Word: ncaas
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...sounds like a great idea. NCAA Championships are inherently glamorous and oft-publicized, with CBS running highlight reels of most championships upon conclusion of the fall, winter, and spring seasons. All NCAA champions earn a trip to the White House and a handshake from President Bush...
...Under NCAA rules, student athletes are prohibited from betting on any sporting event—something rowers do every week. Prior to each race, competing crews wager racing T-shirts, with the victors taking home the shirt of each crew they’ve beaten. Such practice would fall by the wayside under NCAA restrictions, destroying one of the more storied traditions of college athletics’ oldest sport...
...It’s got its up and downs,” senior lightweight Chip Schellhorn added. “One of the best things is that we can bet our shirts. If we were NCAA, we couldn’t do that, and I think that’s one of the biggest traditions of racing...
...long-standing tradition of small-boat racing would likely go extinct as well, as the NCAA women’s championship features just three races—a first varsity eight, a second varsity eight, and a varsity four event...
...Harvard lightweight freshman four that won a national title in 2003 would likely never have existed under the NCAA label: there’s no specific freshman event under NCAA rules, and lightweight rowing would likely be excluded from the NCAA...