I'm not sure what the exact answer to this is, but I do know that Clarkson had
a freshman last year who was 21 years of age.  I'd be interested to know if he
lost any eligibility.
 
Regards,
Dan Olsen
 
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Subject: Older freshmen
 
A few years ago a Cornell defenseman (Steve Inglehart) lost his final year
of eligibility because, I think, he had played Junior B after his 20th
birthday.  I do not know what the exact letter of the law was then (or more
to the point what it is now), but there is some strict limitation on how
old a freshman can be (I think, contingent upon his experience in organized
hockey but... I don't really know).
 
Would someone with rulebook at hand quote the current policy?  Mike?
Arthur?  Else?
 
Thanks in advance,
 
-- Greg (bound for Oregon... anybody on this entire list in Oregon..? :-)
 
BTW, is there a limit on how *young* an NCAA athlete can be?  I just figure
that, with high school seniors jumping to the pros in squeakball, the
logical extension is for a high school sophomore to take a high school
graduation equivalency exam and pop up in the back court at Kentucky, age
15.
 
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