The Vault: NCAA Must Reconsider Position on Major Junior Players

Posted on by Stephen Heisler

Has USA Hockey inspired the National Collegiate Athletic Association into keeping players from the Canadian Hockey League ineligible for NCAA competition?

College athletes can earn money from their name, image and likeness, NCAA rules. The NCAA has approved a policy to allow college athletes in all three divisions to get paid for the use of their name, image and likeness. Meanwhile, players from the Canadian Hockey League are mostly still ineligible and that simply no longer makes any sense.

Subscribe to get access

Read more of this content when you subscribe today.

Subscribe

Published by Stephen Heisler

Stephen Heisler has spent a lifetime in the game of hockey. Stephen is also working with individual teams, coaches, and players as a director with Victorious Hockey Company. Stephen, his wife Deysi, and children reside in Orlando, Florida.