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The NCAA road less glorified

By Heather Dinich
ESPN.com

Friday, July 17, 2009

It took years for Eastern Illinois rugby coach Frank Graziano to perfect a five-page recruiting letter he poured his heart into, and when Molly Clutter got one in the mail, she couldn't believe it -- literally. "I thought it was a joke," she said. "I thought it was a big, fat joke." Clutter was a high school track athlete who, like the rest of her teammates, had never seen a rugby game before let alone played in one. It wasn't until Graziano called her and talked to her about the opportuni ...

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