observer wrote:Man, have you ever changed your tune.
It's no different than if a kid is listed on the playbill of the school play or shows up in a church league volleyball match.
Of course it's different. What a silly comparison.
You can bring a team but I don't think the Eden Prairie Squirts will play them. Also, what a bunch of far-fetched speculation about nothing. Your team would have a better experience signing up for a Minnesota Squirt tournament. And, I'll add, involve your child in respected activities or they'll end up thinking slippery is ok.
When has tune changed?
AAU hockey lies outside the scope of USA Hockey. How is that a silly comparison?
So maybe Eden Prairie Squirts don't play us, plus I'm not brining a team. My question is how could Minnesota Hockey, USA Hockey, or the District Mark is from do anything to stop it. Sure he can say they'd sanction a program, but the truth is you can't if the people that want to push this go about it the right way.
AAU has a DAILY rate for host rinks according to what one rink manager told me. How a rink rents its ice is of no concern to USA Hockey. They can't stop the local rink from offering up two hours on a Saturday to some church group so they certainly can't stop them from selling it to a guy that schedules some hockey under the AAU banner.
Funny you'd call it far-fetched speculation about nothing when USA Hockey no longer oversees the Western States Junior Hockey League (I think that's the one) and some Mite age hockey in Michigan and Colorado. Enough people know the reality that all the rules in the world can't really prevent some things from happening if that's what people really want to do.
I'm as big of a proponent of USA Hockey and its initiatives as you'll find. I also know that because others have a different vision for how hockey is played (see EHF) there will be a faction that operates at the fringe or even outside the lines.
Be kind. Rewind.