<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>In the current issue of Sports Illustrated, Alexander Wolff
>writes about Dan Kreft.  Dan is a senior electrical engineering
>major at Northwestern.  He has a sharp wit, a knack for
>writing and his own WWW page.
 
>He has been putting updates on his page
>about the season, his thoughts and what he has been
>going through.  He caught the attention of the folks at SI,
>who asked him to write an article for them.
 
>... since being paid for the article would break NC$$ rules,
>he offered to do it for free.
 
>...The czars at the NC$$ still said no.
 
>The NC$$ ignored the fact that the magazine
>wanted Dan because he could write, not because he played
>basketball.
 
No First Amendment violation here. The NCAA isn't a public
organization. The First Amendment doesn't apply to private
organizations.
 
But this case isn't even about the First Amendment. Don't be
fooled: If Kreft wasn't a college basketball player, Sports
Illustrated would have absolutely no interest in him.
 
At first glance, a lot of the NCAA's rules look silly. But they're
not. College athletics is not supposed to be about athletes going
to college to major in hockey or basketball, and that means no
cashing in on these talents, even if there's no actual cash but
benefits not available to non-athletes.
 
 
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