Letter from the ED

With the official beginning of the NCRHA 2003-2004 season last weekend in Fort Collins, Colorado, it is important that NCRHA continue to set forth some of the regulations that are new and old to make the season run smoothly into the National Championship this April. The RMCRHA is already underway and the ACRHA, GPCIHL and MCRHL are kicking off this weekend. All other leagues, SCHL, SCHRA, ECRHA, and WCRHL get under way Oct 10-12. Below you will find a brief list and synopsis of this week's highlighted items. Eligibility Requirements for Students Retroactive to CRHL season 1998-1999, NCRHA will enforce the 5 year eligibility regulation. This rule remains as it has been: A maximum of 5 years total (students at the DI and DII limited to 5 years of play; DIII students limited to 3 years in DIII or 5 years total). Over this past summer, in preperation for the expiration of eligibility and with the unification of the NCRHA websites, national databases were created. These data bases allow us to check eligibility and cross check player rosters and stats. However, we hope to have the assistance of the teams and players in policing this issue. All teams will be responsible for ensuring that they do not have illegal players exceeding the 5 year regulation (or 3 years in the case of DIII). There is nothing worse than a team learning in February that they are ineligible for the National Championship because of a player that had lied about how many years they have participated. Committees Secondly, by forming committees, players and NCRHA directors will now work together in making plans for the future. Some of these committees are already operating while others are in beginning stages. Threads appear on the NCRHA message boards requesting information and surveys to aid us in our research. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact your Member Organization Director for further details. State your specific interests so that you can be directed toward the appropriate committee. As a reminder, the Official NCRHA Rule Book has been released and should be downloaded and reviewed by all players and coaches. Keeping with the items that will affect game play, teams that have invested in MACH 1 pucks in the past two weeks should start receiving their shipments via UPS Ground shortly. A new feature of the NCRHA this year is the real time NCRHA Gamecast that appears on all the respective NCRHA websites. Also you can follow the progress of the games through the National site at www.ncrha.org. We hope that all these little items will help to move us to a level that college roller hockey has never been to before. Finally, the NCRHA would like to thank you, the players, for the huge amount of dialogue that has hit the message boards at CollegeRollerHockey.net, especially since the re-unification of all the leagues. There is wonderful information in every forum. Your involvement with the directors and advisors of the NCRHA shows that our first goal of better communication is a success and we hope to continue along those lines in the future. Sincerely, ________________ Ed Luther Executive Director NCRHA [email protected]