Word: langere
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...Presidents Back Langer...
...presidents of the colleges in the Ivy League did a very good thing this week-they issued a statement saying that they support Yale in its decision to use basketball player Jack Langer despite the NCAA ruling that he is ineligible. The NCAA and ECAC have threatened to punish Yale for its violation of one of their sacred rulings, but the Ivy endorsement may encourage them to reconsider or, at any rate be less severe than they originally intended...
...crisis came to a head at the beginning of the Elk basketball season, when Yale insisted that it would let Langer ruled ineligible by the NCAA because of his participation in last summer's unsanctioned Maccabiah games-play for the Blue varsity. The NCAA took no overt action after Langer's participation in contests with both Fordham and Connecticut, but after he played in an Ivy game, the ECAC issued its ultimatum at its meeting Wednesday in New York...
...Langer expressed interest in playing for the American basketball team, received Yale's permission, and performed despite NCAA warnings that the move would cost him his collegiate eligibility. That briefly is the history of the crisis...
...Langer is not really necessary to the success of Yale's squad this season, and it is unlikely that the Bulldogs will be invited to a post-season tournament. So Yale would lose little by dropping...