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RIT and Union may now offer athletic scholarships

LtPowers said:
Well, I guess it says something that this isn't a hot topic of conversation.


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I think it might only have a marginal impact on increasing the pool of players they can get. Non-scholarship doesn't seem to prevent good teams in college hockey. Union and Yale have each won a National Championship in the last 10 years. RIT, Harvard, and Cornell have had a frozen four appearance since the turn of the century, with the latter two regularly fielding very competitive teams. The impact might be more on the backend for schools: fewer compliance issues than a 100% need-based aid environment; increased avenues to fund scholarships from donors and boosters instead of drawing from financial aid funds or eating soft-dollar costs.
 
RIT had a perfect storm in 2010 with a future NHLer on the roster. Ivies have nigh-infinite financial aid to offer. And I still don't know how Union managed a national championship.

RIT has fallen behind the rest of their conference since 2016. Scholarships can only help.


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LtPowers said:
RIT had a perfect storm in 2010 with a future NHLer on the roster. Ivies have nigh-infinite financial aid to offer. And I still don't know how Union managed a national championship.

RIT has fallen behind the rest of their conference since 2016. Scholarships can only help.


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Agreed. On paper now RIT should have a recruiting advantage over most of their AHA opponents. A nice new hockey building that even when they're a middling team in the middle of a pandemic can draw > 2,500 on Friday/Saturday nights, the best student section in the conference (related to above, granted), an annual game in a packed AHL building (10,000 strong) and hopefully they can sell them on returning RIT to their glory days and even louder and better atmospheres on a regular basis if they can do so.
 
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