Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up to the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT:
A) Efforts by Walter Camp to promote the forward pass in football.
B) A meeting of school leaders, convened by New York University Chancellor Henry McCracken, to discuss violence in football.
C) President Theodore Roosevelt's summoning of coaches from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale to the White House to lobby their programs to reform football.
D) The death of Union College football player Harold Moore.

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Walter Camp's efforts to promote the forward pass in football were part of the broader reforms in the sport but did not directly lead to the formation of the NCAA in 1905. The forward pass was not legalized until 1906, after the NCAA's formation, as part of the sweeping reforms to make the game safer.

Each of the Following Events Occurred in 1905, Leading Up