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The Graham Plan of 1935: An Aborted Crusade to De-emphasize College Athletics
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21335
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Abstract:
An examination of University of North Carolina president Frank Porter Graham's unsuccessful 1935 plan to de-emphasize college athletics. With the intention of putting a stop to the increasing professionalization of college athletics, Graham's proposal included provisions to ban all recruiting and to end all preferential treatment for athletes, such as special scholarships and loans.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 3, July 1987,
p274-293, il, por, f
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