Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association November 9,1992 Volume 29, NlJmber 39 Commission forms new committees Women’s Seventeen-member panel will deal Constituents to get chance to meet rules keep with student-athlete welfare issues with 11 -member Liaison Committee identity A 17-member Special NCAA a( c css and equity issues as the In an effort to cnharirr its c om- sulted with thr other officers of Committee to Kevirw Studrnt-Ath- main foc11r of‘the plan’s third year, mimication with varioi~s coristitu- the Commission and with NCAA By Laura E. Bollig lctr Welfare, leading to possiblr legislation at em groups in President Judith M. Sweet. The THE NCAA NEWS STAFF Access and Erl- the 1995 NCAA Convention. college athlet- faculty reprcsrntativrs and athlet- uity has been its, the NCAA ic s administrators were c hosen The first yrar of the plan, cur- When the three-point shot appointed by Presidents afier consultation with the Faculty rently winding toward the January was added to the game of Grrgory M. St C 0 m m i s s i o n Athletics Keprcsclltativrs Associa- 19!13 Convention, idrntified presi- men’s bask&all in the l!)X6- I-. O’Brien, has appoiti~etl rion, rhe National Association of dential authority and institutional X7 season, it was a reaction chair of the an I I -mrmber Collrgiate Directors of Athletics control as the paramount thrust. by the NCAA Men’s Basket- NCAA Frrsi- Presidctirs and thr National Association of The second year is devoted to hall Kules Committee to crit- dents Cornmis- Corrimissiori C:ollrgi;ite Women Athlrtic Adruin- financial conditions in collcgc ics who called for cleaning sion, to deal I .iaison (:om- istrators. athlrtio, and a ‘LI-member coni- up play in the free-throw with the pri- L mittcc. mittec chairrd by (:onimissioner The committee is charged with lane. mary topic for McComas The new pit- .Jamcs E. Delany of rhe Big Ten Peck assisring the Commission in its The lane was a battlr- the third year Confert-ncr is at work on those ncl ir1cludcs contacts with the various constitu- ground, those critics said, ofthr Commission’s strategic plan. five mrmhrrs of the (:omtnission issues, with legislation intcndcd ent groups in collrge athlrtics. where only thr biggest and O’Brirn named the new panel itself; as well as two faculty athletics for the 1994 Convention. strongest players were guar- after consultation with NCAA Prcs- representatives. two IlliIlC iJthltTiCS “While the role of thr I.iaison anteed survival. ident Judith M. Swrrt and with the O’Brien tabhrd James D. McCo- administmtors and two female atb Committee will not prCcIude the Those problems did 1101 mas. president of Virginia poly- (:onimission from rncrting directly other- officers of the (Commission. Ictics ;tdrnirlistr.ators. All N(:AA exist in the women’s gdrlle. At O’Brien’s request, Sweet agree-11 tee-hnir Institutr and a member of divisions, subdivisions and gco- wirh representatives ofcertain con- Yet the following year, the to sclve as a member of the com- thr Presidents Commission, to graphical regions arc represented. stituent groi~ps in the future, it is three-point shot was incor- mittee. chair the nrw special committrr. In announcing the committee, our intent in general to have such porated into the women’s The Commission’s strategic plan Commission Chair Gregory M. St rlJkS. identified student-athlete welfare, See New panel, page 23 b 1.. O’Brien noted that hc had con- See Committee, poge 28 b That changr was not in response to what the men had done, according to First fmalists chosen members of-the NCAA Wom- en’s Baskcthall Rules Corn- mittee. for Today’s Top Six It’s just one rxample of two games that share rules, ‘l’his year’s N<:AA Today’s Top University; track and field athlete but for reasons thilt an- some- Six winrer-spring finalists include Clyston “Steve” Holman, George- times very diffcrcnt. two N(:AA postgraduate scholar- town Univrrsity; gymnast Scott An- “What (the thrrc-point ship recipirnts, two LJ.S. Olympic thony Krswick, LJniversity of shot) did for the women was team members and three NCAA California, 1.0s Angclrs; lacrosse Clark IJnlmtzn Keswick add the clrmrnt of excire- individual champions. player Sarah Claire I.rary, Harvard; mrnt because we didn’t havvc Six fall-sport student-athletes pnast Missy Marlowe, Universiry the dunk shot+” said Marcy also will he selected as finalists of Shah, and basketball playrr Susan Weston of Central Michigan later this year, and the ‘foday’s.Top Robinson, Fcnnsylvania State Uni- University, scrrt-tary-rules ed- Six will he selected from thosr I:! versity. itor ofthr committee. “It was finalists. Selection is based 50 percent on functional for the men, but They and thr six Silver Anniver- athletics ability; 25 percent on it made rhe women’s gamr sary Award winners will be rc( og- academic- achievemcnr, and 25 per- more exciting-for the corn- nized at the honors dinner during cent on character, leadership and prtitors as well as the fans.” the 1993 NCAA (Convention as the extracurricular activities. Nomina- Southwest Texas State LJnii (:ollcgr Athletics ‘fop XII. tion forms are sent to all mcmbe~ The winter-spring finalists are institutions. and sclrtlions arc made See Basketball, page 23 ) lacrosse/field hockey/ire hockey player (:arroII “<:eci” Clark, Harvard See Top Six, page 28 b Leary Marlowe Robinson N In the News N On deck n Chief executive officers of the Southwest Con- Briefly Page 2 November 9 Gender-Equity Task Force, Chicago ference have voted to actively seek a merger with Committee notices 2 the Big Eight Conference: Page 3. November 13-15 Committee on Infractions, Atlanta Comment 4 November 16 Special Committee to Review Financial n Joseph N. Crowley, chair of the NCAA Special Conditions in Intercollegiate Athletics, Championships previews 5-7 Committee an Athletics Certification, discusses Chicago Championships results 8 what was learned from the pilot certification program and urges the full support of Division l November 16 Special Advisory Committee for Football statistics 9-12 institutions for the proposal that will be presented Women’s Corporate Marketing, Chicago Institutional secondary at the 1993 Convention: Page 4. infractions 18-22 November 16 NCAA Woman of the Year Award H Of the four remaining undefeated Division I-A NCAA Record Banquet, Chicago 24 football teams, the University of Miami (Florida) The Market 25-27 is playing the toughest overall schedule: Page 8. December 6-7 Executive Committee, Kansas City, Missouri Page 2 The NCAA News November 9, 1992 n Briefly in the News n News quiz Answers to the following questions up a f’oothall game shortened by weather; peared in October i.w~s of Thu NCAA Receivers do however, (:arneron had a 1971 game against News. How many can you answm-? Northwood Institute rainrd out. 1. The NCAA wilt award how many double duty Bone-marrow donors postgraduate scholarships to football players this year? (a) 25; (b) 27: (c) 29; Whrn Crntral Collcgc (Iowa) football Villanova University head football coach (d) 31. warh Ron Schipper calls wide receivers Andy Talley organized the “Footb;lll United 2. How many institutions classified Jamie Arendt and Rich Schulte home-run For Life” program, which attracted more in Division I are playing football in Dim threats, hr’s boasting not only about their than 950 potential bone-marrow donors to visions 11 and III this year? (a) 25: (h) abilities to execute the fly route down the the Pennsylvania campus November 1. 27; (c) 29; (d) 31. sidelines. Among those donors were members of 3. What New York LJniversity chan- Both players havr sprnt the p;lst two Talley’s Wildcat football team and football cellor called the meeting in 1905 that summers playing minor-lragur basrball players from the University of Pennsylvania, Icd directly to the formation of the and are a hit on both fields of play. West (Chester Ilniversity of Pennsylvania. NCAA? (a) Hem-v M. Mar<:racken: (b) Arendt, a sophomore, competed for the (Zheyney University of Pennsylvania, I!rsinus William T. Reid: (c) Elmer E. Pierce; Colorado Rockies’ rookie-league club in (Iollege and Swanhniore College. (d) Hem-v L. Williams. Mesa, Arizona, this past summer as an “We tested over !)50 people, and while 4. How many states were lot arions outfielder. Schulte, also an outfielder, has our goal was 1,000, it was still rhe largest for the National YOlJth Sports hwgarn brcn ;I member of the Houston Astros single testing in the history of the hone- during the past year? (a) 41: (1~) 42; (r) organization for two years, playing for the marrow registry program:’ Ialley said. “It 43; (d) 44. (:lass A Burlington Astros in the Midwest was an immensely successful day and was 5. True or f’alse: If elected at the l.ragllr IiiSt SUIIllIlCT. very well-received by those involved.” 1993 Convention. Joseph N. Crowley of A senior, Schultr has caught 18 passes in Tallcy began his involvement in the the University of Nevada will be the five games for 294 yards and two touch- cause last November. Villanova has jomed first chief executive officer of an insti- downs, drspitr missing two games because with the Philadelphia Committee to Benefit tution to serve as NCAA president. of a leg injury. Arendt has hauled in 13 (Children and the HLA Registry Foundation 6. True or false: This year’s Division receptions for 184 yards and two rouch- Aurora University President Thomas in River Edge, New .Jersey, to promote I Men’s Soccer Championship semifi- downs.