Recruits 2026 and Beyond

[adamw]

It's definitely much worse in other sports - though I feel more for all the HS athletes who get fewer opportunities now because 5th years are blocking them.

Hockey players have pro hockey to go to. This mitigates 5th-year 24-year olds. Most anyone that's any good, will want to be in pro hockey by then.

Casey didn't just not want to upset the apple cart. He specifically was one of a couple of coaches who made impassioned arguments against the NCAA lawyers at the April coaches convention. He has specifically been lobbying on behalf of getting the NCAA to land where it is now. He's been mentioned by other coaches as a leader on this. I've mentioned this before, but some are choosing to conveniently ignore this.