Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Judges, trailing 6-1 in the ninth inning, gave the Crimson a minor scare as they tagged releiver McGrady--the winning pitcher (1-0)--for a ground-rule double and a home run with two outs, before the freshman was able to end the threat...
...colleges themselves could become owners of minor-league franchises and ally themselves with major league teams. Just imagine: Patriots wide receiver Irving Fryar gets his hand sliced up by his wife and is forced to miss three weeks of the season. The Pats don't have to shop around for another split end; they just call up a player from their Boston College farm team to replace him. Same thing for basketball. Bill Walton gets hurt? No need to invent a stiff like Greg Kite--the Celtics just call up Rony Seikaly from the Big East League and have...
True college athletes would go to schools that had collegiate football and basketball programs rather than play for college-owned minor-league teams in same way that Tony Hrkac (pronounced hr-kac) played hockey for the University of North Dakota rather than for an NHL farm team. The same way that Dave Winfield played for the University of Minnesota instead of the Padres' farm team...
...establishment of professional minor leagues would also leave the rest of the nation free to return to real amateur college athletics. It would mean that the Michigans and UCLAs and Ohio States of the world could play in the College Super Bowl or the Final Four for real money while the Harvards and Holy Crosses would play for school pride...
Colleges and professional minor leagues coexist in baseball and hockey. There is no reason the same can't be true for basketball and football. It is unfortunate that the only way to make it happen is by letting the schools retain the ownership of these teams, and the huge profits that go along with them. Still, it is a far cry better than the special brand of hypocrisy being practiced by the NCAA and colleges across the country...