Word: pawned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Yale has done nothing illegal, unless refusing to act as a pawn is illegal. The Langer affair arose solely from another in a series of childish, petty disputes between the NCAA and AAU over control of American amateur athletics. Langer, with Yale's full consent, participated in last summer's Maccabiah games as a member of the U. S. basketball team. But basketball, ironical, was the only sport forbidden to NCAA athletes at the Games, since the NCAA wished to deprive the AAU (which organized the basketball team for the Games) of the major portion of its squad and thus...
What is even more absurd is that Paul Katz, a Yale swimmer, competed in the Games with the NCAA's full approval. So Langer's and Yale's, persecution smacks strongly of pawn-pushing on the NCAA's part. And when the NCAA begins to exploit its members for its own selfish interests, it is time to seriously debate whether it has outlived its usefulness. By insisting that it will continue to keep Langer on its varsity squad, Yale hopes to provoke that debate, but unless the Ivics support Yale to the utmost- and that means withdrawal from the NCAA...
...have traced many of the stolen goods to a pawn shop in Boston, and expect a good percentage of the articles to be returned," Lt. Shannon said...