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Duke has been doing the same thing and took a lot of flack for it for years.
If Cal is moving in that direction then this will be something that comes up often.[/QUOTE]

That's an assinine contention. Criticism of Duke is nigh on non-existent in meida circles. And there's certainly been no comparable "statements"
such as this issued about their school or program, or any other major D-1 program you'd care to name, on a pointed individual basis like this.