Canadian Junior hockey in trouble due to NCAA NIL deals?

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McKenna is the cream of the crop and he's only getting 700k. Most chl players wouldn't get anything because ncaa hockey is small potatoes in the usa. Mckenna has had 3 chl years and it's time to move on, nothing more to prove.

The very elite players might make the move but that's about it. Landon Dupont is the next generational talent, see if he does it.

I heard the hunter brothers were offered 100 mil a few years ago and turned it down. This new rule won't affect the chl in my opinion, most chl players don't make the NHL so they wouldn't be a draw in the ncaa or worth any money to schools. Plus all chl teams pay for players university in Canada if the want go to school after their chl days are done.
I don't know where you heard that from but if the Hunter Brothers were offered 100 million a few years ago, they should've taken it...it's about four times the current value of the team
 
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That's fine for McKenna but I'm not sure how Penn State gets their money back from one year of service.
I was told by a former NCAA football player that the income from football pretty much funds all other sports. The exception might be schools that
are big basketball schools like Duke.
 

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The bigger effect will be on the USports game. Most top USports programs are loaded with CHL players who have aged out. Those players now have the option to play in the CHL then head over to the NCAA after. It also hurts Tier II Jr. A teams as now players don't have to choose NCAA vs. CHL. Players can go the CHL route and if it is not for them then go to the NCAA.

Money wise there isn't enough to go around to make a huge impact. $700,000/year for a top prospect is rare and will only happen at bigger schools. At the college level you will see the teams in the B1G take over as that is the only real hockey conference with any money.
 

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The ncaa is trying to poach players to try to remove their small dick syndrome, they've always felt like the red headed step child. These older players are mostly going nowhere and are trying to get a free education. I bet most end up back in the chl when they start sitting out games and realise things aren't as great as they thought.

NIL money is non existent in ncaa when it comes to hockey. The frozen four makes a few regional highlights.
 

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I don't know where you heard that from but if the Hunter Brothers were offered 100 million a few years ago, they should've taken it...it's about four times the current value of the team
No way, average ticket price is 55$ x 9000 = 495,000 per game x 33 games = 16,335,000 per year in ticket prices alone, excluding playoffs. I know it's not all profit but no way 25,000,000.
 
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No way, average ticket price is 55$ x 9000 = 495,000 per game x 33 games = 16,335,000 per year in ticket prices alone, excluding playoffs. I know it's not all profit but no way 25,000,000.
You are wrong on ticket prices by a long shot, every seat of 9000 is the same price, about $27 a seat for 34 regular season games.

They don’t own the arena and have to pay a rental to the city for that…the city and private identies owns all the parking around the facility and the team receives nothing for that.

The concessions are owned by the arena management group but the Knights do receive a small percentage of the profits from that.

The Knights may be worth more than what I said but no way 100 million.
 
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The reported value of the London Knights was just over $23mil in 2016. Ottawa 67s were the highest OHL team in terms of value at just over $55mil.
 

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McKenna is the cream of the crop and he's only getting 700k. Most chl players wouldn't get anything because ncaa hockey is small potatoes in the usa. Mckenna has had 3 chl years and it's time to move on, nothing more to prove.
I may be wrong… (I’ve been wrong many times before 🤪), but I believe that $700k is not paid to him as collegiate athletes cannot be paid. It’s what we know as the “full ride” scholarship:

Tuition, housing, food, books, training, all the equipment, therapy, transportation to and from games… and anything else related to him attending Penn State.

Girls are free!! But behaviour could cost him!
 

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I may be wrong… (I’ve been wrong many times before 🤪), but I believe that $700k is not paid to him as collegiate athletes cannot be paid. It’s what we know as the “full ride” scholarship:

Tuition, housing, food, books, training, all the equipment, therapy, transportation to and from games… and anything else related to him attending Penn State.

Girls are free!! But behaviour could cost him!
Yeah you are wrong.

While NCAA have long fought to keep students out of the money-making side of college sports, athletes now have varying extents of protection, allowing them to profit by selling their name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.
 
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Yeah you are wrong.

While NCAA have long fought to keep students out of the money-making side of college sports, athletes now have varying extents of protection, allowing them to profit by selling their name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.
Really?! Times have changed… I remember the past where athletes are forbidden to accept any payment… especially from endorsements.

There was some controversy as well about the colleges using loopholes like cars, designer clothing, jewelry etc as “gifts”

Thanks for the correction! I answered before Googling! The House v NCAA ruling was the kicker.
 
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Really?! Times have changed… I remember the past where athletes are forbidden to accept any payment… especially from endorsements.

There was some controversy as well about the colleges using loopholes like cars, designer clothing, jewelry etc as “gifts”

Thanks for the correction! I answered before Googling! The House v NCAA ruling was the kicker.
I remeber way back in the 80's SMU(Southern Methodist University) football program was given the "death penalty" for players recieving cash and gifts.
The running joke was Eric Dickerson took a pay cut when he went to the NFL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University_football_scandal
 
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