Last December, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based newspaper, The News & Observer, published a story counting down the 10 most influential people in Raleigh, Durham sports in 2023.

Titled “The Triangle Ten,” the article was a curated list of recognizable sports figures in the region. Athletes, coaches, sports radio hosts. North Carolina State football coach Dave Doeren came in at No. 10, popular Duke basketball star Jared McCain made the cut at No. 7.

A fairly standard list until you reached No. 4: “Elliot Abrams, waiver-getter.”

“Abrams, a Raleigh-based attorney, has become someone the NCAA would probably rather never encounter again,” author Luke DeCock wrote. “Few lawyers anywhere have compiled the kind of record against the NCAA that Abrams has. Most notably, Abrams played a leading rol

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