Date sent:              Wed, 19 May 1999 16:24:09 -0700
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Subject:                interesting article on the ncaa and student-athlete
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> hockey is nowhere mentioned in this article, but it's a topic that appears here
> regularly...
>
> http://espn.go.com/gen/columns/farrey/01264617.html
 
It seems to me that should Mr. Farrey's fears/suppositions/what-have-
you come to pass, the natural solution for Division 1 hockey (if they
like the status quo) is to form their own governing body to assume the
NCAA's functions.  IANAL, but that would hardly be a monopoly to the
extent that the NCAA is in that as governing only the D1 programs,
there would be a lot outside in D2 and D3, and a program that did not
care to abide by the rules should be able to survive reasonably well
outside.  I wouldn't be surprised if other sports were to look into it
in the same event, but I should think that the higher the participation
(and, I should think, visibility of the sport), the more likely it is
that legal problems might arise.
 
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 Craig Powers                   NU ChE class of '98
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