didn’t even make the tournament that year so I guess I see why they are aiming to change the age-old eligibility criteria
 
Bonin21 said:
Lmao okay... The big schools, the ones that actually compete for the star players at the young ages, wanted to get rid of the early recruiting and that's why this recent change made it through. The big schools want to get rid of the ridiculous 25 year old players. And watch, eventually the big schools will win because the real power rests with the few in college hockey. Others will just have to evolve.
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I was curious about who was really behind this change because I saw people on mgoblog whining about it being a small school effort. But then Michigan fans will whine about literally anything rather than blaming their own program for their shortcomings.

I do enjoy how you continue to call 25 year old players "ridiculous" despite all the evidence to the contrary. Maybe if you say it enough someone might believe you.
 
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Lemonade said:
College sports should be for college age people..thats 18-23.
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Per the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center in 2015, the fall 24+ first-time student cohort in 2009 was 19.9%. While that number ebbs and flows with the economy — when times are tougher, older students' enrollment rates drop — but 1-in-5 isn't nothing. The data further down are somewhat interesting, too.

My alma mater has plenty of Students over the Traditional Age, and they aren't all over-age hockey players (although on average, 4-5 a year are).

GFM <— HTH, HAND

[Addendum: yep, I'm aware that other folks posted links. Dang-it, I worked hard to find a study that I liked!!! And I was a traditional student, then a failed grad student a couple of times, then a failed second-bachelors student at 33 ... glad to be back to work.]
 
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broncoinak said:
I was curious about who was really behind this change because I saw people on mgoblog whining about it being a small school effort. But then Michigan fans will whine about literally anything rather than blaming their own program for their shortcomings.

I do enjoy how you continue to call 25 year old players "ridiculous" despite all the evidence to the contrary. Maybe if you say it enough someone might believe you.
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What evidence to the contrary - that there are non-athletes enrolled past the age of 25? Apples and oranges.
 
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Fishman'81 said:
Maybe this whole age-thing is moot. I was surprised to read that roughly 38% of American undergraduate college students are over 25...

https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372
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I dont think those stats are for undergraduate but rather "Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions"....a huge percentage of those 25 years old and older are probably masters and PHD Students.
 
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UMLFan said:
If we went back and limited to a certain age ... saying 19 years old as a freshman (one year out of high school max) ... don't you think it would actually hurt college hockey. There's a finite amount of kids that can come up and play as 18 year olds. They'd continue to get recruited by the "elite" programs. The same applies to 19. So now you've got the "elites" and the next level down that are recruiting them. IMHO, the next level of player down is then getting recruited by programs that will never have a shot to do anything because there really aren't enough 18/19 year old freshmen ready to play DI hockey. That causes a) a talent problem for college hockey which b) results in a worse NCAA DI experience for viewers.

Again, this is all IMHO.
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18/19 year old freshman arent ready to play D1 hockey because its full of 22, 23, 24 year old players....thats the debate. If age limits happened you would have 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 year olds in NCAA hockey and 18/19 year olds would then be ready to play upon arrival on campus.
 
Lemonade said:
I dont think those stats are for undergraduate but rather "Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions"....a huge percentage of those 25 years old and older are probably masters and PHD Students.
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There have been like 5 other sources posted here that are just undergrads and all a higher percentage than the percentage of 25+ college hockey players.
 
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UMLFan said:
I'm constantly amazed to see how many schools have over 30 commitments for the next four seasons already.
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Wisconsin has 41 total players (commits and returning rostered) for 2020/21 season. FORTY ONE.
 
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WiscTJK said:
This is incorrect. They have a lot, but it's 37 as of now.
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I believe I saw 39 on Wisconsin post and that was with 2 out of 4 goalie spots empty. Even at 37 thats ridiculous. Still only 18 scholarships.
 
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Slap Shot said:
What evidence to the contrary - that there are non-athletes enrolled past the age of 25? Apples and oranges.
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They're either college aged or they're not, dude. Your feelings on how "ridiculous" or "absurd" it is are meaningless. The fact, as shown earlier in the thread, is that fewer hockey players are 25+ than non-athletes among full time undergraduates. You're gonna need a new argument. Maybe try being honest? Its OK to say "I only care about this because it would help my program win games".
 
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