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RPI 2026 Off-Season: Please Pardon Our Appearance As We Upgrade This Area

bgtrpi said:
The ESPN piece didn’t reveal how much any of the players are getting paid and implied that the information is confidential. How can that be possible for a public university? Don’t taxpayers have the right to know? In CT, the media reports that UConn’s mens basketball roster will cost between $10M and $15M next season. So why don’t PA residents get to know how much McKenna is being paid?
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If the source of the funds is someone other than the Pennsylvania taxpayer, then I'm guessing the freedom of information rules don't apply....just a guess. Reports were that McKenna received in the neighborhood of $600k for his brief stay in "academia" lol.
 
Seeing that we may have yet another recruit for this season led me to wonder about scholarships. We are still operating under the old limit of 18. I wonder if we may opt in to the House Settlement not for NIL, but the greater scholarship limit of 26. Of course that may require increasing the women's team count to 26 as well (if Title IX is even relevant in the current political climate) and the Institute may not want to give out 16 additional full rides plus related expenses. Then again, as I remember it Title IX requires representation that substantially mirrors enrollment. With women representing 1/3 of the RPI student body, our scholarship budget is actually disproportionate in the opposite direction. As a father of two daughters and a supporter of women's sports (pretty big here in CT), I'm not so sure how I'd feel about it but it appears we might be able to raise the men's limit without raising the women's and still be in compliance.
 
here's an interesting rumor-

OHL's Owen Sound Attack is being sold to a new ownership group that is led by this forestry businessman along with a few others, including an OHL alumni-turned-hockey agent and reportedly some "founder of a hedge fund worth billions". Greg Cowan of the Owen Sound Sun Times has sources telling him this is Xavier Majic, played for RPI from 90-94. he was profiled in the WSJ december for investing into tech hardware suppliers, who are suddenly very popular this year for some reason.
 
cinnamoroll said:
here's an interesting rumor-

OHL's Owen Sound Attack is being sold to a new ownership group that is led by this forestry businessman along with a few others, including an OHL alumni-turned-hockey agent and reportedly some "founder of a hedge fund worth billions". Greg Cowan of the Owen Sound Sun Times has sources telling him this is Xavier Majic, played for RPI from 90-94. he was profiled in the WSJ december for investing into tech hardware suppliers, who are suddenly very popular this year for some reason.
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Interesting. We could have the Majic Rink at the Houston Field House. ;)
 
Just another reason for young hockey players to consider coming to play in Troy at RPI. If things don't lead to a long NHL career, then you can use your RPI education and degree to prosper in another field.
 
Ralph Baer said:
His degree from Harvard Business School probably didn't hurt either. https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavier-majic-7849803/
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Of course not and it all fits together with the stage being set earlier. In today's world though i am not sure how much of this kind of possible success in science, technology and business weighs on the decisions of these younger boys who are looking to play NCAA hockey. I am not sure they truly understand the odds of making it to the top levels of earning in the sport versus having that back up plan of how else will I achieve financial success if my hockey career does not reach the stratosphere.
 
Clarkson conference schedule drop shows RPI will be in the north country early part of the season on 11/6/26 (SLU) and 11/7/26 (CCT). And HFH will host them on 1/29/27 (CCT) and 1/30/27 (SLU)
 
DrDemento said:
Of course not and it all fits together with the stage being set earlier. In today's world though i am not sure how much of this kind of possible success in science, technology and business weighs on the decisions of these younger boys who are looking to play NCAA hockey. I am not sure they truly understand the odds of making it to the top levels of earning in the sport versus having that back up plan of how else will I achieve financial success if my hockey career does not reach the stratosphere.
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it has definitely mattered to the more mature players, and especially matters to the parents and agents helping them make these decisions. though i’m not sure how much a schools academic reputation itself is there, besides name recognition of the ivy leagues.
 
cinnamoroll said:
it has definitely mattered to the more mature players, and especially matters to the parents and agents helping them make these decisions. though i’m not sure how much a schools academic reputation itself is there, besides name recognition of the ivy leagues.
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Majic was seemingly an incredibly mature kid, entering D1 hockey as a 17 year old (not turning 18 until the end of his freshman season) and getting an RPI engineering degree while being a 4 year regular. It shouldn't come as a surprise that he took advantage of the opportunities that created. I'm not sure how many Majic, Juneau, McPhee, etc. (all honors engineering grads) types are out there, but we do better when we get some of them.
 
rpi82 said:
Majic was seemingly an incredibly mature kid, entering D1 hockey as a 17 year old (not turning 18 until the end of his freshman season) and getting an RPI engineering degree while being a 4 year regular. It shouldn't come as a surprise that he took advantage of the opportunities that created. I'm not sure how many Majic, Juneau, McPhee, etc. (all honors engineering grads) types are out there, but we do better when we get some of them.
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i think one of the interesting things about him being involved in the Owen Sound Attack ownership group (i asked the reporter again- he is involved, just no official announcement of who is in the group outside of the two main faces of Nother and McClure) is this-
it is one thing to tell recruits "x guy who used to play here made a bunch of money in hedge funds investing in technology", thats going to make most kids eyes glaze over even if theyre curious about finance or tech. if you say he did all that and used some of that success to invest back into junior hockey, in a league you have heard of or maybe played in, that is a lot more significant to a young player. they 99% chance they immediately forget the name of his hedge fund within minutes, but they'll remember hearing "part owner of the OHL's Owen Sound Attack"
 
rpi82 said:
Majic was seemingly an incredibly mature kid, entering D1 hockey as a 17 year old (not turning 18 until the end of his freshman season) and getting an RPI engineering degree while being a 4 year regular. It shouldn't come as a surprise that he took advantage of the opportunities that created. I'm not sure how many Majic, Juneau, McPhee, etc. (all honors engineering grads) types are out there, but we do better when we get some of them.
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At the risk of leaving others out, I would add the Angers-Goulet brothers to your list. Mathieu is an orthopedic surgeon and Alex is a very skilled cardiac surgeon.
 
Wicked Slappaahs said:
If the source of the funds is someone other than the Pennsylvania taxpayer, then I'm guessing the freedom of information rules don't apply....just a guess. Reports were that McKenna received in the neighborhood of $600k for his brief stay in "academia" lol.
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That is possible. Some schools had third-party corporations set up by boosters to handle the NIL payments before the direct payments were allowed and those vehicles might still be in use. A private donation to a technically separate organization would not be subject to disclosure. Each state also has different freedom of information laws.
 
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