Schedule

BGFan · Post by **BGFan** » Fri May 13, 2005 8:43 am

BGDrew wrote:I wasn't real sure how the NCAA deemed his status since he's played semi-pro.

I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and assume that you think that college hockey is much like all of the other sports in that the recruits generally come out of high school programs. This isn't the case....while a few have come out of high school programs (Eddie Powers---a third string goalie at BG in the mid eighties), the vast majority come out of the Junior programs which are NOT considered semi-pro. They have a lot of similarities to pro organizations (trades, etc.) but the kids don't get paid to play.

McConvey · Post by **McConvey** » Fri May 13, 2005 10:19 am

BGFan wrote:
BGDrew wrote:I wasn't real sure how the NCAA deemed his status since he's played semi-pro.
I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and assume that you think that college hockey is much like all of the other sports in that the recruits generally come out of high school programs. This isn't the case....while a few have come out of high school programs (Eddie Powers---a third string goalie at BG in the mid eighties), the vast majority come out of the Junior programs which are NOT considered semi-pro. They have a lot of similarities to pro organizations (trades, etc.) but the kids don't get paid to play.

Well, a lot of Minnesota kids come straight out of high school.

I wanted to add one more thing, which may be where BGDrew's confusion is coming from....
Players in the Canadian Major Juniors (QMJHL, OHL, WHL, etc) do get a weekly stipend. The NCAA considers this 'getting paid' to play, therefore a kid that would want to enter a US college after playing in the major juniors has to sit for a year.

There are several junior leagues where players do not get weekly stipends (USHL, EJHL, BCHL, SJHL, OPJHL, etc) and those players do not have to sit a year before joining a US college team. BG had kids from each of those leagues while I was there.

At around 15 years old the player has to decide whether or not he wants to go to a US college. Then he chooses the level of juniors accordingly.

pdt1081 · Post by **pdt1081** » Fri May 13, 2005 11:13 am

McConvey wrote: Players in the Canadian Major Juniors (QMJHL, OHL, WHL, etc) do get a weekly stipend. The NCAA considers this 'getting paid' to play, therefore a kid that would want to enter a US college after playing in the major juniors has to sit for a year.

I believe the NCAA changed this rule a year or two ago so that playing Major Juniors eliminates all eligibility.

McConvey · Post by **McConvey** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:01 pm

pdt1081 wrote:
McConvey wrote: Players in the Canadian Major Juniors (QMJHL, OHL, WHL, etc) do get a weekly stipend. The NCAA considers this 'getting paid' to play, therefore a kid that would want to enter a US college after playing in the major juniors has to sit for a year.
I believe the NCAA changed this rule a year or two ago so that playing Major Juniors eliminates all eligibility.

Really? I didn't think they had because I do know a kid that was offered a scholarship at a school out this way, but would have had to sit the year so he chose not to come to school here. That was either two or three years ago... maybe I should look up the rule on that!

ziggityboom · Post by **ziggityboom** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:34 pm

link below explains it better, but basically if you play 1 game, exhibition or regular season, AFTER you have graduated high school, you are then ineligible for NCAA. But if you play as above BEFORE graduating high school you cannot play in your first year in college and could be more. The rules were changed about 2002.

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:Zw ... lity&hl=en