Based on what I see here in Massachusetts, I think that Erik's (c) is more
likely than Joe's (b).  High School hockey is healthy in that it is well
attended, popular, and competitive.  But the highest level of play is found
in the Juniors, the Prep Schools, and in a few powerhouse Parochial
programs.
 
Heck, if the kid is good enough, the proposals would even permit him to play
Canadian Major Junior and not lose eligibility.
 
There is an article at   http://www.ncaa.org/.  I agree it's sort of
ambiguous as to what it says.  One quote I found quite interesting was:
"Paul T. Dee, athletics director at the University of Miami (Florida), said
the proposals could 'change recruiting tactics in baseball from visiting
high schools to visiting minor league ballparks instead.'"  Well guess what.
Change "baseball" to "hockey" and "minor league ballparks" to "junior league
rinks" and you've got what's already happened in hockey.
 
Clay
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Biever [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 2:54 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: NCAA Amatuerism Debate
>
> Joe LaCour writes:
>
> > I was reading the NCAA News over at the NCAA web site.
> >
> > As I read the article on amateurism, the one year "grace period" was
> removed
> > from the proposal.  Now it appears to be for every year beyond HS you
> play
> > an organized sport, kiss one year of NCAA eligibility goodbye.
> >
> > There still is some more work on the deregulation, but from a hockey
> > standpoint, I think they blew it.
> >
> > Did I (hopefully) read this wrong?  If anyone can shed more light on
> this, I
> > would appreciate it.  If I *DID* read it correctly, has the NCAA (a)
> killed
> > PG year @ Prep schools and (b) killed the Jr. leagues as a source of
> college
> > talent.
>
> ...or (c) damaged high school hockey by driving players to forego HS
> hockey in
> favor of the junior leagues?
>
> -- Erik
>
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