At 12:35 PM 4/9/98 -0400, RobertThomas wrote:
>I have always found more information (fact and fiction) about college
>hockey recruits from Unofficial college hockey web sites than I have
>from the Official site of a specific university or college. Unofficial
>sites, usually created by a fan and not an employee of an institution
>acting in an official Athletic Department capacity, can post rumor
>without consequence. Can an Official site do the same? I can understand
>an institution not wanting to announce an in coming player and then,
>during the summer, have that student-athlete decide to go to another
>school or go Major Juniors. But I also think announcing the recruiting
>class coming to a school would help in the recruiting process. Or, does
>it have to do with some NCAA rule? I don't know what the reasoning would
>be behind such a rule, but ...
 
 
I know that NCAA rules do not permit a football coach to mention a recruit
until the school has a signed letter of intent.  I assume the same would be
true for hockey but then again who can begin to understand the strange world
of the NCAA.
 
Bob Svec
 
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