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Message: [QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 2872830, member: 5823"] This is really not an NCAA issue per say. The issues derives from acceptance of federal funds and simply applied says that you cannot make participation in a faith based event mandatory and accept federal funds. The institution can refuse federal funds to avoid this condition but at most D1 institutions that would be very counter productive. Many smaller privately funded Christian colleges have made this decision to forgo federal funds in order to maintain religion as a mandatory part of the curriculum. Alabama football and Duke football have chapel before every game but chapel is optional. The services academies used to have mandatory Chapel for all Cadets and Midshipmen up until the early or mid-70's Maya used to attend Chapel before every game, I think she still does. But Geno couldn't take the whole team to chapel without giving them the option to opt out. Still think this religious angle in Horston's recruitment is overblow & much to do about nothing. My mother-in-law is from South Carolina. She prayed every time before she ate or drank something. Most of the time I joined her and my kids learned to do the same but only when Grandma was around. Some TN players (maybe coaches) decided to pray for some reason, Jordan was used to praying at home so she joined in-no biggie. I'm pretty sure Kathy says some kind of grace before the feast at the Auriemma house which is always part of every recruit visit. If Kathy forgot Nona would have reminded her. [/QUOTE]

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