YET ONLY JUST OVER 30% OF CHL PLAYERS USE IT'S WONDERFUL "SCHOLARSHIP" PROGRAM!!!scorekeeper wrote:You are such an idiot. One of the biggest shill in this forum. A classic NCAA bootlicker willing to bend the truth and spin the facts .The Exiled One wrote:He can't, it's not true.O-townClown wrote: Please substantiate this "fact".
512 players suited up for at least 1 USHL game and 315 suited up for at least 28 USHL games last season (64 regular season games). There were 314 college committed players (with more committing in the future). So, odds are that even if you're a bench player in the USHL, you can earn a D1 roster spot. There are 18 scholarships on a 27 man NCAA roster (66.7%).
The math doesn't work for oldschoolhuckster. The fact is, most USHL players DO earn a D1 scholarship.
Oldschool is 100% correct that most USHL players don't get "full rides". In fact, almost nobody gets a full ride these days.
FACT:
NCAA schools can roster 30 players. The average is 27, yet they have only 18 scholdarships to give out and they ONLY play a 27 game schedule on average. MOST players are getting 50%-75% scholarships, leaving parents writing checks for 7K - 10K per season. That doesn't include living expenses, trips home or parent trips to visit. The cost can well exceed 15K-20K per season, making NCAA hockey the biggest "check book hockey" scheme going.
CHL players who use their scholarships get 100% of the books and tuition covered. Additionally, while with the team they can take college courses while with the team on the teams dime.
Amazingly, the NCAA snake oil salesmen who peddle the idea of the NCAA keeping OPTIONS open, actually limit options. There are ONLY 59 Division 1 teams and ONLY 51 of them offer athletic scholarships. Of those 51 only a handful are even considered in the top 100 schools in the world, but you are LIMITED to the school that you commit to.
CHL kids can choose any school in the world. Most schools are covered by their scholarship fund and those that aren't, the funds can be applied towards them. Moreover, there are as many Canadian Schools that offer hockey ranked in the top 100 as there are are D1 schools. You will get a much better education at McGill or the University of Toronto than you can get at the University of Minnesota, for example.
Uncovering a HUGE NCAA LIE. If Education is your priority, the CHL offers OPTIONS while the NCAA offers NONE.
If hockey is your priority it's no contest.
FACT
The NCAA has 59 schools with an average roster of 27 players per school, with an average number of players (59 X 27) each year of 1,593
The CHL has 60 teams with an average roster of 23 per team, with an average number of players (60 X 23) each year of 1,380
Yet despits icing an average of 213 FEWER players per year, the CHL provides 60% of the NHL talent while the NCAA provides just 30%. So a league that has 25% fewer players produces 100% more NHL talent.
Is it because they have BETTER PLAYERS? BETTER COACHES? BETTER DEVEOPMENT MODEL? or ALL OF THE ABOVE? (BINGO!)
In fact, a full 60% of CHL players go on to professional careers in Europe, the KHL and leagues like the AHL where players are making up to 1/2 million dollars a year.
Morover, the CHL is also the leading provider of elite coaches, trainers and administrators in hockey.
MOST CHL players will tell you there goal is to go as far in hockey as they can, and the FACTS support that MOST achieve this goal.
For those who don't, over 30% of CHL players go on to amazing University educations. Not at some cheezy D1 school who puts a 50% offer in front of them, but at almost any institution in the world of their choosing. Fantastic World Class Universities like McGill, University of Toronto, University of Alberta and University of BC.
For those who prefer and prioritize a world class education at an American institution - take your pick. University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Wisconsin - no problem. CHL players are going there as well.
We know that the Gophers only pick up 3 or 4 kids a year on partial scholarship. So how many Minnesota kids grow up dreaming up playing for the RPI Engineers or Rochester School of Technology, or Alabama Hunstville? If you are a CHL caliber player, (and lets face it, they are few and far between), are you really holding out for a 50% tuition at Quinippiac when you can play 400 games in front of 5,000+ fans and NHL scouts while earning up to 7 years of actual QUALITY education fully paid for?
FACT
- your odds of making the NHL statistcally are 133% better through the CHL. That's a FACT! 60% of the NHL comes via the CHL and 30% comes via the NCAA, yet the NCAA rosters 25% more players annually.
There is NO COMPARISON - CHL is FAR SUPERIOR
Moreover, MOST NCAA players don't see any significant playing time. Do the math on 27 players playing a scant 27 games with the top 6 forwards and top 4 defensemen getting the lions share of the ice.
- the ice time that is statistically available to CHL players is 208 minutes per player per season based on a 23 man roster and an 80 game season. the ice time available to an NCAA player is 60 minutes per season based on a 27 man roster and a 27 game season.
There is NO COMPARISON - CHL is FAR SUPERIOR
- the NCAA restricts your education to ONE of the 51 teams that offer athletic scholarships. the CHL supports your education at the institution of your choice, MOST of which are covered by your scholarship package, including almost all of the D1 schools who offer athletic scholarships.
There is NO COMPARISON - CHL is FAR SUPERIOR
Those are FACTS sir. I am sure the NCAA bootlickers will be out in force to pick this apart. Be my guest - but facts are FACTS.
Play NCAA Hockey. You'll get the same preparation for the NHL, and you will ACTUALLY get an education in the process.
