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Originally Posted by transplant99
These kids can forego playing in CHL alltogether and go a variety of different routes if they so choose. No one is forcing them to sign with any particular team/league, so that argument simply doesn't exist.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
none of the points about wages, living conditions, whether or not you have an agent at 14 or not (who's fault is that...?) or may get traded to Prince George so boo hoo, adequately address the fact that these kids make a decision to play hockey in the CHL.
They don't have to if they don't want to. The end.
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You can say that about any illegal or immoral work regime. The fact people do something voluntarily doesn't make it right, unless you're a dogmatic libertarian. If my 7-year-old son voluntarily decided to scrub out the grease pits at McDonalds every day in exchange for one Happy Meal toy a week, should the law step back and say 'hey, it's his decision.' Why have any workplace laws or regulations at all if a voluntary contract trumps everything?
The CHL is a disgrace. It's a for-profit sports league featuring bare-knuckled boxing, that exists only for the entertainment of beer-swilling locals, where the talent/employees are unpaid minors. I can't think of anything similar in any first-world country. At least college athletes are adults.