Comments on: OHL claims Spitfires’ benefit and recruitment rules violation included multiple players

By: windmiller4

windmiller4 — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:37:13 +0000

Its still like that, which is why more canadians are going the the ushl because they want to play college

By: murraychadwick

murraychadwick — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:25:32 +0000

Serious question: I know when I went through the process the CHL teams only covered education if you didn’t go pro……and by PRO they meant ANY level of PRO hockey. So if I played in the CHL and played 2 GAMES in the ECHL my college education package was GONE. Does anyone know if this is still how it works? If so, then the whole Education Package is a joke. I would hope the CHL has changed that rule to NHL or AHL by now or there are 80% of the CHL players who go without an education package.

By: t16rich

t16rich — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:10:34 +0000

I think you are underrating how awesome it is to be a Junior player in Canada. It brings all the same benefits as the “college life” just without the education. Also the CHL covers education costs for their former players who don’t go pro and decide to get educated after their eligibility runs up with the CHL. CHL teams are generally located in nice cities too, not “piss hole” small towns as you say it is. As much as I hate to hear this happening, I disagree with why you say it is happening.

By: DTF31

DTF31 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:51:25 +0000

How else do you think these teams get players to pass on college and the college life to live in some quite piss hole small towns?

By: millertime30

millertime30 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:10:37 +0000

“Damaged” in the sense that now everybody knows they’re providing improper benefits to their players, maybe.