Wednesday, September 29, 2004
who's on first?
Gregg Doyel tells the story of Coach K finding the foreign trip loophole that has enabled numerous programs to finagle extra practice days before the start of the season. He then writes:This fall has seen an unprecedented number of foreign trips because coaches know the NCAA is about to tighten that loophole and return the rule closer to its original intent. Effective Nov. 1, foreign tours must be scheduled during summer vacation or "any other vacation published in the institution's official catalog," according to the NCAA.
To accommodate their basketball program and facilitate early practices, which institution of higher learning will be the first to add (an excuse for) a vacation to their official catalog? Any guesses, because I believe it will happen.
Don't think any school will sink that low? Remember Jim Harrick Jr.'s "class" at Georgia?
