SEC and Big Ten Ban Pro Athletes From Returning to College Sports
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The SEC is a big group of college sports teams in the US. It made a new rule. The rule says pro players cannot come back to college sports.
This means players from the NFL, NBA, and WNBA cannot return to play in college. The NFL is for football. The NBA and WNBA are for basketball.
The Big Ten is another big group of college teams. It made the same rule before the SEC.
Some players left college to play in the pros. Later, some tried to come back to college teams. The new rule stops this.
The Big Ten also talked about discipline. This means punishment for breaking the rule.
These rules are about eligibility. This means who is allowed to play. Colleges want clear rules about who can join a team.
Vocabulary16 words
- SEC
- a big group of US college sports teams
- rule
- something you must follow
- NFL
- the pro American football league
- NBA
- the pro men's basketball league
- WNBA
- the pro women's basketball league
- Big Ten
- another big group of college teams
- discipline
- punishment for doing something wrong
- eligibility
- being allowed to do something
- pro
- someone who plays sports for money
- college
- a school after high school
- basketball
- a sport played with a ball and a hoop
- football
- a sport played with a ball on a field
- team
- a group of players
- join
- to become part of a group
- return
- to come back
- group
- many people together
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1. It made a rule to stop pro players from returning 2. NFL, NBA, and WNBA 3. True
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The _____ is a big group of college sports teams in the US. It made a new _____.
The rule says pro players cannot come back to college _____.
This means players from the _____, NBA, and WNBA cannot return to play in college.
The _____ Ten is another big group of college teams.
It made the same rule before the SEC.
Some players left college to play in the _____.
Later, some tried to come back to college teams.
The new rule stops this.
The Big Ten also talked about _____.
These rules are about _____.
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