At its convention earlier this month, the National Collegiate
Athletic Association delayed, for at least a year, action on a
proposal that would give so-called student-athletes some, but not
much, time off. The proposals were modest, including a break for
two weeks after the end of a season, a day off every week and an
eight-hour overnight break.
The delay calls into question how much commitment, if any, the
NCAA has to participation by student-athletes in anything but
athletics. Although it is not breaking news that student-athletes
are more athletes than students at many of the big state football
and basketball schools-schools which played a big part in this
delay-the confirmation of that imbalance earlier this month
indicates that the NCAA is going in exactly the wrong direction,
180 degrees from the original concept of amateurism.
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