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[QUOTE="Capt. Tuttle, post: 1030189, member: 191"]
Screw the kids again.  They get a one year scholarship, the renewal of which they cannot rely upon, or they can go to the developmental leagues, with crap coaching, minimal pay (relative to their professional counterparts and likely no signing bonus.)
       Just let them do what all other non-football or basketball athletes can do: essentially go pro when they want to.  Don't give me the baseball crap.  Baseball players can go when they are our of HS, at any time if they go to Community College, or 3 years of a 4 year college or age 21.  NHL rules: Players who turn 18 by September 15 and are not older than 20 by December 31 are eligible for selection. In addition, non-North American players over the age of 20 are eligible. A North American player who is not drafted by the age of 20 is an unrestricted free agent. All non-North Americans must be drafted before being signed, regardless of age.
      Or, if you are going to restrict them, make the college scholarships a 4 or 5 year contract, and make sure that the school actually educates the kid in a meaningful major.

There are 2 inherent differences between football/basketball and hockey/baseball.  The first 2 have college farm teams which make millions and are dominated by African American men.  These have the largest barriers to entry of the professional ranks while providing free labor to college athletic departments.  The second 2 make little to no money for colleges, have established farm systems for training, are much easier to enter the professional ranks, and are dominated, in the US, by white men.
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