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Jarryd Hayne could return to the NRL as soon as this season, after he was dumped from the Fijian rugby sevens squad for the Rio Olympics on Monday.Hayne is not subject to the NRLs June 30 deadline on player signings as he is not a registered rugby league player.Parramatta are interested in luring the former NFL star back to the club. However whether that happens will depend on the extent of governance reforms at the Eels, who have been mired in a long-running salary cap scandal.The NRL is only likely to allow the return of Hayne to the Eels if there have been significant administrative changes at the Eels.There are a number of hurdles to overcome if Hayne does pull on the blue and gold jumper this year. But NRL boss Todd Greenberg was open to the idea on Monday.Hayne left the Eels in October 2014 to chase his NFL dream.We have always made it very clear that we would love to see him back, Greenberg told Fairfax Media.I actually sat with Jarryd in round one at Pirtek Stadium this year and told him we would welcome him back. That has only strengthened on todays news.So, if and when Jarryd is prepared to make the decision on the next stage of his career, if he wants to have a discussion with us about the NRL, we are more than happy to have that discussion.However Greenberg ruled out using the NRLs much-vaunted war chest to tempt Hayne back to the NRL,NSW skipper Paul Gallen and Hayne combined for the Blues drought-breaking series win in 2014 and Gallen, who plays his last game for NSW on Wednesday also said he would welcome the superstar fullbacks return.I think everyone would like to see him back, Gallen said.Hes a drawcard. I just spoke a minute ago about drawing kids to the game and he does that.He missed out there, it would have been a pretty good thing to go to the Olympic Games but it wasnt to be for him and certainly Id love to see him back in the NRL.Hayne announced on Facebook on Monday he has missed selection in Fijis Olympic team.I used all my experience as a professional athlete and have tried every day and in every way possible to make this team and make it better, but unfortunately, time has been against me, Hayne wrote.Kieran Forans exit from the Eels would free up funds for Hayne to return to the Eels.Parramatta were hit with a $1 million fine and the loss of 12 competition points last week as the NRL made its final decision on the Eels salary cap irregularities. Yeezy Boost 700 v2 Sverige . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. 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They have a ways to go.Wearing a Harvard cap and sweatshirt, Abdul-Jabbar ducked his head to get through the door of the conference room overlooking the schools 113-year-old football stadium. Soon he would be joined by the players -- all of them born long after he scored the last of his NBA record 38,387 points.Settling into a chair in front of a fireplace, his latest book on the table in front of him, Abdul-Jabbar said he felt compelled to speak out about a political climate with an emphasis on anger and division.Theres a certain feeling of alarm among segments of our population because the skin color of the country has gotten a little bit darker over the past 20 or 30 years. And that has caused alarm for some people, he said. People of color are patriotic Americans in the same way that white people are.Abdul-Jabbar said it will be difficult to make progress on the countrys issues when the two sides arent listening to each other. A battle like this is not being waged with facts. That bothers me, he said. We should be able to agree on what the facts are.A student at UCLA in the late 1960s, Abdul-Jabbar lived through the Civil Rights movement and said he tried to follow the example set by Muhammad Ali, who was stripped of his title for refusing induction into the Vietnam War. Abdul-Jabbar refused to play on the 1968 Olympic basketball team, saying the country didnt represent him.Kaepernick made similar comments when he refused to stand for the national anthem before NFL games, a protest that renewed the debate on race.Its not easy, trying to motivate people, especially on something as politically volatile as these issues are. Peoople being shot in the street; its a very emotional and a very intense subject, Abdul-Jabbar said.dddddddddddd Im sure hes finding that out. But the fact that hes persisting with it, Ive got to give him credit for it.Abdul-Jabbar also answered questions about his latest book, Writings on the Wall; Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White, a series of political essays from the perspective of an athlete, African-American and Muslim. He spoke about the current NBA, which has moved away from centers who played the position like him in favor of 3-point-shooting big men.The three-point shot isnt the answer to everything, he said. Everybody thought that small ball was going to dominate. You saw what happened to Golden State when they lost Andrew Bogut: They couldnt compete. So big guys still have a prominence in the game, and a place in the game that has not been totally eliminated.Abdul-Jabbar said he never regretted finishing college; nor was he tempted by a reported $1 million offer to join the Harlem Globetrotters. He encouraged college athletes -- not just at Harvard, but even at more traditional basketball powers -- to spend more time in school so they could learn the game.The longer that they stay here, the better that they will play, he said. If they stay in college for four years, thats the best way to achieve all that they want to achieve as basketball players. To try to jump to the NBA is not the way to go.It wasnt Abdul-Jabbars first trip to the Ivy League school on the Charles River: In 1972, already an NBA champion, he attended Harvard summer school to learn Arabic so he could learn more about his Muslim faith.It was a tough semester for me, but I learned it, he said, reporting that he got an A.With former Celtics Satch Sanders and M.L. Carr sitting in the back of the room, Abdul-Jabbar said the highlight of his career was beating the Celtics in Boston in the 1985 NBA Finals. At the time, the Lakers had never beaten the Celtics for the championship.Asked where he would rank his performance in the movie Airplane! among his accomplishments, Abdul-Jabbars competitive spirit emerged.Airplane! has done better than any movie that Shaquille (ONeal) has made, he said. Ill leave it at that. ' ' '