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Originally Posted by Jay Random
The trouble with the NCAA is that all their rules about amateur status were designed primarily for football players, and based on the peculiar relationship they've had with the NFL over the years. Whatever happens to athletes in other sports is an afterthought at best. College football is what brings in the money.
Which means, I'm afraid, that there's nothing the NHL (or NBA, or MLB) can do that is likely to make the NCAA lighten up on some of their sillier rules.
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The NHL actually gets special treatment already. They are the only league that can draft players before they leave college.