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NCAA Won’t Block Scholarships

By The Associated Press — January 18, 2011 1 min read
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The National Collegiate Athletic Associations legislative council has rejected a proposal that would have stopped college coaches from offering scholarships to students as young as middle school. The proposal would have prohibited scholarship offers to recruits before the summer after their junior year of high school.

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A version of this article appeared in the January 19, 2011 edition of Education Week as NCAA Won’t Block Scholarships

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