Anders Lee-college choice?

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Why do you sit out a year moving out? Seems kinda silly, almost like they would prefer players didn't choose that option and not continue with their education and instead only play hockey.

I'm thinking of this from a future perspective and knowing that it's hard to get back into school if you don't continue with it right away. The year sitting out is probably a big reason why people don't do this, but if they didn't have that do people think more kids would choose that method?

DIII schools are 4-year academic institutions with the point being you attend the school and graduate 4 years later. They are not Junior Colleges or Juniors, where the point is for players to build exposure for themselves and then move on to a 4 year school. For this reason, the NCAA wants to protect them from being used as Junior Colleges and has the rule in place.