The NCAA Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association June 20,1990, Volume 27 Number 25 Special committee revises revenue-sharing proposals After conducting hearings at three Meanwhile, the committee -Spe- based on conference performance the May 23 issue of The NCAA basketball pool should be based on separate sites June 14, the NCAA cial Advisory Committee to Review in the Division I Men’s Basketball News tentatively has been deleted ~ a conference’s performance in the special committee charged with mak- Recommendations Regarding Dis- Championship and the other championships participation. The men’s basketball championship over ing recommendations for distribu- tribution of Revenues ~ will con- (broad-based) on an institution’s special committee now has agreed a six-year rolling period beginning tion of revenues has revised some of tinue to work on the specifics of its sports sponsorship and the number to explore a formula counting sports with the 19851990 period. its recommendations and now will proposals over the next several of athletics grants-in-aid it provides. sponsored as one-third of the base In another change, the special forward its proposals to the Budget weeks. One of the three criteria hsted rn and grants-in-aid as two-thirds. It committee agreed not to recom- Subcommittee for review at its July Two basic revenue distribution the special committee’s recommen- also will give further consideration mend a graduation incentive. The 10-I 1 meeting in Kansas City. pools have been reaffirmed, one dations for the broad-based pool in to incorporating an academics en- $8 million originally earmarked for hancement or incentive component that proposal now will bc used in the distribution formula. specifically for academic enhance- The committee agreed that the See Special committee, page 3 Revenue: 80 percent goes to membership Nearly 80 percent of NCAA rev- vided by the Association. enue will be returned directly or Benefits for student-athletes and indirectly to member institutions the nation’s youth amount to 3.2 and conferences, according to an percent. analysis of the revised general oper- The remaining 17.9 percent will ating budget for 1989-90. be spent in operation of the national The four components of the oftice. The latter percentage is down budget and their percentage break- from the 18.4 percent projected in downs are as follows: 60.5 percent the original budget approved in will be paid directly to the member- August 1989. ship through distributions from The above percentages include championships, team transportation only direct costs; no overhead or . and per diem payments, grants, and cost accounting of staff expense has royalties. been added. Members will receive 18.3 percent The Executive Committee, acting indirectly as a part of services pro- See Revenue. page 14 During a recent NCAA IVSgiOna~dNgefLJcatiOn workshop in Los Angetes, asslstantathtetks director New legislation on Mary Grace Colby, nunze Sandy Appleby and counselor John Betimt of Santa Clara Univeniry answer a checklist designed for planners of dtUg-edllcafiOn and student-assistance pmgrams for athtetes. lhe ch~klist summa&es concerns and questions to be considered by member inst&tions Commission’s agenda planning a program- The NCAA Presidents Com- and the NCAA Council, the mission meets June 26-27 in Chi- Commission may decide to make cago to decide on the legislation preliminary decisions regarding Workshops aimed at helping members that it wants to sponsor for the legislative sponsorship and au- 1991 NCAA Convention. thorizc its four oflicers to make This is the first time that the final decisions by that deadline. establish drug-education programs Commission has scheduled a reg- In February, the Commission Most of the more than 200 people by the NCAA to help member instr- according to the cover of the seminar ular meeting in the summer, a offlcKrS recommended that the who attended the NCAA’s three tutions develop drug-education and workbook--for dealing with the dcvclopmcnt necessitated by the Commission restrict its direct regional drug-education workshops student-assistance programs for ath- use of alcohol and other drugs hy new Iegislatrve calendar that went sponsorship this year to propos- this spring came to the sessions letes. One of the major themes of student-athletes. into effect this year. ‘l‘hc .Junc als that would reduce the time thinking that “teamwork” and the sessions was that athletics de- The emphasis on teamwork and dates were selcctcd after a survey demands on studcnttathtctes in “game plan” were terms reserved partments need to utilize existing game plans was more than just a of Commission members indr- sports other than basketball and for team huddles and lockerroom campus resources in providing ser- way to help trainers, coaches and cated that they would result in football, thus completing the pep talks. But by the time they left, vices to athletes, rather than rem- athletics admmistrators relate to the best attendance. Commrssion’s major thrust from workshop participants understood venting the wheel and trying to the workshop. In fact, participants BKUUSK the June dates are the January 1990 Convention that the terms are as important create programs from scratch. came from all walks of campus lift, seven weeks before the August when basketball and football outside of athletics as they arc on At the end of the workshops, including counseling, health serv- I5 deadline for submission of time demands were addrcsscd. the playing field. each participant developed an action ccs, academics and physical educa- proposals by the Commission The workshops were sponsored plan --a “game plan for success:’ California schools dominate 1989-90 NCAA championships By David D. Smalr ever that one school has won both ships. The final jump of her career, titles (two women’s and one men’s) Call this an NCAA travelogue- The NCAA News Staff women’s individual titles and the the triple jump at the outdoor cham- and 17 individual titles. Swimming a tour of the outstanding achieve- team title in the same year. pionships at Duke, was an Ameri- was kind to the ‘Horns. Texas won ments of the 1989-90 champronships California’s gold rush is not over The Cardinal, behind national can-record leap of 4641%. The Bears the men’s and women’s team titles, season, includmg the tirst-ever stop yet, thanks to NCAA champion player of the year Jennifer Azi, also won the doubles title at the as well as six men’s and four wom- for an NCAA championship outside ships competitton. also won its first championship in Division I Men’s Tennis Champion- en’s individual titles. the contrnental IJnited States. ‘Ihc ships. Division 1 Women’s Volleyball During the 1989-90 academic women’s basketball. Many other feats, both team and Championship was contested in Ho- Cal State Sacramento, UC Davis year, California colleges and univer- On down U.S. 101, Santa Clara individual, make up this year’s cham- nolulu last December. The occasion sitics towered over the rest of the won a cochampionship in Division and Cal State Chico combined to pionships season. Names like Ho- marked just the second champion- nation in terms of NCAA cham- I men’s soccer by tying with Virginia. add five individual titles and the bart, Kenyon, North Carolina, ship ever contested outside the con- It was the Broncos’ first title in any’ Division II women’s tennis team pionships. Arkansas, Louisiana State, Stan- tiguous United States, the first being sport. title (UC Davis). And Cal Poly San Stanford won three 1989-90 team ford, Texas, Cal State Bakersfield the 1987 men’s and women’s skiing Luis Obispo won three Division II championships and 13 individual In the Bay area, California and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo head championships, hosted by Alaska- team titles and eight individual titles. championships, including I 1 by Car- jumper Sheila Hudson carried the the list of team accomplishments, Anchorage. dinal women. Stanford’s tennis Bears’ banner in track and field, But, lest Texas Longhorn fans while Favor, Hudson, Straughn, Doing her team a Favor teams swept Division I team titles, winning the long jump and triple who bleed burnt orange arise in Bures, Silvestrr, Cado, Trite and Wisconsin’s Suzy Favor broke and the women also won the singles jump at the Division I indoor and protest, it should be mentioned that Oden are among the individual onto the scene as a freshman when and doubles titles-the first time outdoor track and field champion- Texas won three Division I team names to remember. See California, page 8 THE NCAA NEWS/June 20,lQQO &A, NFL huddl e in effort to improve working relationship A recent effort to strengthen the increase in minicamps and on-cam- and chair of the NFL Competition with them. McClendon said. Sheridan and Edwards to represent working relationship between colle- pus evaluation of pro prospects:’ Committee; Jay Moyer, assistant “Our immediate goal is to make the coaches. giate and professional football is said Charles McClendon, AFCA executive director and legal counsel some progress toward finding solu- “The last thing we want is to have expected to gain momentum when executive director. “Those who re- for the league, and Jan Van Duser, tions that are mutually agreeable to an adversarial relationship with pro- representatives of the NCAA, the presented the NFI, in our trustees NFI, director of operations. the AFCA and NFL.” fessional football,” Donahue said. American Football Coaches Asso- meeting were very forthcoming and “They asked for a specific agenda Upon receiving Schultz’s invita- “The NFL has agreed to sit down ciation and the National Football cooperative.” of the things that college coaches tion to attend the meeting at the with the AFCA and NCAA and League meet together today (June The NFL representatives wcrc felt needed to be addressed, along NCAA national office, McClcndon hammer out some agreements that 20) at the NCAA national office.