CHL vs. NCAA scouting fracas misses the bigger picture | Exeter Lakeshore Times Advance

There is something that needs clearing up after Wednesday’s report that the CHL may be imposing a blanket ban on issuing passes for NCAA scouts. Article content

That’s not happening. But what may be happening, several sources tell Postmedia, is that individual teams may be refusing to issue passes to scouts or coaches representing American colleges. Want in? Buy a ticket, seems to be the stance these teams are taking. Article content Article content

But for the most part, it seems to be business as usual: If you are representing a team, amateur or pro, that is interested in a player playing in a Canadian junior game, you can get a pass to sit in the press box, same as ever.

There’s just no CHL-wide pass being issued to NCAA scouts and coaches.

Sure, there is the administrative head