Aarongavey is correct. Very easy for any Canadian student to get the money while they are home visiting in Canada.
I’ve heard the top guys like McKenna are getting $100-200k per year from schools like Michigan. Drop in the bucket from their NIL pool but meaningful for a teenager.
They get nothing from the team NIL pot while in the US. Your argument is so thin it only has one side.
Until they update the rules for these visas, NIL is a non-factor for foreign students.
They get their share of individual jersey sales, video games, etc. They cannot film commercials in the states or post on social media to make money when they are in the states. However they could create social media content in Canada and film commercials in Canada and make money off that. NIL will be a huge factor for big name Canadian hockey players, could easily be millions for a guy like McKenna, all he has to do is fly to Toronto for a day to film a couple commercials and create some social media content on Canadian soil. Michigan is an ideal place for him to go given its proximity to Canadian soil.
Heard this a few times, but Chris Peters briefly discusses CHL players obtaining a O-1 visa to gain access to NIL money. He claims 6- figure deal for McKenna; Cam Robinson article speculates as high as 7-figure deal
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An O-1 visa is a temporary work visa for people who have achieved extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, business, education, or athletics.
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Suddenly, Canadian CHL players can move to the NCAA and make serious money. Some sources indicate that the value is in the $100,000 to $200,000 range per year, while others suggest it could be as much as $1 million annually for the right player.
CHL needs to allow drafted players to play in the AHL for their 19 year old seasons, it is going to be the only way to keep talent.
Signing an NHL contract makes them ineligible for NCAA, so somebody like Mews might have been more likely to sign an NHL contract knowing he was AHL eligible, with the potential to still be assigned to the CHL, instead of going to the NCAA
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Man are the Tigers ever getting boned by this rule change. Not only might they potentially lose next years favorite for 1st overall, the Jackets still haven't signed last year's 4th overall Cayden Lindstrom because it's rumored they want him close by next year in the NCAA as well. Next year is his 19 year old season and before the rule change it would have been NHL or WHL for him and since he's missed this season due to injury it's most likely he's not going straight to the NHL next year.
So due to injury and this stupid rule change, the Tigers two year window to win it all might be severely hampered.
Heard this a few times, but Chris Peters briefly discusses CHL players obtaining a O-1 visa to gain access to NIL money. He claims 6- figure deal for McKenna; Cam Robinson article speculates as high as 7-figure deal
If they are going to open up O-1 visas that will be great news for Canadian players wanting to go to college. I do hope they make that type available to everyone and not have some on F-1 visas that restrict what the players can earn.
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Man are the Tigers ever getting boned by this rule change. Not only might they potentially lose next years favorite for 1st overall, the Jackets still haven't signed last year's 4th overall Cayden Lindstrom because it's rumored they want him close by next year in the NCAA as well. Next year is his 19 year old season and before the rule change it would have been NHL or WHL for him and since he's missed this season due to injury it's most likely he's not going straight to the NHL next year.
So due to injury and this stupid rule change, the Tigers two year window to win it all might be severely hampered.
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This is a huge loss for the BCHL. The Vees have been consistent contenders for over a decade now, and because of the OHA they share a ton of top tier training facilities. Because of that, they were able to attract a lot of young high level talent (Aydar Suniev being one of them recently.)
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So given the increasing numbers of top end players from the CHL now committing to NCAA where does this put Hockey Canada and the World Junior Team? Currently players selected to play for Canada are gone from their junior teams for several weeks, maybe approaching a month. Are NCAA teams going to be willing to let their players go too? Or do we see players like Gavin Mckenna (for example) not able to participate anymore if their college teams wont let them go.
So given the increasing numbers of top end players from the CHL now committing to NCAA where does this put Hockey Canada and the World Junior Team? Currently players selected to play for Canada are gone from their junior teams for several weeks, maybe approaching a month. Are NCAA teams going to be willing to let their players go too? Or do we see players like Gavin Mckenna (for example) not able to participate anymore if their college teams wont let them go.
NCAA teams typically allow players to go to the WJC. 22 out of the 25 players for USA's roster were playing in the NCAA last tournament.
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