Export Center-Crop (4x3) quicktime from a 16:9 Sequence.

Hi, I'm currently working with DVCPRO HD 720p material on a project which is intended for standard definition NTSC broadcast. The material was framed to be center-cropped (losing the left and right sides of the image), and the offline process is very easy with my Kona card, as I can set it to do the center crop as I send it to my NTSC edit monitor.
However, to make 4x3 quicktimes, I need to jump through a few hoops. At this point, I'm exporting 16:9 quicktimes and going through After Effects, just so I can control how it looks. I know I could do something similar in a Compressor "crop" setting, but I wanted to know if there was a way to achieve this in Final Cut Pro. I've tried making an NTSC sequence, but obviously FCP won't let me cut the 720p sequence into the NTSC sequence because it won't let me mix timebases.
Thanks in advance.

For the end of the process, yes, I would probably lay it to tape and down convert it. What I'm trying to come up with is a method for easily creating standard definition quicktimes for the offline approvals process. This is just a way to view rough cuts. What I'm trying to avoid is extra steps like laying off to tape.
you're wanting to a down-conversion from 720p to run
of the mill ntsc video, correct?
there's a lot more going on with this procedure than
just a 4:3 crop. the best thing to do would be to
export and print to tape these hd sequences, have a
hardware based down-conversion done at a dub house
and record the output.
that being said, compressor is supposed to do format
conversions like this but i've never tried it. from
page 195 of the compressor 2 manual:
Downconvert high definition (HD) video sources to
standard definition (SD), or
upconvert SD to HD. "
investigate and give it a shot.
The issue with

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