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WHL PeeWee Prospects Camp Announced

Gregg Drinnan, Taking Note, March 8 2012

BOOM! The WHL has fired a shot across the bow of the NCAA’s ship. . . . The WHL announced Wednesday that it will hold a prospects camp at in Calgary, March 23-25. What is interesting about this camp is that it is open, according to a news release, to “Major Pee Wee (1999-born) AA players across Alberta.” . . . Again, according to the news release, the camp “will be the first in a series of prospect camps the WHL will be staging, focusing on player development and education.” . . . Players attending that camp will be 12 and 13 years of age. . . . The WHL also holds an annual U.S. prospects camp in Anaheim, which is in California, and will hold a camp for 1998-born players in Calgary in August.

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The younger these leagues can get the propoganda into the parents and players face, the better for those leagues (but not necessarily for the athletes and kids if only one point of view is provided!) The NCAA can't initiate contact until the end of the athlete's Grade 10 (?) year. But kids and parents can initiate contact with the NCAA programs… This battle is going to get more involved before it (ever?) gets solved!

Dean
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