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Article: Draft Option Voted Down by Coaches; Rule Affecting Basketball Underclassmen Could Be Rescinded
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- The Washington Post
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- October 5, 1994
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Less than a year after the National Collegiate Athletic
Association membership approved a rule allowing freshman, sophomore
or junior basketball players to regain eligibility after they enter
the National Basketball Association draft, college coaches are ready
to rescind it.
During a session of the National Association of Basketball
Coaches' 1994 Issues Summit today, they said the rule creates
uncertainty for their programs, opens the door for agents to talk to
their players and generally is more trouble than it's worth. In a
show of hands, all but two of the more than 100 coaches in the room
said they opposed it.
A proposal to rescind the rule is on the agenda for the NCAA's
annual ...