November 16, 2001

NCAA Cracks Down on Foreign Athletes, While Urging Members to Relax Rules

By DANA MULHAUSER

Basketball coaches say the approach is unrealistic and unfair when international athletes play in a different system

To keep their teams competitive on the court, college basketball coaches are increasingly looking across the ocean for players. And the Laseges and Mikulases of the world are keeping up with the Joneses.

But getting to the court has suddenly become a lot harder for them.

This past summer, the National Collegiate Athletic Association began cracking down on

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