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Alert (12/17)  December 17, 2010 Book Excerpt The Trouble with
Amateurism  by John Gasaway   (Reprinted from the College
Basketball Prospectus, 2010-11, now available on Amazon.)  NCAA
Principle of Amateurism  Amateurs have given us many of the most
sublime moments in sports, and I rejoice that they'll continue
to do so even if it turns out that amateurism isn't really a
principle in the true sense of the word.  No one struggles every
day to grow more amateur in their conduct. No parent ever told
their child, "It's important to always be amateur." No one ever
justified a tough decision by saying, "It's just the amateur
thing to do." No public official ever called for a new birth of
amateurism. No country ever went to war to make the world safe
for amateurism. There ar