I apologize if this has been covered before but there was an interesting article in the paper down here this morning related to Sun Devil hockey...
ASU just got a commitment from Braxton Whitehead (forward), making him the first Canadian Hockey League player to attempt to play college hockey, after a lawsuit was filed against the NCAA that banned players from Canada it deems to be professionals...
ASU cannot comment about the case since it involves an on-going "class action" lawsuit that wants Canadian hockey leagues to be able to have players play at the college level that is contrary to how the NCAA designates Canadian league players as professionals...
So far, the NCAA has not responded to the lawsuit but, as we all know, the NCAA doesn't have a great record of winning cases like this...
I would imagine that he is pretty good and has played a lot of hockey so far in Canada but not sure if he would be considered an elite type player since I don't follow hockey all that much...
But, it is an interesting development...Go Devils!!!
ASU just got a commitment from Braxton Whitehead (forward), making him the first Canadian Hockey League player to attempt to play college hockey, after a lawsuit was filed against the NCAA that banned players from Canada it deems to be professionals...
ASU cannot comment about the case since it involves an on-going "class action" lawsuit that wants Canadian hockey leagues to be able to have players play at the college level that is contrary to how the NCAA designates Canadian league players as professionals...
So far, the NCAA has not responded to the lawsuit but, as we all know, the NCAA doesn't have a great record of winning cases like this...
I would imagine that he is pretty good and has played a lot of hockey so far in Canada but not sure if he would be considered an elite type player since I don't follow hockey all that much...
But, it is an interesting development...Go Devils!!!
