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Basketball furore puts PETA in a spin

20/06/2002

An attempt by PETA to hijack the decision taken by the US National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to ditch leather basketballs appears to have gone badly awry for the vegan pressure group.

The story begins in mid May when it emerged that the NCAA rules and championship committee had earlier ruled that leather basketballs would no longer be part championship games, and that synthetic balls would be used instead.

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