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Dylan Hernandez: USC's Melton remains in basketball purgatory because the NCAA won't do its job

The NCAA cares about De'Anthony Melton and others like him. Or so it says on its website.

Visit NCAA.org and you can read extensively about how the organization is "dedicated to the well-being and the lifelong success of college athletes."

Click on a link of the website's home page and you will be directed to another page with the headline, "opportunity," the word in bright yellow and each letter capitalized. Right below, it reads, "It's what everyone wants - and what college sports provide. More than 1,100 member schools are

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