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John Buccigross

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Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

So I get it.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

There's some situations like that.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

But, you know, ultimately what they could do is in what, you know, there's been whispers of is just breaking away from the NCAA.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

Just start your own federation.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

Yeah, and hockey is the one sport probably โ€“ and all sports have talked about this at the college level.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

Even football has, right?

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

I mean, they could easily do their own thing, get their own TV contract.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

That would be not a problem at all.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

But, you know, there's been talk about maybe doing that with college hockey and maybe โ€“

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

And do you break it up into tiers?

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

So, like, you know, you have three divisions.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

I know, I mean, let's face it, these teams in Atlantic hockey are not going to ever win the national championship.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

Now, it's fun to aspire to a D1 scholarship and play, you know, occasionally play a Boston College, a North Dakota, a Denver, and compete against those guys, but

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

you know would it be cool if they could compete for their own championship you know whether it's 20 teams in each in each division or each tier if you do it that way and get separate tv contracts and the big boys can get a tv contract and and maybe try to grow the game that way and have more games on prime time get these big dogs together every week playing big games and have a monday night hockey a third whatever you do but yeah that's probably the ultimately then they can do whatever they want in all kinds of situations if they break away and

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

and hire a commissioner and, and try to, because it is becoming a strong league with the, with the Canadian juniors coming down.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

These 20 year old kids are really good players.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

Really good.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

They've really brought depth.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

Yeah.

Spittin Chiclets
Spittin' Chiclets Episode 634: Featuring John Buccigross

This Caswell kid in Denver who played, I think he played for Swift current for four years, was their MVP.