July 9, 1999

NCAA Panel Backs Away From Seeking Ban on Freshman Eligibility in Basketball

By WELCH SUGGS

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's president, Cedric W. Dempsey, stirred up a controversy throughout college sports last month when he told USA Today that the association was strongly considering a ban on basketball players' competing as freshmen.

A committee looking at ways to reform N.C.A.A. basketball had indeed been discussing the idea, but it wasn't as hot a topic as Mr. Dempsey made it out to

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