1) Do players pay dues to play PDL, like club soccer?

2) I know collegiate players don't get paid to preserve NCAA eligibility. Do non-NCAA players get any type of salary or appearance fees for playing PDL?

Just curious...

I'm pretty sure the answer to #2 is no. I have heard that NCAA players can't even play on the same team with someone that is paid

I know the ottawa fury did pay soem of there players last year and the year before under the table.Of course only cis player got paid ncaa players did not.

From what I read under 'About the PDL', players can play in a professional setting, while maintaining NCAA eligability.
I don't think anyone gets paid for playing. If the Ottawa Fury pay any of their players under the table, is that a violation? Just wondering.

What do you mean by "under the table" Jay? I think a team can hire a player to work for them in some capacity but they can't pay them for anything having to do with playing.
Now if they are giving them money to play, just not reporting it, heck yeah that is a violation. But I would guess you are talking more along the line of the former?

Officaly they were not payed for playing.Keep in mind this came from players telling me this so i am not sure how true it is.

As with the players telling me they got paid so take it at that.It may be true the team its self never said yes or no.

It sounds like someone confided in you, Jaydog2004. But still, if word gets out, it is a violation.

I really don't think it is a violation.I don't even know if what the players told me was true.Take the jr a hockey level same deal in terms of players can't be paid etc.Teams would give players office work etc for them to make some momey.

Fact-check: CIS players, according to jaydog, were paid under the table. That's Canada's version of NCAA.

Being familiar with Major Junior Hockey; those players are allowed to take scholarships at Canadian schools after Major Junior. However, the $500/month per diem (or so, depending on the team and league) they get in Junior is frowned upon by the NCAA. I know Junior A players (level below Major) don't get that per diem- or at least not the same amount- and therefore are eligible for American colleges. Supposedly, many BCHL players end up in college in America.

Curiously, there's a small number of Canadian schools asking to join the NCAA, including IIRC U. British Columbia.

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Some people have brought up PDL programs that ARE pay-to-play. Probably not all clubs (I bet Des Moines is fairly self-sustaining without that), but some.

I understand some overagers on PDL clubs are paid to coach, or sometimes to coach at camps. That might be against NCAA regs, but they probably look the other way to get along, just waiting to see if one school or another finds an advantage in pushing another level of violations.