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John writes: >I don't have a copy of the NC$$ manual (I imagine it is about the size >of the Clinton's proposed Health Care Plan :->) but is there a >specific rule regarding the year that is lost for playing Junior A >Hockey? Does it have to be first, second, or can the player choose, >as Jeff Tory is? I don't know about a specific rule, but as I understand it, the Junior A deal does not involve just losing a year of eligibility. If you play x games of Junior A hockey, the NC$$ considers you ineligible, and you have to sit out a year and x games of the next season (four, in Latendresse's case) in order to BECOME eligible. It isn't just a case of the NC$$ dropping your eligibility from four years to three (where you could decide, "OK, I just won't play my senior season" -- I believe this is how the 20-year rule works). As for why the NC$$ did not allow the Junior A and Prop. 48 years to be served concurrently, I have no idea, other than that they are two separate issues (he's not quite ready for college, plus he's played what the NC$$ considers pro hockey) meriting two separate punishments. I guess it was easy to ass-u-me that sitting out one year covered both violations... but common sense would dictate that when you are dealing with NC$$ rules, you should count on the worst until it can be proven otherwise. I feel bad for Latendresse, as I did for Cal Ingraham, Jeff Tory, and Patrice Tardif last year. Once again, we have a situation in which an athlete suffers because somebody didn't check things out completely. I suppose any or all of these players could have double-checked the situation themselves... but isn't that what the athletic department and the compliance people are there for? Another black eye for Maine, and for college hockey in general. -- Disclaimer -- Unless otherwise noted, all opinions expressed above are strictly those of: Bill Fenwick | Send your HOCKEY-L poll responses to: Cornell '86 and '94.5 | [log in to unmask] LET'S GO RED!! DJF 5/27/94 "Cozza, there's a train leaving at 4:00. Be under it." -- from a letter that Yale football coach Carm Cozza is supposed to have gotten when he lost his coaching debut in 1965