Originally Posted by Anonymous
Interesting stats. I agree that there is probably more disparity in high school as opposed to college.

I just re-read the petition, does anyone know the main driver behind the possible rule swith with pinching and popping? It is not stated in the petition, not sure if that type of information is public.


This is the quote from the man that runs the rules committee for NCAA
Hind said. “Faceoffs continue to be an important part of the game, but the committee feels that some of the current tactics being used are contrary to the spirit of the rule.”

You mean to tell me this is it? The spirit of the rule? Really Let's not use statistics let's go on a feeling "the spirit of the rule" like they sat down with the creator!
That is your main driver behind this proposed change, nothing more, except for a few crying coaches that didn't want to recruit a faceoff kid