06-22-2003, 09:51 AM | #1 | ||
High School Varsity
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: St. Paul, MN
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On the young stars getting paid tip...
With all the recent hype over LeBron/Freedy Adu/The 3 year old basketball kid, etc., I heard another interesting case of the young man making dough.
Earlier this year there was a thread about Sidney Crosby, labeled as "The Next One" by many NHL scouts. He played at a private hocckey school in Minnesota last season, and was recently drafted #1 overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft, where the best of the best 17-20 year olds play, if they're not already in the NHL. He's 15 by the way. Anyway, I'm an equipment buyer for a hockey store in Minnesota and was talking with a sales rep from Sher-Wood, whose main line is hockey sticks for those unfamiliar, and he mentioned that Sher-Wood just signed this 15 year old to a 5 year, 5 million dollar contract. I questioned his amateur status, but I guess there are loopholes like deferred payments, incentives, etc. Just another to add to the list. |
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06-22-2003, 10:55 AM | #2 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Eagan, MN
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Hmmm, I'd like to find out more about that, I've never heard about that before.
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06-22-2003, 01:10 PM | #3 |
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Join Date: May 2003
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I don't know about endorsement deals, but I do know that if you play Jr. A in Canada, you can't go play college hockey after that...so they probably receive a small stipend (I got cut, so I never go to find out :/)
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06-22-2003, 01:14 PM | #4 |
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Join Date: May 2003
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BTW, you guys remember Lindros' big endorsement deal w/ Score, right? Maybe they have to sponsor the whole team or something???
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06-22-2003, 08:55 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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Eric Lindros played Baseball!?!?!?!?! That's hilarious
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06-23-2003, 08:05 AM | #6 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Eagan, MN
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That's a excellent point.
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