... case was not the first case that protested a useless rule in the N.C.A.A. rules and procedures. And remember that the troublesome bylaw that almost tripped up Autry is still on the books, undoubtedly to be changed again (McCallum, 1996). Some of the rules are old fashioned and useless in today's society. Darnell Autry is in a drama class and the N.C.A.A. is hurting his ... altogether. A record number of athletes who are still eligible to play college ball have entered next month's National Basketball Association draft, and have plans for two new professional leagues for teen-agers threa...

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... improved. The author grew up in North Carolina right between several of the NCAA's powerhouse teams. He is an author and a sports writer, during his career he has written several books and articles on a verity of different topics from theology and sociology to economics and sports, thus giving him a very broad stance and view point from which he writes this piece ... involved in the college sporting environment. Right in the beginning he gives us his first anecdote. The author takes us back to a simpler time when he was but a young, pre teen boy. He talks of manual score boards and athl...

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