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Frozen Sooner
10/4/2007, 01:38 AM
And eligibility.

In a nutshell:

A guy up here has been running a basketball skills-type competition for high schoolers for the last few years. Some good turnout for these events, including the top players in the state. Here's the rub: The guy was offering cash prizes.

You know that I know that I know that you know that a player accepting cash for basketball-related activity can affect their eligibility.

Now, in this case, the Alaska State Amateur Athletics commission has ruled that the kids who are still in school are eligible to compete in basketball because they had reasonable cause to believe that the events were ASAA-cleared-the flyers for the events were posted in the schools and were cleared by the District.

Honestly, I hope that the NCAA decides to take a pass on this one for that very reason.

yermom
10/11/2007, 12:07 PM
i still wouldn't be sad to see Supernintendo Chalmers not playing ;)