Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association December 22, 1993, Volume 30, Number 46 Legislator challenges research group Ramaley elected sliding scale of academic initial-eli- II chair gibility standard-is rainred T& 1991 Convention directed the NCAA Academic Requirements Committee to deuelop recvmmadations to The Division 11 subcom- because the research that preced- strengthen requirements for initial and continuing eligibility. Thu committee recommended that incoming student- mittee of the NCAA Presi- ed its adoption may have been athktes be required to achieoe a 700 on the SAT and a 2.500 (4.000 scale) graokpoint average in cor~-curnc2~- dents Commission has se- influenced by a racial bias. lum mur.ws, but that a sliding scak be applied to all& students to ojjset a lower tQSt score with a higher CPA lected Judith A. Ramaley, In a December 13 letter to NCAA The NCAA Presidents Commission subsequently sponsored legislation that limited that index to low-end test-score president of Ponland Bate President Joseph N. Crowley, and grade-point boundanes of 700 and 2.000, respctively. That legislation, Proposal No. 16, was adopted at the University, to serve as its Collins expressed concern over Ihe 1992 Convention. chair in 1994 and 1995. involvement of several members of Ramaley will replace Arm the NCAA Data Analysis Working Proposal No. 16 end D. Lubbers, president of’ Group with a movement called Grand Valley State Universi- “Heyondism” founded by research ty, in that position at the end psychologist Raymond Cattell. An element of Beyondism involves eugenics, which pertains to gcnet- n New Commission members: Page 3 ic and racial superiority. Although the group’s chair, John J. McArdle of the University of of the 1994 NCAA Conven- The entire range represents the recommendation of the NCAA Academic Requirements Committee. tion in January. Lubbers, a See legislator, page 28 b charter member of the Corn- mission from 1984 to 1986 who was reelected in 1990, 1993 Today’s T c,p Sh : winners selected has been Division 11 chair ,i for the past two years. Standout student-athletes from Presi&nt at Portland State four different sports have been since 1990, Ramaley has selected as Today’s Top Six for 1993 been a member of the by the NCAA Honors Committee. Those chosen are football play- See Ramaley, page 25 b em Trev K Alberts of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Kenneth J. Alexander of Florida State University; track and field stars Christie Allen of Pittsburg State Alberts Lymh Roethlisberger No News University and Nnenna J. Lynch of Akxandm Allen Fernando V?llanova University; softball play- next week er Lisa M. Fernandc7 of the esota, Twin Cities. Athletics Top XII at the honors din- based 50 percent on athletics abili- University of California, Los An- The Today’s Top Six and Silver ncr during the 1994 NCAA Con- ty; 25 percent on academic achievc- In recognition of NCAA geles, and gymnast John Roethlis- Anniversary Award winners will be vention in San Antonio. members’ observance of berger of the University of Minn- recognized as this year’s College Sclcction to Today’s Top Six was See Selected, page 25 ) year-end holidays, The NCAA News will not publish an issue duringthe lastweek Proposals aim to modify penalty structure of December. The next issue of the News This is the last in a series of six atii- would establish a “presumptive the NCAA Penalty Smlcture and are applied for a m?jor violation unless will be published January 5, cb @z&wing the legislation to bc mtcl penalty” in place of the rnininum sponsored by the NCAA Council. the infractions committee autho- when the annual NCAA ed upon at the NCAA Convention penalty currently imposed against Foremost among the measures is rizes an exception. Convention issue will be Januay g-12, 1994, ire San Antonio. institutions that commit major vio- a proposed amendment to NCAA Currently, specified minimum mailed to subscribers. A sec- This installment feature.5 the general, lations of NCAA rules-is set for Bylaw 19.4.2.2, which would provide penalties are prescribed for major tion of that issue containing enforomznt and championships groups consideration at the 1994 Con- the NCAA Committee on Infrac- violators, and the infractions corn- Convention coverage also ings. vention. tions wirh a list of penalties that mittce can authorize exceptions will be made available in The proposals, which make up could be imposed against major vio- only if it finds that a case is San Antonio to delegates and A scrics of proposals modifying most of the enforcement grouping, lators. Also proposed is an amend- “unique.” others attending the 1994 the penalty structure for infractions resulted from recommendations of ment-m-amendment specifying that meetings. cases-including a proposal thar the Special Committee to Review all of those penaltics shall be ’ See Legislation, page 23 ) N In the News n On deck Comment Page 4 n Results of a survey of chief executive officers’ January 3-6 National Youth Sports Program Committee, Key West, Florida Basketball statistics 9 positions on 1994 Convention proposals span- sored by the NCAA Presidents Commission are January 7-8 Council, San Antonio Eligibility appeals 12 reported: Page 3. Executive January 8-12 88th annual NCAA Convention, San n An updated version of the Presidents Commis- Antonio Committee minutes 19 sion’s strategic plan, which was first adopted by Administrative the Commission in 1991, is included in this issue of January 9 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Committee minutes 21 the News. The report was prepared by the Com- San qntanio mission’s Subcommittee on Strategic Planning, NCAA Record 24 January 9 Presidents Commission, San Antonio chaired by Thomas K. Hearn Jr. of Wake Forest The Market 2s University: Page 6. January 12 Council, San Antonio Paae 2 The NCAA News December 22, 1993 TheNCAANew s A weekly summary of major activities within the Association Next meeting: February 18, 1994, in Phoenix. NCAA academic committee Schedule of key dates for warned of ‘false negatives’ January and February 1994 The NCAA Academic Rcquircmcnts <:orn- Group formed to gather mittcc, using inf.ormation provided by the information about playoff NCAA’s Data Analysis Working Group, in 1991 warned that an initial-eligibility stan- dard that set restrictive requirementc for both The NCAA Joint Policy Board has formed standardized test scores and high-school a group to gather information about the fea- grade-point averages would increase the sibility of a Division I-A football champi- graduation rate for student-athletes but also onship. would increase the number of ‘false ncga- University of California, Los Angeles, tives’ - those who don’t meet the standards Chancellor Charles E. Young will chair the but still would graduate. group, which also will include incoming The NCAA Presidents Commission even- NCAA Executive Director Cedric W. tually chose to sponsor 1992 Convention Pro- Dcmpscy; Donnic Duncan, athletics direc- posal No. 16, which created a more rcstric- JANUARY MAILING tor at rhe lJniversity of Oklahoma and chair tive sliding scale based on a Scholastic Second week - Supplemental distribution RECRUITING of the NCAA Special Events Committee, and Aptitude Test minimum of 700. Men’s Division I basketball of excess revenues from 1992-93 fiscal year Thomas W. Jernstcdt, chief operating offi- U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins (D-Illinois) has 1-l 9 ._______._._________.______.____... Quiet period. to be mailed to Division I membership. charged that the research that led to the de- 20 - 30 ________.___.__.___.....__ Evaluation wriod. cer of the NCAA. velopment of Proposal No. I G was biased be- 3 1 ~~~~~~~~~.~.......~........~~~~.~~.~~~Quiet beriod. FEBRUARY The rcsearc h group will provide its report cause srveral members of the working group Women’s Division I basketboll* --PINKtbmw IjnNG 10 a larger group, representing all segments l-1 6 ._______._______._.____________.___.Quiet period. have relationships to research psychologist Men’s Di Msion’ * I basketboll of the Division I-A membership. That rom- Raymond Cattcll (see story, page 1). 17-24 . .._._..__.___________Evaluation period. _ 25-3 1 __._._______________________.. Quiet period. I -17 _._._________________.______....I.._Quiet period. tnittee, which will he formed within several However, none of the members of the Men’s, women’s Division II basketball’ 1 8-28 ___._._._.............._____Evaluation period. months, eventually will report to the NCAA NCAA group subscribes to eugenics, the con- Period between the prospect’s initial and final Women’s Division I basketball’ Presidents Commission, Executive Commit- troversial part of Cattell’s “Bcyondism” move- high-school or two-year college contests: 1-7 _____________._____._._..._._._.__.___ Quiet period. tee and Council. ment. Evaluation period. E-28 _. ____ _. _. ____ __ __ _. ____ Evoluation period. Staff contact: James A. Marchiony. For more information, see the December Division I footboll , Men’s, women’s Division II basketboll’ . 15 issue of The NCAA News. 1 Dead period. Quiet period to the date of the prospect’s ini- 2-9 _______,______________.__._..._.._. Contact period. Staff contact: James A. Marchiony. tial high-school or two-year college contest. 1012 _____________.__..____...._........Dead period. 13-3 1 (8 a.m.) __________.__.___..Contact period. After that, evaluotion period. Peer reviewers 3 1 (after 8 a.m.) ___._.___.._....._Dead period. Division I football D&ion II football’ l-4 (8 o.m.)... _.._._._..._.. .._._.. Dead period. advised of selection l-31 . Contact period. 4 (8 a.m.)-7 _________.