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 > > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to > [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.