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Originally Posted by Cole436
I feel for the Hawks. NCAA players should be under rights for an extra year after they finish their four so these situations don't occur.
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That would be unfair as then NCAA players' rights would be held longer than those of their draft counter parts. It's the NCAA's long list of archaic rules that allow this to happen. Not allowing teams to pay for their travel and accomodations to attend camps. Not allow them to sign contracts, even if they don't take effect until certain conditions are met (ie, the 9 games for Junior players).
If a scientist at their school is courted by a top company, do they let that student work at the company while also attending schoool (if the student is so inclined)? This is no different to me and it's ridiculous that they hindeer them in this way. You can't really blame a guy for not having much of a connection to their NHL team when all theyve been able to do is attend a weekend summer camp every year, and even then have to pay for it.