This doesn't seem fair

[RadioGaGa 162]

http://tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=357305

I'm surprised she was even eligible to play College Hockey. She did play pro in Europe, and I'm pretty sure she was in the WNHL (or was it NWHL).

[ibeck 38]

http://tsn.ca/cis/story/?id=357305

I'm surprised she was even eligible to play College Hockey. She did play pro in Europe, and I'm pretty sure she was in the WNHL (or was it NWHL).

hahaha, it's women's hockey so no one will make a big deal about it.

[mac53 0]

I love how she led the conference in scoring and only played 15 of 24 games. This just shows how good she compared to everyone else

[Krev 86]

hahaha, it's women's hockey so no one will make a big deal about it.

Are you really that insensitive of a person?

[raganblink 82]

One person, Chris winkie. Not her fault rules allow her to play, and she is much older than everyone else.

It's exposure to women's hockey do that's a good thing

[gerbe3:16 19]

That really is not fair at all. I can see both sides to the argument. It's within the rules and other players (mostly younger ones) come back from Olympic teams to play for their colleges and retain eligibility... at least in the US. This is a rare case of someone that old and experienced goes back to college and WANTS to play on that school's varsity club. Doesn't happen all that often. At the end of the day most people would agree she is a mercenary and obviously no one likes playing against those types.

On the other hand, you have a guy playing at Yale (Cahill) that played in a pro league in Europe and for whatever reason the Ivy League and the NCAA just inexplicably signed off on it and said it was ok. Not that the NCAA ever makes any sense with their rules. Yale is currently the top team in the nation in the PWR, which will award them the #1 seed overall in the NCAA tournament in 2 weeks barring some freak circumstances. Strange.

[Jordan 13]

One person, Chris winkie. Not her fault rules allow her to play, and she is much older than everyone else.

It's exposure to women's hockey do that's a good thing

There have been several ex-NHL that have played CIS when they have gone to school after their careers ended...not exactly a new phenomenon.

Currently, Mike Danton/Jefferson (played with New Jersey and st. Louis) is currently playing CIS with St. Marys University...he also happens to be famous for trying to hire an under cover cop to kiil his agent....but that's another story!

Danton on Wikepedia

[shoeshine boy 242]

Are you really that insensitive stupid of a person?

fify

if you ever played with an Olympic-caliber athlete you wouldn't say that.

as for fairness, it's just kind of the way it is. the governing body of Canadian college sports apparently doesn't care if you've played pro before.

[tro 4]

My clients daughter is on her line, he ways even saying that maybe it's not right. He said she was on such another level compared to the other girls.

It would be like Iginla going to UofC and joining the squad.

Not sure where you draw the line, but pro hockey and 30+ years old seems like a starting point.

[coolpeoplearewildfans 0]

So did she have to get special permission to play or is there no system for dealing with pro women yet?

[BarDownGinos 3]

So did she have to get special permission to play or is there no system for dealing with pro women yet?

Canadian Universities do not have rules like the NCAA. Anybody can play wether you were an olympic athlete or the local hotshot HS kid, they don't care. Most of the players on the mens side of CIS or CIAU have exhausted their eligibility in major junior.

[Chadd 916]

If she did that playing against the men it would be an amazing story. As it is, not so much.

[BarDownGinos 3]

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If she did that playing against the men it would be an amazing story. As it is, not so much.

That's what I thought the case was when I read the headline. I was actually pretty unimpressed with this when I read the article. 40 points in 15 games is not that impressive for arguably the greatest women's player ever. Guys go on point streaks like that all the time in juniors. For being an Olympian and having played Pro men's hockey, she should have done as she pleased at this level, 4-5 goals a game.

[adam14 182]

There is a rule regarding playing pro and coming to play CIS, I'm very involved with a CIS team in Ontario, I believe that (for men) you have 18 months begining at new years of your over age year, to try to make it pro or come to school and not have to sit out at all. If you do play pro, every year you play pro knocks off a year of eligibility. I'm not sure about womens hockey though, since playing "pro" is rather rare, I don't know what the specifications would be.

[iceNsteel 0]

I know the rule structure in Canada allows for players in one of the three CHL leagues to retain eligibility, whereas for NCAA purposes it's forfeit. If they want to let her play that's whatever. However, I don't think it's fair to issue awards for college athletics to someone that is significantly older with professional experience.

Are you really that insensitive of a person?

I think it's more of an honest observation than insensitivity.

[DolomaticDangles 13]

Does the NCAA have rules against this? For example, let's say Kobe decides to go to college when he retires. Could he play since he went straight to the Show from high school?

[Chadd 916]

Yes they have a rule against it. No, he could not do it. Unless they thought they could make a lot of money from it, then they would find a way to grant a waiver.

[dsjunior1388 81]

Yes they have a rule against it. No, he could not do it. Unless they thought they could make a lot of money from it, then they would find a way to grant a waiver.

Not for nothing but I'm fairly certain if a guy like Allen Iverson wanted too, he could enroll in college and play football. As I understand it, you have 4 years of elgibility in a sport, and 5 years of total elgibility (like the kid who played PG at Duke for four years and then transferred to Syracuse to play a year of football).

[twolinepass 0]

Ohio State at a 33 year old kicker a few years ago because he spent a few years in the MLS.

[ibeck 38]

Are you really that insensitive of a person?

No just stating the truth. Do you see an uproar on tsn or people making a facebook group about how wrong it is like the chara on pacioretty hit for example? NO you do not, point made. It's not like I said she should just quit hockey and help around the house.

[epstud74 24]

I always thought Krissy Wendell was a much more dynamic player than Haley Wickenheiser

Wendell quit the sport prior to the Olympics to be a full time mom.

[NuggyBuggy 0]

Forgetting the question of whether it is fair or not, it just seems to be very *odd* that someone who said she had to play men's pro hockey because there was not enough competition for her among women, would then choose to drop down and play women's college hockey. And then, not even in the US (which I assume sports a higher level of competition), but in Canada.

I wonder why we wasn't at least playing men's college hockey - though perhaps it wouldn't look good if she didn't play well, and worse yet if she couldn't make the team.

[jcp2 2]

Forgetting the question of whether it is fair or not, it just seems to be very *odd* that someone who said she had to play men's pro hockey because there was not enough competition for her among women, would then choose to drop down and play women's college hockey. And then, not even in the US (which I assume sports a higher level of competition), but in Canada.

I wonder why we wasn't at least playing men's college hockey - though perhaps it wouldn't look good if she didn't play well, and worse yet if she couldn't make the team.

Maybe because she's in school now and not able to put as much time towards hockey as compared to before. It happens.