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Originally Posted by driveway
I like the rule as it is. The draft itself is wildly anti-democratic & anti-capitalist. Imagine coming out of University and being told you could only work for one company in your field. Sure, sure, there are extenuating circumstances in sports, but the notion that an adult can't have any agency over where they choose to work is insane.
Four years of rights-ownership coming out of the draft is exactly the right amount for the NHL.
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That's pretty flawed logic. When you graduate university you are free to work for any company in the industry you chose providing they are interested in your services. A lot of times people have to move to go where the work is as if Microsoft hires you it's not like you can demand them to place you in a facility that suits your fancy. A hockey player doesn't have to play in the NHL if he doesn't want to so they do have agency over where they choose to work. It's a privilege to be drafted by an NHL team not a right of any hockey player and being drafted doesn't mean you have to play in the NHL as the player can go to europe or play college hockey. If living in Winnipeg for 6 or 7 months a year collecting more money that the average person makes in their lifetime was really that difficult then wouldn't we see players opt not to play in the NHL?