May 28, 2004

Lawmakers Hear NCAA Plans to Reform Recruiting and Academics

By WELCH SUGGS

Members of Congress were alternately critical and cordial toward representatives of college sports at a hearing last week.

They generally approved of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's plans to reform recruiting and to punish teams whose players fall behind academically, but they voiced skepticism about the commercialism of college sports as a whole.

"I don't see a difference between college sports and professional sports," said Rep. Clifford B. Stearns, a Florida

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