Comments on: The Endless Debate: Major Juniors or NCAA? http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2009/07/23/the-endless-debate-major-juniors-or-ncaa/ Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Ballard http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2009/07/23/the-endless-debate-major-juniors-or-ncaa/#comment-136047 Ryan Ballard Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:10:38 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=6434#comment-136047 Thanks Howard. As far as the better decision for a young man's life, I think college is the better way to go. I think the college experience just makes kids more mature and well-rounded individuals. That said, even college hockey is changing now, with the elite college players coming in at 18 and leaving after 1 or 2 years. Thanks Howard. As far as the better decision for a young man's life, I think college is the better way to go. I think the college experience just makes kids more mature and well-rounded individuals. That said, even college hockey is changing now, with the elite college players coming in at 18 and leaving after 1 or 2 years.

]]> By: Howard Brodwin http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2009/07/23/the-endless-debate-major-juniors-or-ncaa/#comment-135957 Howard Brodwin Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:48:25 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=6434#comment-135957 Great piece - it really does show that it's not about where you play, it's more about how you play. I would hope that more NA players would consider the benefits of going the NCAA route, just for the sheer opportunity to attend an excellent educational institution that also has a tremendous hockey history: Princeton, Harvard, Brown, BU, U Mass, Michigan, and so on. There's got to be something though, about being an 18 year-old in the Western Hockey League, and knowing that if you work your butt off, you stand a good chance of getting noticed and then possibly a shot in the NHL. Great piece – it really does show that it's not about where you play, it's more about how you play. I would hope that more NA players would consider the benefits of going the NCAA route, just for the sheer opportunity to attend an excellent educational institution that also has a tremendous hockey history: Princeton, Harvard, Brown, BU, U Mass, Michigan, and so on.

There's got to be something though, about being an 18 year-old in the Western Hockey League, and knowing that if you work your butt off, you stand a good chance of getting noticed and then possibly a shot in the NHL.

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