Academic Credit Hour Requirement Increased

The NCRHA has always held that a player's education must come first before inline hockey. In an effort to strengthen this philosophy, the NCRHA has increased the academic credit requirement by three credits for each division. Therefore, for Division I and II it will be nine (9) credits; for Division III it will be six (6) credits; and for the B Division it will be six (6) or nine (9) credits relevant to your A-Team counterpart.

Graduate students continuing to play inline hockey are required to be enrolled in a university-recognized graduate program, in pursuit of a graduate degree or satisfy the credits requirement above.

Certain exceptions will still be taken case-by-case, such as internships, full-time internships, externships, co-ops, and work studies.

Further, should a player graduate from his or her college after the first semester, the NCRHA will allow them, upon verification of their graduation, to continue playing in the second semester provided their school and club do not have a policy that prohibits their participation in the club.

Over the summer the NCRHA will be looking at ways to strengthen the enforcement of these new credit hour requirements, and will look at proprosed reprimands for infractions.