All major junior, and even lower leagues, have players who choose to be there. No one forces them to play.
Being there are a plethora of other options beyond major junior for teen aged players, it's entirely disingenuous to label them as "slave labour", and really offensive to those that were actually slaves.
The CHL, and similar entities, exist solely because young men are looking to get better by playing against the best of their age groups with an eye on turning their skills into a launch pad towards secondary schooling or professional hockey. Someone will have to explain to me how that happens without travelling to various areas to do so.
As to the NCAA rule itself, could not agree more that its completely stupid, outdated and living in the past. I would wager that they change their stance on this before it ever gets as far as trial. For what was maybe the most archaic organization in the USA until recently, they have really started to change their ways in the last decade and this will be another one.
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