Word: underclassman
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Dates: during 1983-1983
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...persuaded that few undergraduates can step right into pro football, the N.F.L. has a 50-year-old rule prohibiting teams from enlisting players before their college class graduates. Twelve years ago, unable to defend roughly this same restrictive position in court, pro basketball gave in to University of Detroit Underclassman Spencer Haywood and since then has grabbed a few children from high schools. Baseball always preferred that teen-age prospects matriculate in the minor leagues...