Want the best bantam or midget player in the province? Just finish in last place and get him in the bantam draft next year kids! HA HA HA Yeah, that’s how its been for ever.
Major Junior Coaches and General Managers would have a big advantage when it came to locking that player up too. They had time. Time to develop a relationship with the player and the parents. Time to sell the program and why it was the right choice for them.
Even better they had no competition. Once drafted, no other teams could talk to the player. Imagine that, perform so poorly that you are rewarded with the rights to a player and he has no choice but to play for you or hope that someone from an NCAA program has the patience to wait for an opportunity to present another option.
Want to change the game kids? Well all ya got to do is change the rules. Level the playing field and lets see what happens.
In the past, NCAA coaches could not contact prospective student-athletes or their families – or even return calls or other messages – until June 15 of a prospect’s grade 10 year. Even then, coaches were limited in the number of calls or emails they could make to an individual player.
The new rules remove limits on the number of telephone calls, emails, social media direct messages and text messages that coaches can send to those prospective student-athletes beginning Jan. 1 of their grade 10 year.
Well kids, that one big barrier is gone. McDonalds sure don’t like Burger King, and Burger King just got a free pass to open up shop where they could only advertise in the past.
The excuse used in the past from players, that they never knew that NCAA programs had interest in recruiting them is gone. Players who were proactive and contacted schools on their own, but would not hear back until at least June 15 of their grade 10 year, will no longer have that problem.
The rule change allows coaches to reach out to players that may not necessarily be considering college hockey as seriously as Major Junior, and allows coaches to make their pitch for why the NCAA is the best route for the player.
But hey, lets not get carried away here. The NCAA needs to keep a lot of Coaches honest too. I mean really, since when is it alright for NCAA programs to be committing to 7th and 8th graders? Its not! HA HA HA
A few weeks ago, Oliver Wahlstrom committed to Maine. Wahlstrom was born June 13, 2000. The kid won’t turn 14 for almost six more months! He is the youngest player to ever commit to an NCAA hockey program. Yep, I am sure all there was no conversation between the player and coaches that would violate any rules! HA HA HA
Now a school can call players on January 1st of their Grade 10 year. Sure, I know its only a six month time difference. Whats six months right? HA HA HA
Why would anyone ever complain about rules when no one wants to follow them anyway? HA HA HA
David Wagner – The Angel Of Death – For Those Who Live Stupidly I salute You
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