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A Proposal to Reduce the Age Discrimination in Canadian Minor Hockey

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  • William Hurley
  • Dan Lior
  • Steven Tracze

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There is strong relationship between birthmonth and the chance that a Canadian minor hockey player will play at an elite level. Players born in the early months of the year have an advantage. This is generally attributed to the slotting system: the way in which minor hockey groups players into age divisions. In this paper we first review the evidence. We then argue that there is more to the explanation of this relative age effect than just the slotting system; it also depends on early streaming (i.e., the partitioning of players into representative and house league teams). We suggest a more equitable slotting system, and finally, we discuss public policy implications.

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  • William Hurley & Dan Lior & Steven Tracze, 2001. "A Proposal to Reduce the Age Discrimination in Canadian Minor Hockey," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 27(1), pages 65-75, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:27:y:2001:i:1:p:65-75
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    2. Yisheng Aku & Chengbo Yang, 2024. "The relative age effect and its influence on athletic performance in Chinese junior female’ tennis players," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-15, March.
    3. Jorge Lorenzo-Calvo & Alfonso de la Rubia & Daniel Mon-López & Monica Hontoria-Galán & Moises Marquina & Santiago Veiga, 2021. "Prevalence and Impact of the Relative Age Effect on Competition Performance in Swimming: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-19, October.
    4. Hurley, W.J., 2009. "Equitable birthdate categorization systems for organized minor sports competition," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 192(1), pages 253-264, January.
    5. Addona Vittorio & Yates Philip A, 2010. "A Closer Look at the Relative Age Effect in the National Hockey League," Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, De Gruyter, vol. 6(4), pages 1-19, October.

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