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VOL 16 l NO. 4 APRIL 3, 1979 NCAA, ESPN reach major cablevision agreement A two-year agreement for the Association’s three divisions. million homes which have tele- exclusive national cablecasting The regular~season cablecasts visinn sets. of a series of NCAA champion- will cover all sports in which Cable industry is booming The ESPN coverage will be ships, as well as college and the Association sponsors cham- presented in addition to the five conference regular-season pionships, plus others on occa- Copyright 1979, The New York Times championships annually pro- events in 18 sports, has been sion. The year-round program Reprinted by permission duced by ABC-TV under terms reached by the National Colle- is scheduled to provide cable- The Gett.y Oil Company’s recent agreement to acquire of its contract for telecasting giate Athletic Association and casts to the public of mnre than up to 85 percent of Entertainment and Sports Programming NCAA football games. NBC-TV the Entertainment and Sports 350 college events and related Network Inc., a supplier of cable television programs with also telecasts one additional Programming Network, Inc., of shows. headquarters in Plainville, Connecticut, caused hardly a rip- championship under terms of Plainville, Connecticut. Under the contract, ESPN plc in oil industry circles. An obvious reason: It was said to its contract for rights to the ESPN plans to begin pro- will be required to cablecast a involve less than $10 millinn, a relative pittance for Getty, NCAA Champinn- duction of full-time, all-sports minimum number of events in which had revenues last year of $3.76 billion. ship. programming in September different sports, as far as the But the agreement is nevertheless regarded as quite sig- The ESPN agreement pro- 1979 for distribution via satel- inseasnn institutional and cnn- nificant for cable television : It is one more indication of the vides for additional program- lite to cable television systems ference events are concerned. robustness and growth of that youthful industry. Cable is ming to support its game tele- throughout the United States. ESPN also will release at least beginning to attract big investment dollars. casts, including highlights The ESPN plan, approved by one cablecast of every NCAA Recently, for example, the Storer Broadcasting Company shows and programs designed the NCAA Council upon recom- championship except those un- of Miami announced that it planned to sell its five radio to promote the events to be mendation of the Television der contract to other television stations and to expand its cable division, for which it has cablecast. Committee, calls for the events interests. Coverage of approxi- earmarked $100 million for development and acquisition. “We are happy and excited to be shown both live and on a mately 30 conference and 200 Continued on page 3 to be working with the NCAA delayed basis. Some will be re- inseason institutional events is to implement nur innovative peated to accommodate viewers contemplated. full-time sports program ser- unable to watch the initial pres- “The NCAA is pleased with breakthrough for the less pub- Coppedge indicated NCAA vice far cable systems natinn- entation. this arrangement,” said Capt. licized sports and the athletes Productions would ESPN wide,” said William F. Rasmus- The agreement provides that .I. 0. Cnppedge, United States who excel in those sports.” in administration of the series, scn, ESPN president. the entire spectrum of NCAA Naval Academy and chairman ESPN will prnvide the pro- particularly in scheduling and “One unique feature that is sports will be included in the of the NCAA Television Com- gramming to existing cable sys- acquisition of rights to cnnfer- certain to please sports fans is ESPN package. With the ex- mittee. “It provides a vehicle by tems. The systems that pur- ewe and regular-season con- our limited commercial con- ception of specific events and which mnre members and more chase the ESPN series will add tests, and in production of tent,” he continued. “We will sports programming already sports can gain television ex- it to their existing prngram se- cablecasts, with emphasis on limit our commercials to just committed to other networks, posure than ever before. lection at no extra charge to NCAA championships. four minutes per hour, plus a ESPN’s cable coverage will be “The coverage of the other subscribers; the plan does not Cnppedge noted that nearly one-minute station break, and designed to include each NCAA outstanding National Collegiate call for viewers to pay for any 15 million homes now are wired will not under any circum- national championship in the Championships is a major event. for cable service out of the ‘74 Continued on page 3 Judge’s ruling favors Wrestling Federation A federal district court in overextended their authority. Chicago has confirmed that the The court decision rejected this United States Wrestling Feder- position. ation won last September’s Following the arbitral award award from the American Ar- last fall, the USOC acknowl- bitration Association, boosting edged that the USWF was the the USWF closer to full imple- new national gnverning body mentation of its role as national and unseated the AAU as governing body for amateur Group A member. The USOC wrestling in the United States. also initiated steps to help the “This decision represents one LJSWF gain recognition by the mnre small step for the USWF FILA. However, in December, and a giant stride for wrest- under strong pressure from an ling,” USWF Executive Direc- AAU lnhby, the USOC execu- tor Steve Combs said. “If the tive board voted tn revoke its Amateur Athletic Uninn is earlier actions and reinstated truly concerned about the wel- the AAU as its national gnvern- fare of the athlete, as it claims ing body. to be, I hope it will now support The reversal brought abnu t our membership application to legal action, filed by the USWE’ International Wrestling Fed- in the Federal Courts of Wash- eration (FILA) so that the ington, D.C., seeking to com- roadblock it has created will be pel the USOC to abide by its removed and we can work to- constitution, accept the result Typical earth station under construction, others hke it to receive ESPN programmlng In 1979 gether to finalize the plans for of binding arbitration and seat all of the upcoming world cham- the Federation as its national pinnships.” gnvcrning body. The USWF The effect of the latest court also is seeking to have terms of Energy plan may affect attendance decision is judicial recognition the arbitration enforced upon of the ruling by three arbitra- the AAU, barring that nrgani- The Department of Energy impose restrictions on the re- be implemented in the event of tars that the USWF had estab- zation from any activities dcs- recently submitted for cnngres- tail sale of motor fuels during a fuel shortage and in the event lished t.he right to become the ignateri by the Amateur Sports sional apprnval several stand- weekend hours, defined as Fri- (:ongress approves the plan. national governing body far Act of 1978 as respnnsihilities hy energy conservation plans, day nnnn tn Sunday midnight. The potential impact of Plan wrestling and should be seated of the national governing body. No. 1 is dificult to assess be- one of which could, if imple- Once approved by Congress, as the Group A member of the The USWF has obtained a mented, have a major impact cause it is impossible to predict IJnited States Olympic Cnmmit- temporary restraining order, the plan could be implemented on gate receipts at college to what extent and at what tee. The fact of the arbitration blocking the USOC from imple- at any time. sports events, the Association’s time of the year it might be and of the award are now on mentation of its December re- Washington counsel has ad- Although a number of stand- put into effect. Nevertheless, record in the courts. The AAU versal of position and barring vised. iJy conservation plans Will be mandated service station clos- had challenged the arbitral the expenditure of any USOC Standby Conservation Plan prnpnsed (four have already ings on Friday afternoons and award, alleging in District funds to any organization, No. 1 would authorize the Set- been submitted), it is generally Saturdays would make it diffi- Court hearings that the arbi- other than the USWF, to carry retary of Energy (without fur- recognized that Plan No. 1 is cult for many potential spec- trators were hiased in favor of out, the duties of the national ther congressional action) to nne of the steps most likely to Continued on page 7 the IJSWF and that they had governing body for wrestling. The Editor’s View HEW and the marketplace Reprinted below is an ercerpt from the writing of 4 news columnist commenting pertinently about intercollegiate athletics. It is selected The most prolific theorists are those who capita expenditures or participants in a fe- because the NCAA NEWS feels it makes 4 point and discusses 4 topic have no financial responsibility for their male sport or sports, even though the female which will interest readers. Publication herein, however, does not imply NCAA NEWS endorsement of the views expressed by the schemes. In the labyrinthine quarters of the sport (or sports) may generate only $1.0 author. Department of Health, Education and Wel- thousand. fare resides probably the largest collection In the administration of men’s intercol- of social theorists or social engineers in all legiate athletics, the economic facts of life This judge wasn’t jesting of history. have long been recognized, which accounts By FURMAN q ISHER HEW’s 145,000 employees, of course, are for the widely varying budgets between and The Atlanta Journal not responsible for earning the income to among the different men’s sports at NCAA It was pure coincidence that I flew out of Kansas City after meet HEW’s annual budget of $184 billion. member institutions. HEW, however, re- Their labors unfortunately do not result in hearing an aggrieved Walter Byers speak in the morning of fuses to recognize the income side of the harassment of college athletics departments by the U.S. Depart- products which can be placed in the market- athletic budget. The government rule writ- ment of Health, Education and Welfare and read in The Joumal place to determine their dollar value; thus, ers simply decree that per capita expendi- back home that afternoon that the University of Georgia, its HEW’s staff works in a rarefied and de- tures must be the same which, after all, is hackles up and its back bowed, had challenged the same HEW tached atmosphere, translating their social a sexist ruling creating reverse discrimina- over the matter. theories into regulations requiring vast ex- tion. It will require educational institutions Bully for Georgia! Bully for Fred Davison, the president, whose penditures for which the HEW theorists to discriminate in favor of women’s sports, name goes on the bottom line. have no responsibility. Somebody else must by subsidizing women’s activities at a far That has nothing to do with how I feel about the opposite sex, pay the bills. higher rate than the institutions subsidize either one of them. God knows, the only thing more beautiful than Only from such an insulated setting could a Pacific sunset is a lovely women, but there’s a small percentage men’s athletics. come Title IX regulations and policy dictates of them that want to play tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, play which require the expenditure of the same Our advice to HEW is that it withdraw strong forward for the Houston Rockets, but closer to the issue, amount of money for sports, regardless of the current policy interpretation, scrap the be an athletic power in the Southeastern Conference, and so on. student support or public acceptance. HF,W existing implementing regulation and issue All they’re doing is messing up the works for a great majority directives, for example, require that the a rule that no student and no member of the who have the skills to, and enjoy rugged games and finesseful exercise, and entertain millions. money spent by an educational institution general public may buy a ticket to a men’s for athletes in a male sport which generates college athletic event unless the person also NO joke: You think I’m kidding about the Steelers and Rockets? Read this, from a judge in a Federal court in Ohio: $1.0 million must be matched by equal per buys a ticket to a women’s event. “It may well be that there is a (female) student today in an Ohio school who lacks only the proper coaching and training to become the greatest quarterback in professional football history. Of course, the odds are astronomical against her, but isn’t she entitled to a fair chance?” Shouldn’t a cow be allowed to run in the Kentucky Derby? -Digger Phelps, basketball coach athletes, good equipment, medical attention and Should real dolphins be allowed to try out for the Miami Dolphins? University of Notre Dame excellent coaching. I thought hizzoner was jesting. Ye gods, it was a paragraph from Referee Magazine “We must go further and insure a good edu- a decision he wrote on a case in his court, I discovered. cation and fine character training for all ath- “I think the NCAA should handle officiating The pained, aforementioned Mr. Byers is executive director of letes. assignments. They could set up regions in the the National Collegiate Athletic Association, whose hair the Feds “The mental attitude of an athlete is much East, Midwest and Far West. Or they could have been mussing for some time now. This time it’s Joe Califano better if he knows he is a respected part of uni- have branch offices in New York, Atlanta, Chi- and a staff of thousands. versity life. And anything less than this is not cago, New Orleans, Denver, Dallas, Seattle and worthy of a university.” “When a woman speaks,” Walter said, “she is assumed to be Los Angeles, all of which would report to Kan- right because she is a woman.” sas City. So you would have eight sub-commis- -Rob Fennle, Ice hockey player And later he said, the session concluding a now annual NCAA sions. They would make the assignments for College Football Preview, “Six years ago every time I needed all the games and handle the clinics. University of Illinois, Chicago Circle our lawyer, I had to look up his number in the telephone direc- “They would have clinics in those areas that The Chicago Tribune tory. Now we have a staff here in Kansas City and one in Wash- the officials would have to attend. To me the “I think if people knew it was going on, they’d ington, and we’re running up a bill of $600,000 a year.” biggest flaw in officiating is that they work the rather watch a good college hockey game. Some By order, not merit: So much for the agonies of Walter Byers. same conference all year, but when the playoffs of the (Chicago Black) Hawks don’t seem to Let it go into the record here that I most emphatically defend to start in March, they automatically go to a split care about the game. Here, we’re fighting for the last gasp the female right to indulge in athletics, high school, crew. SO you’ve got a Southeastern Conference something.” and a Big Ten official working, say, the UCLA- college or individually, and to be able to progress as far as her skills will allow her. I defend her right to be part of a college Arkansas game. Everybody’s against split -Ron Mason, ice hockey coach team in exactly the same manner it came about that males have crews. But we’ve had them in the NCAA play- Bowling Green State University offs, and we’ll see them again this year. I just teams on which to perform. That’s . The Cleveland Plain Dealer feel if we bring it under one roof, there will be When protagonists are not willing to let the girls put their more consistency.” “One way to develop more American hockey games on the floor and see how they go. They’re trying to man- players is to stipulate that so many skaters on date it. They want it by order, not merit. -Barbara Uehling, chancellor a team must be from within your state. I’m Male students have been dabbling in campus athletics for over University of Missouri going to bring it up at the next coaches’ con- 100 years. They were sponsored by nobody. They made up their vention, but I know the NCAA is not going to Kanses Ctty Star own teams. They challenged teams on other campuses. Two young go for it.” “I feel very supportive of Title IX, at least professors who came South from Johns Hopkins University, where the spirit of Title IX, and I think we should they’d been friends, and where they’d seen this strange new game -Terry Donahue, football coach provide equal access to women and encourage being played, summarily organized teams on their new campuses, their participation in sports. I think they prob- University of Callfornia, Los Angeles and thus was football introduced at Georgia and Auburn. ably have not had opportunities or been encour- Los Angeles Times Heritage: Sports weren’t organized by college administrations. aged to go into athletics in the past. “I’ve never talked to a football coach yet who Students organized their own. They were unsponsored and un- “But while I am very supportive of the spirit said he had a bad year recruiting. He would be supported by administration funds and sure as hell not by some and intent, I believe these guidelines are unduly asking for trouble.” Washington bureaucracy. Georgia Tech played football for a punitive. I don’t think we should accomplish decade before Alumni got in it and hired a coach. -Bobby Knight, basketball coach greater participation in women’s sports at the Rivalries were created. The public attracted. Games were played expense of men’s sports, particularly the reve- Indiana University by popular demand. Stadiums were built when it was discovered nue-producing sports.” The Chicago Tribune that people would pay to come and watch. Spectatorships were “You pick any school in the eight years I’ve created to the point that we hassle now over who’s No. 1, and -Booker Edgerson, former football player been at Indiana that plays at our level, and I who’ll go to what bowl, and television corporations pay millions for Buffalo Bills think you’ll find that they’ve lost as many kids the right to turn cameras on it. Buffalo Evening News as we have through grades or quitting. And Let the women grow by due process. The idea of ordering that “Once a man is in that limelight, it’s hard for most kids leave any place because they aren’t they be awarded immediate equality with a bunch of guys who’ve him to make that transition to a normal life. getting to play as much as they think they been at it 100 years is robbing them of the thrill to grow, to I’ve known a lot of athletes who had no sense of should. experience the invigorating qualities of progress. Play that on direction when they retired. I know seven or “There are a couple of reasons for this. One eight who are almost on skid row now . . . your pipe, Joe Califano. The lyrics are lovely. Up to now there’s is a direct result of the freshman eligibility a sour note in your melody. “I’d like to see somebody take these players rule. Most of these kids didn’t make their high Cslifano, Califano. The name has a familiar ring. Aren’t you aside and teach them something they can do school varsity as freshmen-and probably not the guy who used to play tight end for Brooklyn Tech? when they retire from football.” as sophomores, either-but they come into the highly stepped-up level of college ball and -Leo W. Jenkins, former presldent they’re upset because they can’t play their first East Carolina University year. Des Moines Register “The other part of it is that a kid listens Executive Editor. .David E. Cawood “Athletic programs are not the most signifi- all his senior year of high school to recruiters Editor David Pickle cant part of university life. Education and telling him how good he is and how he’s going Published by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, U. S. High- careers must come first. Athletic programs are to help P&P Tech, and it distorts his self image way 50 and Nail Avenue, P. 0. Box 1906, Shawnee Mlssion, Kansas vital but definitely secondary. The truly good players are the ones who know 66222. Phone 913/364-3220. SubscrIptIon rate: $9 annually. “We now provide physical protection for the how good they are.” 2 NCAA Council certif ie S awards of circaJmstanc PLe Financial aid programs at 10 benefit of employment to a NCAA Division III institutions faculty or staff member. Such have been approved as awards grants otherwise would be of circumstance. awards of circumstance. Approval by the Council un- Any institution which failed der the provisions of Bylaw to submit an award program 9-3-(a) - (3) -(ii) means such an for approval or which may have award may be made by the in- a question concerning the stitution without consideration Council’s application of the By- of the financial need of the re- law should contact NCAA cipient. executive assistant Stephen R. On August 1, Division III Morgan at the national office. will initiate a divisional mem- The institutions and the ap- bership criterion requiring that proved awards include : all institutionally administered Susquehanna University: Aid financial aid awarded student- Association for Lutheran athletes be based on need. Awards, Lutheran Ministerial Awards of circumstance not ap- Grants and Faculty Remission proved by the Council may not of Tuition for Children of Fac- bc granted after that date. ulty Members at Other Institu- A number of other institu tions. tions submitted awards pro- Muhlenburg College : Minis- grams for consideration, but terial Grants. W-review panel the Council determined it need- Olivet College: Sibling These were four of the key figures at the recent College Football Preview in Kansas City. From the left they ed additional information be- Grants. fore making a decision on those are Promotion Commrttee chairman Wiles Hallock, North Carolina State coach 60 Rein, Michigan State Illinois College : Ministerial applying. coach Darryl Rogers and Nebraska coach Tom Osborne. Grants. Effective August 1: Although William Penn College: Quak- the need requirement does not er Pastor Benefits and Family become effective until August 1, ESPN contract Awards. Division III institutions cur- Simpson College : Ecclesias- Continued from page 1 rently are recruiting students tical Heritage Grants and Mul- who will be entering in fall stances interrupt the action of February 22 it had reached an man, University of Illinois; tiple Dependency Grants. any contest for a commercial.” agreement whereby it could ac- William C. Stiles, Hobart Col- 1979. Therefore, various University of Dayton: Sib- quire up to an 85 percent in- lege; Darrell K. Royal, Univer- awards will be offered soon, ac- ESPN, a newly formed com- ling Reduction Awards, Mar- sity of Texas, Austin; Seaver cording to Division III Steer- pany designed to feed day-long terest in ESPN. Stuart W. ianist Reduction Awards and Peters, Dartmouth College ; ing Committee Chairman Ed- sports programming via satel- Evey is vice-president of the Kettering Grants. Getty Oil division which signed and NCAA Executive Director ward W. Malan, Pomona-Pitzer lite to cable systems through- Wittenburg University : Lu- the agreement with ESPN. Walter Byers. Colleges. out the United States, is build- theran Honor Awards and Pas- “This will be the first time Malan said the Council em- ing offices, studios and trans- Special committee: Both the tor Parent Grants. mission facilities at Bristol, NCAA Council and Executive college sports programming phasized the granting of the award must be automatic, de- Calvin College: Christian Connecticut, for relaying sig- Committee approved the use of will be available to the Ameri- pendent only upon the student Reformed Church Institutional nals to RCA’s Satcom-l satel- the Association’s name in con- can viewing public on such an extensive basis,” Byers said. meeting the conditions of the Grants-in-Aid. lite. Each participating cable junction with the series, and “ESPN’s full-time, all-sports special circumstance. He added St. Andrews Presbyterian system will receive the signals the Executive Committee auth- programming is a unique con- that a number of institutions College: Contiguous County orized the sale of the rights to independently through its own cept and we believe the re- would be contacted for confir- Awards. the NCAA championships. earth receiving facility. ESPN sources of the network, the as- mation that an award sub- already has transmitted several Coppedge served as chairman sociation with Getty Oil Corn- mitted to the Council is pro- events for testing purposes and of a special cable television ne- pany and the high-skill com- vided automatically. will initiate full-time service in gotiating committee which petitive sports programs pro- Malan also noted that Bylaw early September, reached the agreement with vided by NCAA member insti- 9-3- (a) - (5) specifically permits Getty Oil Company of Los ESPN. Other members of the tutions and their student-ath- tuition remission or similar Angeles, California, announced committee were Cecil N. Cole- letes will assure its success.” remuneration granted as a

Cable boom

Continued from page 1 One of the largest cable television concerns, the Telepromp- According to William F. Rasmussen, president of the 19- ter Corporation of New York, acquired an $80 million loan month-old network, “Our biggest problem was to obtain the from five insurance companies, supposedly the largest insur- solid financial backing necessary to create almost an instant ance company loan made to the cable industry. network. So we told our story to investment bankers in And the cable television industry reached nearly $1.2 Philadelphia, and they presented our story and financial billion in gross revenues in 1977, according to the Federal requirements in several quarters. Getty responded quickest Communications Commission, a $200 million increase over and most satisfactorily.” the previous year and the first time it surpassed $1 billion. The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network plans 24-hour sports programming to cable television sys- Those figures are small alongside the estimated $3.66 tems beginning in September. Dennis Randall, the network’s billion combined gross revenues of the three commercial television networks in 1978. And cable is still basically a public relations director, said it had signed an agreement in principle to acquire exclusive cable television rights to small business in other ways: The 2,600 cable entities reached more than 8,000 communities in 1977, averaged transmit by satellite a yearlong series of National Colle- fewer that 5,000 subscribers and revenues of about 8468,000. giate Athletic Association events in 18 sports, with the exception of specific events and sports programming al- (An entity is defined as one or more cable systems that re- port to the Federal Communications Commission as one ready committed to other networks. It will also have ex- clusive use of the association’s name and trademark, some- business unit.) thing that is regarded as a coup for a cable network. Growing fast: But cable is not likely to be small too much In addition, it will broadcast other national and inter- longer. It has already achieved close to 20 percent penetra- national sporting events, both amateur and professional. tion of the nation’s television households and is expected to Meanwhile, it is building a transmitting station in Rris- reach 30 percent by 1982. Research by Young & Rubicam tol, Connecticut, and last October it signed a IO-year lease Inc. indicates that cable television is already a viable na- on a television channel to Satcom 1, an RCA communica- tional advertising medium, although it will probably be a tions satellite. A typical transmitting station costs almost couple of years before it becomes a substantial advertising $400 million. And rental of a satellite channel averages medium. about $1 million a year, according to Harold Rice, vice presi- Stuart W. Evey, Getty vice president, said that the ac- dent for audio and video service of RCA Americom, the quisition did not represent a departure from the company’s company’s domestic satellite division. oil operations, but he acknowledged that it was a significant Cable systems generally feature a wide variety of sports step for cable television. programming, and cable television is increasingly looking “It was a business opportunity that came to our attention, to satellite transmission, which is cheaper and is said to and we were interested,” he said. “But everybody seems to he more reliable than the coaxial cable and microwave trans- Joe Doyle of the South Bend Tri- be quite excited about it, and our evaluation is that there mission used most often by the commercial television net- bune, incoming presrdent of the will be substantial growth in cable TV.” works. Football Writers Association of America, takes notes at the Col- lege Football Preview

NCAA NEWS / April 3, 1979 3 Trenton State wins Division Ill crown For the sixth time in its six- team to post mnre than one in- year history, a first-time cham- dividual victory, and the Sea pion claimed the National Col- Gulls were able to capture three legiate Division III Wrestling championships. Besides da- title. rnsz’s win in the lf)O-pound Trenton State, a 13th~place class, Ed Railey took the 11% finisher in the 19’78 champion- pound title with an X-6 decision ship race, amassed 7’7% points over defending champion Henry to nip second-place Rrockport, Callie and Mark darosz won the which tallied 77’%. Third-place 177-pound championship with Salishury was close behind with a 14-9 verdict over Lycnming’s 75 points, while defending Chris Tremel. champion Buffalo tallied 4X Other individual champion- points and finished seventh. ships were earned by Luther’s Trenton State posted only Dan Eons (148), William one individual victory as Mike Penn’s Gary Wood (150) and Rossetti defended his title in Dubuque’s Gene Rowe11 (heavy- the 126-pound class, decisioning weight) _ Buffalo’s Edward Tyrrell, 10-4. Humboldt State, the host for Other Trenton State wrestlers the event, placed ninth with the to reach the finals were 134- help of second-place finishes pounder Mike Jacoutot, who from Mike Fredenburg and aon fell to defending champion Sylvia. Kenny Mallory of Montclair Team results State, 10-5, and Britt Mock, 1. Trenton, 77%; 2. Brockport, 77%; 3. Salisbury, 75; 4. Minnesota-Morris, Division III champion who lost to Minnesota-Morris’ 56%; 5. Montclair, 54%; 6. Millersville. Joe Jarosz of Salisbury State (back) gains an advantage over Brockport State’s Tony Smith en route to a 46’/4; 7. Buffalo, 46; 6. Ashland, 45%: Tom Beyer, 15-8, in the 167- lo-4 victory in the 190-pound finals Joe’s brother Mark won the 177-pound title in the competition pound category. 9. Humboldt, 44%; 10. William Penn, 31. conducted at Humboldt State Unlverslty Trenton State won the team championship, nlpplng Brockport Andy Zukerman 1118) and Individual results State by one-quarter point. Photo by John Cressy. Micky Aikens (heavyweight), 116 - Ed Bailey (Salisbury) dec. both of whom finished fifth, Henry Callie (Millersville). 8-6: 126- were other team-placers for Mike Rossetti (Trenton) dec Edward Tyrrell (Buffalo), 10-4; 134 - Kenny Trenton. Mallory (Montclair) dec. Mike Jacoutot Brockport State made a run (Trenton), 10-S; 142-Dan Boos (Lu- Iowa takes wrestling championship for the title on the strength of ther) dec. Mike Fredenburg (Humboldt), second-place fmishes by Lyn- 3-Z: 150-Gary Wood (William Penn) Iowa may have gone the first were Lehigh (69%). Oregon Zilverberg of Minnesota, 7-2, dec. Jon Sylvia (Humboldt), 5-z. State (60%) and Wisconsin for the 158-pound champion- wood VanDenberg, who lost 44 years of the National Cnlle- 158Jeff Freedman (Ashland) dec. ship; Eric Wais of Oklahoma a 14-5 decision to Ashland’s Lynwood VanDenberg (Brockport), 14- giate Wrestling Championships (56%). Rounding out the top Jeff Freedman in the 15%pound 5; 167--Tom Beyer (Minnesota-Morris) without winning a team title, 10 were Oklahoma St,ate, Min- State, who won the 190-pound dec. Britt Mock (Trenton), 15-6; 177- but the Hawkeyes have mnre nesota, Arizona State, Okla- class with a 12-5 verdict over class, and Tony Smith, who fell, Mark Jarosz (Salisbury) dec. Chris than made up for lost time in homa and Michigan. Lehigh’s Mike Rrown; and 10-4, to Salisbury State’s Joe Tremel (Lycoming). 14-9; 190 ~ Joe Fred Bnhna of UCLA, who won aarnsz in the 190-pound cate- Jarosz (Salisbury) dec. Tony Smith the last decade. Three wrestlers won titles (Brockport), 10-4; Heavyweight-Gene the heavyweight title with a wry. Led by Bruce Kinseth’s vie- for the second consecutive year. Rowell (Dubuque) pinned Paul Curka !I-5 decision over Eastern Tlli- Salisbury State was the only (Buffalo) at 1:51. tory in the ISO-pound class and Oregon State’s Don Hicks main- Randy Lewis’ win in the 126- tained his championship in the nois’ Klemm. pound division, the Hawkeyes 142-pound class by defeating Individual results stormed to victory nver arch- Iowa’s Scott Trizzino in an 118--Gene Mills (Syracuse) dec. Joe Gonzales (Bakersfield State), 16-13; Earlier end set for I-AA season rival Iowa State, scoring 122% overtime decision while Le- 126-Randy Lewis (Iowa) dec. John pnints to 88 for the host Cy- high’s Mark Lieberman downed Azevedo (Bakersfield State), 20-14, The NCAA Division I-AA ber. The request is made in clones. Tnwa’s Bud Palmer by disquali- 134-Darryl Burley (Lehigh) dec. Mike Football Committee has rec- the interest of providing Land (Iowa State), 9-7; 142- fication to win the 177-pound ommended that all Division equal selection opportunity It was the fourth team cham- (Oregon State) dec. Scott Trizzino pionship in the last five years class. Michigan’s Mark Chur- I-AA teams not play regu- to all possible participants in (Iowa), 5-5, l-l, overtime criteria; 150- ells, a winner in the 150~pound Bruce Kinseth (Iowa) pinned Dick lar season games later than the championship.” for the Hawkeyes, and only a category a year ago, captured Knorr (Oregon State), 2:34. the last Saturday in Novem- Smith said those having 37%-point victory in 19’76 was more decisive. the 16Ypound competition by 156-Kelly Ward (Iowa State) dec. ber. questions about the cham- Dan Zilverberg (Minnesota), 7-2; 167- pinning Iowa’s Mike DeAnna. “Inasmuch as the National pionship may contact their Seldom has a rhampinnship Mark Churella (Michigan) pinned Mike stuck so close to form. The top- DeAnna (Iowa). 3:lO; 177-Mark Lieb- Collegiate Division I-AA regional chairmen for assis- Other individual titles went erman (Lehigh) def. Bud Palmer (Iowa) Football Championship will tance. Those chairmen are seeded competitor won his to Gene Mills of Syracuse, who by disqualification; 190- Eric Wais be conducted the second and Andrew Mooradian, Univer- event in seven of the 10 weight decisioned .Jne Gonzales of Cali- (Oklahoma State) dec. Mike Brown (Le- hlgh). 12-5; Heavyweight-Fred Bohna third Saturdays in Decem- sity of New Hampshire categories. The other three fornia State, Rakersfield, to win (UCLA) dec. Dave Klemm (Eastern Illi- ber,” said Division I-AA (East) ; Milton Hunter, were won by No. 2 seeds. Only the 11%pound competition ; nois), 9-5. Football Committee Chair- South Carolina State Col- one wrestler seeded lower than Darryl Rurley of Lehigh, who Team results man Lyle Smith, “the cnm- lege, and Bob Vanatta, Ohio No. 3 (heavyweight Dave took the 134-pound class with ;I 1. Iowa, 122%; 2. Iowa State, 68; 3. mittee requests that regular Valley Conference (South) ; Klemm of Eastern Illinois, No. D-7 decision over Mike Land Lehigh, 69%; 4. Oregon, 60X; 5. Wis- season competition end with and Smith, Roise State Uni- 5) even reached the finals. of Tnwa State (last year’s 126- consin, 56X; 6. Oklahoma State, 52%. 7. Minnesota, 43%, S Arizona State, the last weekend of Novem- versity (West). Following Iowa State among pound champ) ; Kelly Ward of 34%; 9. Oklahoma, 31%: 10. Michigan, teams in the top five teams Iowa State, who defeated Dan NFSHSA building near completion New headquarters facilities athletic printing operation. tinn of state associations in all are being completed for the The National Federation will 50 states and t,he District of National Federation of State be gearing up to print approxi- Columbia. High School Associations at mately three million rule books, Expansion of services to in- Kansas City, Missouri, ahead of case books, handbooks and offi- terscholastic programs re- the May 1 deadline. cials manuals for high school quired the National Federation The new facility, designed athletics. It will distribute from to build a headquarters facility by the Kiene and Bradley Part- its headquarters the rules ques- 30 miles west of O’IIare Air- nership of Topeka, Kansas, is a tionnaires and officials exami- port in Elgin, Illinois. The Na- single-level facility of more nations for 14 sports and it will tional Federation has occrtpied than 33,000 square feet. It is publish a quarterly journal for that 11,000 square-foot facility lncated on approximately four high school athletic administrn- since July 1972. acres of land along Interstate tors and the National Federa- The National Federation 29 at the entrance to Kansas tion Press Service-a news ser- Headquarters will attract hun- City International Airport. vice on high school spnrts which dreds of athletic administrators The construction site will be iS ProVided free-of-charge to from across the country to at- checked nut in early April, leav- editors of local, state and na- tend seven national rule inter- ing ample time to prepare for tional publications and to the pretation meetings and 14 rule move-in of National Federation broadcast media. committee meetings each year, staff and equipment. The Fed- History: From its creation in in addition to many special eration will bring nine admin- 1920 until 1972, the National meetings. istrators, employ a support staff Federation was located in Production and distribution twice that number and install rented oficeS in downtown Chi- of National Federation Sports Preview coach enough equipment to justify cage, Illinois. It grew from ;I Films will also be coordinated Fred Akers of the University of Texas was among the nine coaches the Federation’s claim that it membership of four state high by the Nat innal Federation who attended College Football Preview ‘79 February 27-29 in Kansas has the world’s most prolific sc*hool :~ssoci:~tions to n fetler:l- from this facility. ctty.

4 Bakersfield State wins in II wrestling For those who attended the 150-pound class. 1978 National Collegiate Di- Eastern Illinois won two in- vision II Wrestling Champion- dividual titles in making its ships, the 1979 affair had a run at the championship. Bob similar look. McGuinn defeated Nebraska- Bakersfield State won the Omaha’s Gary Baldwin, 20-9, to team title, its third, over a field take the 134-pound champion- whose top finishers bore an ship, while Bob Holland handed amazing resemblance to those Lake Superior’s Roger Dallas of one year ago. South Dakota his only loss of the year, a 16-6 State University hosted the verdict in the 158-pound cate- event. fw-y. When everything was totaled, In other action, defending the top seven teams-Bakers- heavyweight champion Jeff field State, Eastern Illinois, Blatnik of Springfield com- Northern Iowa, Southern Jlli- pleted an undefeated season nois-Edwardsville, Augustana with a pin at 4145 over Jeff College, Northern Michigan and Grier of Augustana. Another Nebraska-Omaha-were exact- defending champion, Kirk My- ly the same as in the 19’78 ers of Northern Iowa, took the NYSP skiers championships. Only the order 190-pound title with a 17-6 de- Cross Country skllng was incorporated Into the Natlonal Youth Sports Program at Oswego State University of finish was changed. cision over Geno Savegnago in New York with excellent results. This photo depicts the season-endlng race, which emphasized Eastern Illinois, second in over Eastern Illinois. participation rather than intense competition. NCAA member institutions provide personnel and facilities last year’s competition, almost In the 177-pound class, Mark for the program, which is funded by the Community Services Administration. escaped with the crown this Hattendorf of Southern Illinois time around, accumulating -second a year ago-dropped 112% points compared to 112% Joe Gormally of Northern Iowa, for Bakersfield State. Defend- 12-6, while Golden Valley Northridge takes II swimming title ing champion Northern Iowa State’s Mike Abrams won the With a brilliant performance Thornton was at his best in ner was Northern Michigan’s was well back at 87%. 767-pound category with a 12-6 from freestyler Jeff Thornton, the 1650, when he established Dwight Hoffman in the diving Two of the best matchups in victory over Eastern Illinois’ Northrirlge State breezed to its ;I record for the event with a events. Hoffman took both the the championship were in the Bob Stout. third consecutive NCAA Divi- time of 15:45.61, breaking the one-meter and three-meter two smallest weight categories, With Myers’ win in the 190- sion II Swimming and Diving old mark of IS :5X259 set by events. where John Gonzales of Eakers- pound competition, Northern Championship, at Northern Boyd Philpnt of California-Ir- Individual results field State won the 118-pound Iowa has now won 20 individual Michigan University in Mar- vine in 1976. In all, Thornton 500-yard freestyle ~ Jeff Thornton competition and John Azevedo championships, more than any quette, Michigan. accounted for 56 of his team’s (Northridge State). 4:31.15; 200-yard of Bakersfield State captured medley - Pete Bihl (Illinois-Chicago other team. California Poly- There was little doubt as to total points. Circle), 1 :55.02; SO-yard freeslyle - the 126-pound class. technic, San Luis Obispo, is the outcome of the champion- Teammate Mike Hamm fin- Dan Camllli (California-Davis), 21.07; Undefeated season: Gon- second at 18. ship after Thursday’s opening ished first in the 200-yard One-meter diving - Dwight Hoffman (Northern Michigan), 449.65; 400-yard zales, voted the outstanding Team results round. After only five events, breaststroke to record his third medley relay - Northridge State (El- wrestler of the championships, 1. Bakersfield State, 112%; 2. East- Northridge had piled up 124 straight title in that event. He more, Hamm, Navin, Dinkel). 3.28.61: finished 33-O for the season and ern Illmais, 112(/z; 3. Northern Iowa, points, and an 88-point lead al.yn broke his own record for 400-yerd lndlvldual medley-Del Guyer handed Rill DePaoli of Cali- 07% : 4 Southern Illinois-Edwards- the event with a record time of (Northridge State). 4: 07.93; 200-yard over second-place Cal Poly-Pn- freestyle - Jeff Thornton (Northridge villa, 83%; 5. Augustana, 68%: 6. 2:06.06. Hamm, who also won fornia (Tndiana) State his only Northern Michigan, 65; 7. Nebraska- mona was too much for any State). 1 :41.87’; loo-yard butterfly - defeat of the year in the finals, Omaha, 35: 8. Springfield, 32%; 9. team to overtake. the lOOmyard event last year, Dan Camilli (California-Davis), 50.49: a 22-14 decision. South Dakota State. 31%; 10. Grand When all was done, the Mata- finis:hed second this time around loo-yard backstroke - Mark Doyle Valley State. 24%. (Oakland), 52.45: loo-yard breestslroke Azevedo won the outstanding dors had recorded six individ- losing to Puget Sound’s Robert - Robert Jackson (Puget Sound), wrestler designation last year Individual results ual and three relay victories en dackson. 57.45; 600-yard freestyle relay-North- competing at 118 pounds, and 118 ~ Joe Gonzales (BakersfIeld route to their 384 points. Oak- Craig Dinkel, also of Nnrth- ridge State (Thornton, Dederick. Hamm. State) dec. Bill DePaoll (California ridge State, was a repeat Haywood), 6: 54.07; 1650-yard freestyle he proved no less effective work- State of Pennsylvania), 22-14; 126- land University of Michigan - Jeff Thornton (Northridge State). ing in the next weight category. John Acevedo (Bakersfield State) dec. finished second with 170 points, winner. Dinkel won the lOO- 15:45.61: loo-yard freestyle - Craig He decisioned defending 126- Sam Herriman (Augustana), 11-8; 134 followed by Chico State with yard freestyle in a time of 46.- Dinkel (Northridge State), 46.71; 200- -Bob McGuinn (Eastern Illinois) dec pound champion Sam Herriman 145, Cal Poly-Pomona with 140, 71, although it was nearly a sec- yard backsfroke - Daniel Deacon (In- Gary Baldwin (Nebraska-Omaha), 20-9; diana, Pa., University), 1 :55.77: 200- of Augustana, 11-8, to finish 142-Tom Gongora (Bakersfield State) Puget Sound with 138 and host ond slower than last year’s win- yard breaststroke - Mike Hamm the season undefeated at 27-O. dec. Rick Jensen (South Dakota State). Northern Michigan with 13’7 ning time. (Northridge State), 2:06.06: 200-yard 4-2; 150 - Scott Madigan (Mankato While Northridge was steal- bufterlly ~ Ian Dittus (Oakland)‘, Bakersfield State also cap- State) dec. Tom Napier (Southern Illi- points. ing the spotlight, other indi- 1 : 54.63; Three-meter diving - Dwight tured a title in the 142-pound nois-Edwardsville, 6-5. While the Northridge team Hoffman (Northern Michigan), 486.90; class, where Tom Gongora de- 158-Bob Holland (Eastern Illinois) was impressive, the Matador viduals fought for their share 400-yard freestyle relay - Northridge cisionerl Rick aensen of South dec. Roger Dallas (Lake Superior), 16- individuals were even mnrc im- of it. State. (Dinkel, De d e r i c k , Haywood. Dakota State, 4-2. It was the 6; 167-Mike Abrams (Golden Valley pressive. Leading the way was California-Davis’ Dan Camil- Navin), 3: 06.28. State) dec. Bob Stout (Eastern Illinois). li was a double winner, taking Team results third time in the finals for Jen- 12-6; 117-Mark Hattendorf (Southern Thornton, who won the SOO- 1. Northridge State. 384; 2. Oakland, sen, who won the 126 title as a Illinois-Edwardsville) dec. Joe Gormal- yard freestyle, the 200-yard the SO-yard freestyle and the 170; 3. California State. Chico, 145; 4. sophomore and was runnerup ly (Northern Iowa), 12-6; 190-Kirk freestyle, and the 16SO-yard IOO~yarrl butterfly. In the but- California Poly, Pomona, 140; 5. Puget Sound, 138; 6. Norlhern Michigan, 137; at 134 in 1977. Gongora, who Myers (Northern Iowa) dec. Geno Sa- freestyle ‘vrl also was a mem- terfly event, he repeated as vegnago (Eastern Illinois). 17-6: Heavy 7. California-Davis, 107; 8. Illinois-Chi- finished with a 29-6-2 record, weight ~ Jeff Blatnik (Springfield) ber of Northridge’s winning champion at 50.49. cago Circle, 85: 9. Wayne State. 70; was fourth last year in the pinned Jeff Grier (Augustana) at 4:45. 800-yard freestyle relay team. The only other double win- 10. Clarion State, 63. lldlanova rallies to win indoor track championsh/;o as-El Paso, 13: 21.64: 440-yard dash- Despite falling behind Texas- meet’s Is-year history. The was in the two-mile relay in was Washington’s Scott Neil- James Walker, Auburn, 48.61; 66Oyard El Paso 27-2 after the first day, others were Ryun in 19G8 and which UTEP finished second son in the X-pound weight run-Evans White, Prairie View, 1 :51.- Villanova rallied to win the Marty Liquori of Villanova in but was disqualified for a throw. Neilson won last year 90; 60-yard hurdles - Renaldo Nehe- 1979 National Collegiate Indoor 1971. bumping incident. with a throw of 68-7X and bet- miah. Maryland, 6.90 (NCAA indoor Track and Field Championship Troriicnlly, it was the mile tered that this year with a win- record; old record, 6.94, Nehemiah, While Villanova and Texas- quarterfinals, 1979); 60~yard dash - held at Cobo Arena in Detroit. run that started Villanova’s El Paso highlighted the team ning toss of 71-5X. Curtis Dickey, Texas A&M, 615; Two- The Wildcats pulled out a comeback. Sydney Maree and competition, several other inrli- Three field event winners re- mile run-Suleiman Nyambui, Texas-El 52-51 win on the last event of Amos Knrir finished two-three viduals shared the spotlight. crjf-ded the first wins ever for Paso, 8:37.87; 600-yard run-Anthony their respective schools in the Tufariello. Villanova, 1 :09.41; DImlance the meet as their mile relay in the mile run and those 14 Renaldn Nehemiah of Mary- medley relay - Tennessee (Solomon team sprinted to victory to give points turned the Wildcats in land retained his crown in the NCAA indoor meet. Larry My- Hunter 1 :55.6; Mike Barlow 49.2; Rich- the Philadelphia school its third the right direction and when 60-yard high hurdles with a ricks of Mississippi College in ard Hadler 2:59.0: Keith Young 4:03.3). NCAA indoor crown. the day was through, Vilannva the long jump, Mark Baugh- 9 :47 1; l,OOO-yard run-Don Paige, VII- meet record time of 6.90-only Ianova. 2:07.27 (NCAA indoor record; But even though it was a had the title. one-hundredth of a second off man of Houston in the shot put old record, 2:07.29, Mark Eelger, Vil- disappointing meet for the Don Paige and Anthony Tu- his world indoor best set earlier and Robert Cannon of Indiana lanova, 1976); Two-mile relay-Nebras- UTEP team, it was an out- farielln a180 scored firsts for in the triple jump scored first- ka (Paul Downes 1 :55.8; Brian Duini- this year. gan 1 :53.6; Mark Fluitt 1 :51.2; Scott standing one for Texas-El Villanova on the final day. time wins for each school in- Texas A&M footballer Curtis Poehling 1 :50.9), 7:31.3; Mile run- Paso’s Suleiman Nyambui. Ny- Paige set a NCAA meet record doors. Suleiman Nyambui, Texas-El Paso, 3:- Dickey won the 60-yard dash ambui won both the mile and in the l,OOO-yard run with a Field event winners 57.89 (NCAA indoor record; old record, Jim Ryun. Kansas, 3:58.6, 1967); Mile two-mile runs and established time of 2:07.27, just nipping for the second straight year 35-pound weight throw--Scott Neil- with a time of 6.1s. The time son, Washington, 71-S%; Long jump- relay - VIllanova (Keith Brown 49.8: a NCAA meet record in the the previous record of 2:07.29 Derrek Harbour 49.4: Anthony Tufari- was exactly the same as his Larry Myricks, Mississippi College, 25- mile with a time of Z:57.89, set by his former teammate, 10%. Shot put - Mark Baughman, ello 48.0; Tim Dale 48.2), 3:15.52. breaking the old record of 3.58.- Mark Belger, in 1976. Tufariel- winning time last year and Houston, 62-10; Triple jump - Robert Team totals 6 set by dim Ryun of Kansas in lo scored his win in the 600- only two-hundredths of a sec- Cannon, Indiana. 54-8X; Pole vault- 1. VIllanova, 52; 2. Texas-El Paso, ond ahead of second-place fin- Geoffrey Sliles, Harvard, 17-3; High 51; 3. Auburn, 27; 4. (tie) Tennessee 1967. yard run and was also a mem- jump--Jim Pringle, Florida, 7-4%. isher Harvey Glance of Auburn. and Kansas, 24; 6. Maryland, 22; 7. Nyambui’s lnllg distance dou- her of the mile relay team. Track event winners Harvard, 16; 8. (tie) Dartmouth, Wis- ble was only the third in the One key point in the meet The o111y other repeat winner Three-mlle~Mlchael Musyoki, Tex- consin, Indiana and Missouri, 14.

NCAA NEWS / April 3, 1979 5 MacGregor chosen to E~ITOR’S NOTE: P?rblication of an interpretation in this Cohmn Con- stitutes official notice to the membership. New Ok printed herein may produce ball be reviewed by the annual Convention at the request of any member. Questions concerning these or other Ok should be directed to The NCAA Baseball Commit- William B. Hunt, assistant executive director, at the Association’s tee, with the approval of the national ofice (P.O. Box 1906, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66222; 913/ Executive Committee, has chns- 384-3220). en MacGregor Athletic Prod- The following interpretations are included in the 1979-80 ucts to manufacture an official edition of the NCAA Manual but are reprinted in the News at NCAA championship baseball. this time to emphasize the application of the regulations involved. Baseball Committee chair- Promotion of commercial product man Dick Bergquist, University of Massachusetts, said that the (Case No. 32) official championship ball pro- Situation: Prior to enrolling in an NCAA member institution, gram has been a long-standing an individual accepts remuneration for or permits the use of his goal of the committee. The con- name or picture ta directly advertise, recommend or promote the tract calls for the same type of sale or use of a commercial product or service, or he receives ball (called the NCAA model) remuneration for endorsing a commercial product or service to be used in all regional cham- through use of the product or service. (310) pionship competition and in the Question: Is his eligibility to participate in intercollegiate ath- finals of the three NCAA base- letics subsequent to enrollment jeopardized by virtue of permit- ball championships. ting the use of his name or picture as described prior to enroll- MacGregor will supply all ment ? necessary baseballs for the Answer: The student-athlete’s eligibility would be affected sub- championships forthe next four sequent to enrollment if he did not take appropriate steps to re- years and will provide a royalty tract permission for the use of his name or picture as described Institutions to control on net sales of the NCAA ball. or continued to receive remuneration for endorsing a commer- MacGregor will receive an cial product or service through their use. [C 3-l-(e)1 exclusive license for use of the salaries of athletic staff registered marks of the Associ- Athletic equipment donations The provisions of Constitu- outside groups, provided the ation on the NCAA ball, pack- (Case No. 34) tion 3-2 (principle of institu- compensation is for additional aging and advertising (see ac- Situation: An institution accepts athletic equipment from a tional control and responsibil- work actually performed and is companying drawing). company or manufacturer. In turn, the company or manufacturer ity) prohibit an outside agency, consistent with the going rate A subcommittee of the Base- publicizes the fact that the institution’s team utilizes the equip- group or individual from pay- for similar work. Such outside ball Committee, consisting of ment. (443) ing or regularly supplementing work must be in conformity Donald K. Edwards, University of California, Riverside (chair- Question: Is the eligibility of student-athletes on the team in an athletic department staff with institutional policies and man), Michael Briglia, Glass- question jeopardized? member’s salary, members have done with the approval of the bnro State College; and Berg- Answer: No, provided the names or pictures of the student- been reminded by the NCAA institution. Council. An outside agency, group or quist received proposals from athletes are not directly involved in the publicity or promotion of manufacturers. the equipment. [C 3-I-(e)] As stated in Case No. 89 individual may supplement an (page 203,1979-80 NCAA Man- athletic department staff mem- The official championship ball Student-athlete-commercial items ual) an outside source can ber’s salary with a direct cash will be tested throughout the fnur-year contract period to (Case No. 35) neither make direct cash pay- payment in recognition of a ments to the staff member nor specific and extraordinary make certain it continues to Situation: An institution or other agency or individual desires donate cash to the institution achievement such as winning a meet the criteria established by to sell commercial items (e.g. T-shirts, sweatshirts, serving trays, earmarked for the staff mem- conference or national cham- the Baseball Committee. playing cards, posters, photographs) on which the name or pic- her’s salary or supplemental in- pionship, winning a certain “MacGregor is very pleased ture of a student-athlete appears. (448) come. The institution must re- number of games or meets dur- to be associated with the NCAA Question: Is it permissible for a student-athlete to permit his main in control of determining ing a career, or making a sig- and all of its members,” said name or picture to be used in this manner without jeopardizing who is to be its employee and nificant contribution during his Frederic Brooks, chairman of his eligibility under the Association’s professional rulings? the amount of salary he is to career to the athletic program MacGregor Athletic Products. Answer: No. A student-athlete may not consent to the use of receive. of the institution. Case No. 90 “We hope this is the beginning his name or picture for such commercial purposes; however, if Outside work: It would be (page 2041979-80 NCAA Man- of a long and satisfying rela- the use of his name or picture (by an individual or an agency permissible, the Council said, ual) provides that such a cash tionship. other than a member institution) occurs without the student- for an outside source to donate supplement must be provided in “This follows up on Mac- athlete’s knowledge or despite his written refusal of consent, the funds to the institution to be recognition of the specific Gregor’s long association with student-athlete is not required to take further action to have his used as determined by the in- achievement and must be in college athletics and the endeav- name or picture removed from the item. In any such case, neither stitution and for the institution conformance with institutional vor of our company to support the student-athlete nor the institution may promote the item or to determine, at its sole discre- policy. the college game. We hope the receive any remuneration from the sale of the item. [C 3-l-(e)] tion, that the funds should be The Council noted it would college athletic community will used to pay or supplement a not be permissible far an out- embrace this program enthusi- Job income-sale of athletic equipment staff member’s salary. It also side source to supplement regu- astically, especially since the (Case No. 36) would be permissible for a staff larly a staff member’s salary or rnyalties from the sales of Situation: A student-athlete is employed to sell equipment re- member to earn income over to arrange to supplement his these balls will all go back into lated to his sport. (492) and above his institutional sal- salary for an unspecified the NCAA’s three divisional ary by performing services for achievement. basehal: championships.” Question: Does such employment jeopardize the student-ath- lete’s eligibility to participate in intercollegiate athletics in that sport? Answer: No, provided the employment is a legitimate sales po- World U. games set for September sition and the individual is reimbursed at an hourly rate or set Three hundred twenty-five in Sofia, Bulgaria, for the 1977 propriate International Sports salary in the same manner as any nonathlete salesman. Further, American student-athletes, Games. Federation. his name, picture or athletic reputation may not be used to ad- coaches, administrators and The United States Olympic 4. Be enrolled as a full-time vertise or promote the product, his job or the employer. [C 3-1- staff, as selected by the United Committee has authorized up bonafide student (undergradu- (e), C 3-1-(f)] States Collegiate Sports Coun- to $325,000 to the USCSC for ate or graduate student). cil’s Games Committees, will selecting, training and trans- 5. Have participated in the represent the United States in porting the teams to Mexico. last official examinations of the ninth World University In 1979, the USOC allocated his/her institution. Games in Mexico City Septem- $367,000 to send the teams to 6. Be a (new) freshman stu- ber Z-14. Sofia. dent accepted for matriculation A total of 183 countries are To prepare some of the teams The NCAA Extra Events Committee has certified the following game in by an institution university in expected to compete in the 18 for international competition, accordance with NCAA Bylaw 2-3: fall 1979. sports, under the banner of the USOC and the USCSC have Indiana Sertoma Charities Game; Indianapolis, Indiana; April 20 or 27. 7. Be eligible for competition FISU (Federation Internatinn- arranged pre-World University The NCAA Extra Events Committee has certified the following gymnas- under the eligibility rules of ale Sportive Universidade) and Games tournaments in the tics meet in accordance with NCAA Bylaw 2-4: that institution’s national cnl- National AAU Elite Championships; Houston, Texas; April 28-29. directed by the Mexico Organ- spnrts of basketball (men and legiate sports body (NCAA, izing Committee, the Interna- women), volleyball (men and NATA, NJCAA or AIAW). tional Federations and the In- women), soccer and water polo. ternational Olympic Committee. 8. Be a former student (jun- To be eligible for the World The World University Games University Games a student- ior college or four-year college) will attract more than 5,000 of athlete must: who has been graduated for the world’s finest students-ath- only one year. Example: A letes to Mexico City. Conducted 1. Be a citizen of the United spring or summer 1978 gradu- every two years, the World UniL States ; ate would be eligible through versity Games have grown from 2. Have been born between the 1979 World University the 45 countries and 985 par- Januarv 1, 1952, and December Games. A winter (December Acting for the Executive Committee, the NCAA officers have approved 31, 1962; Lehigh University as host and site of the 1979 National Collegiate Cross ticipants that gathered for the 1977 or January 1978) gradu- Country Championships, Novernber 19, and Wichita State University as first set of Games in Turin, 3. Be an amateur athlete as ate would not be eligible for host and site of the 1980 National Collegiate Cross Country Champion- Italy, in 1959 to 89 countries stipulated by the International the 1979 World University ships, November 24. and 4,423 competitors that met Olympic Committee and the ap- Games.

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