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International Players Starting In The ACC.

The current, controlling chatter about limiting the ability of graduate students to switch schools for an extra season of eligibility has a familiar ring.

Thirty years ago, TV basketball commentator Billy Packer loudly and persistently argued against allowing foreigners to receive scholarships to play in the U.S. "I would like to see a ban on all foreign players," he wrote in an academic journal known as TV Guide. "I think American coaches should do their recruiting in the United States."

Of course things have changed a bit since the eighties when, for instance, the ACC was a cute boutique league with eight members.