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          NCAA/NBA: A WASHINGTON POST editorial addresses the
     issue of NCAA freshmen eligibility: "No single step would do
     more to restore the credibility of the ... universities
     engaged in top-level sports than giving freshmen a year to
     be freshmen" (WASHINGTON POST, 6/16).  CBS SportsLine's
     Dennis Dodd writes, "Is freshman ineligibility inequitable? 
     Sure.  Is it fair?  Probably not. ... But the situation has
     deteriorated to the point that something must be done" (CBS
     SportsLine, 6/16)....In Chicago, Ron Rapoport: "The NBA is
     spending a fortune promoting and supporting the WNBA at
     least in part because it wants to do the right thing where
     female players are concerned.  Why can't it use some of the
     same muscle to make the CBA a realistic alternative to
     players joining the NBA too soon on the one hand or going to
     college on the other?  Do that, and all of a sudden an NBA
     age limit makes sense" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 6/16).
     

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