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Boston Celtics: on day NCAA screws up, the NBA proves its mettle

As a Boston Celtics fan, one is privy to the entire NBA news cycle. Naturally, due to the progression of a professional basketball player, the NCAA and college basketball become intertwined with your consumption of the association.

And boy does that bring constant disappointment in the headline department. We’ve seen draconian style governing from the NCAA, which has resulted in some of the most head-scratching punishment-doesn’t-fit-the-crime scenarios from the sports world this side of the NFL (who quite frankly doesn’t deserve our attention).

Yesterday, the NCAA imposed a new law that prohibits agents without college degrees to represent incoming NBA draft picks.