The NCAA N ews December 29,1982, Volume 19 Number 32 Official Publication of the Council, Executive Committee agendas set Report by Council to treasurer review all is top item amendments The year-end report of the treasurer A rcvicw of all legislation submitted highlights the agenda of the January 9 for consideration by the delegates to meeting of the NCAA Executive Corn- the 77th annual NCAA Convention mittec in San Diego, California. dominates the agenda for the NCAA The meeting will be held from 8 Council’s January 7-I 1 meeting in San a.m. to 12:3O p.m. January 9 at the Diego. Town and Country Hotel, site of the The Council and parliamentarian Association’s 77th annual Conven- Alan J. Chapman, Rice University, tion will discuss each of the 132 amcnd- Committee members also will be ments appearing in the Official Notice presented the 198 I-82 statistical of the 1983 NCAA Convention, review. which summarizes the NCAA including consideration of possible championships program, membership Councd support or opposition and all growth and sports sponsorship by parliamentary ramifications of the pro- member institutions during the 1981- posals. 82 academic year. Council mcetmgs are scheduled all Acting on a recommendation from day January 7 and 8. The three divi- the officers, the Executive Committee sion steering committees will meet the will examine the possibility of dissolv- morning of January 9, with the Coun- mg the division championships cil in session that afternoon. Durmg reserves that were established for the the Convention itself, the Council will purpose of paying transportation. meet the evcnmg of January 10, after Transportation now is charged to the Holding the trump card the general round table; prior to the general operating budget. business session January 1 I, if neces- In other financial matters, the com- Thefirst copy of afilm dealing with the potential dangers of gambling in intercollegiate athletics wus sary, and again that evening after the mittee will analyze the Association’s presented to the Big Eight Conference ofice by Hale McMenamin, NCAA assistant director of’ first day of voting. reserves, including both real estate and enforcement. Copies of thefilm will be distributed by the NCAA to conferencrs throughout the C‘OUR- The post-Convention meeting of the the Funded Operating Reserve. The try. From the left ure Billy Packer, one of the producers of the film; McMenamin; Steve Hatchell of 1983 Council, as elected by the mem- committee will attempt to determine a the Big Eight office. and Eddie Sutton. basketball coach at the Wniversity ofArkansas, Fayetteville. bership during the Convention, is percentage that should’ be kept in Thejilm attempts to educate student-athletes to the serious consequences of involvement with gam- scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. January 12 reserve. 8 The Executive Committee also will bling. Sutton commented, “Every student-athlete who sees this film will bmejit,from it.” SeeCouncil, page consider a new method of handling recommendations from sports com- mittees. The plans call for the officers Proposed Division I criteria are explained to handle more of the routine matters from sports committees, leaving only The proposed legislation to siderable detail the criteria in their legislation in further detail: do not wish to meet the requirement or the controversial items for the Execu- strengthen the crrteria for membership divisions, and the Division I Stccrinp General feel they are unable to do so. The more in Division 1 (Proposal No. 7 I) and the Committee and Council believe the appropriate question might be: “What tivc Committee. Currently, the Execu- 1 Isn t thl\ proposal unfair to background and purpose of that legis- membership of Division I should have Q .’ ._ is in the best interests of the athletic tlve Committee acts on all recommen- a number of affected institutions that latlon were outlmcd in detail in the that same opportunity. The intent of programs of most Divlslon I members dations from sports committees. have been mcmbcrs of Division I for November 8, 1982, issue of The Proposal No. 7 1, therefore, is to and will facilitate the governance of Other items to be discussed by the many years’? Executive Committee: NCAA News. develop a greater commonality of those programs, for men and women, l A report from the Special Com- The revised critcrla advanced by the intercollegiate athletic purposes and A I. Thcrc has been a Division I in at the national level?” mittee on Championships Standards, Division I Steering Committee and programs in Division I. existence for only nine years, and it Q 2. Aren’t there better ways of chaired by Scavcr Peters, Dartmouth proposed by the Council arc designed The following questlons and was created with full knowledge that obtaining the commonality of athletic the membership of the division could College. to further the stated objective of the answers are designed to explain the programs than the plan proposed by membershlp when the three divisions furthrr refine the criteria when the 0 Reports from several sports com- I 1 the NCAA Council’! were established in 1973: to provide members of the dlvlsion agreed to do mittees, including Baseball, Division I the opportunity for national legislative IAl0 statistics, notes1 so. Thcrc have been proposals to do A 2. A number of diffcrcnt plans Men’s and Women’s Basketball, DiviG just that-some successful, some have been suggested. Several have sion I Women’s Volleyball and Divi- forums of reasonably homogeneous Because of the holiday break ut groupings of institutions with similar member institutions, there will be defcatcd-at each of the past seven substantial merit, including higher sion 11Women ’s Volleyball. standards of performance. Some commitments to similar programs, and no basketball notes or statistics in annual Conventions, so continuing would advance the I-A and I-AA sub- 0 Revisions m the executive regula- to enable the membership of each divl- this issue of The NCAA News. attempts to achieve the desired com- tions regarding the statistics program. sion to determine the criteria for mem- Those jearures will be resumed in monality in Division I are not novel. It divisions into virtually Independent divisions, enjoying the individual 0 Consideration of bracketing and bership in that division. Both Division the January 5. 1983, News. is not unusual for a proposed criterion location in team championships. II and Division III have refined in con- to bc tcrmcd unfair by institutions that See Proposed. page 3 General, eligibility, pevsonnel~limitations proposals listed Editor’s Note: This is the last in a In Proposal No. Xl, the Council and school all-star games in the sports of Proposal Nos. 85 and 86 are recom- staff members and student-athletes seven-part series on legislation to be Committee on Infractions seek to clar- football and basketball only to those mended policies from the Council. from usmg alcoholic beverages at the considered ut the 77th annual Conven- ify the meaning of the term “extra hen- games that take place after completion No. 85 encourages member institu- site of a contest or while in uniform at tion. The topical groupings to be con- efit.” The proposal lists eight exam- of high school eligibility and before tions to identify one staff member who other times. sidered In this issue are general, eligi- ples of special arrangements that graduation from high school. This pro- would be responsible for coordinating The final two general proposals, bllity and personnel limitations. A would be prohibited under the “extra- posal would exempt intrastate high the application of NCAA rules to the Nos. 87 and 88, are in the form of rese review of all proposed legislation will benefit” definition. school all-star games that take place institution’s athletic program. No. 86 lutions. No. 87, sponsored by Califor- appear in the January 5 issue of The Eight Pacific- 10 Conference institu- after the student has graduated from seeks to prohibit athletic department SeeGeneral. page 8 NCAA News. tions are sponsoring Proposal No. 82, high school from the required approval Heading the list of nine proposals in which would permit a member institu- process. In the News the general grouping is No. 80, which tion to provide a maximum of four Another Coqncil-sponsored pro- Washington Post columnist Roben Fachet explores the possible conse- cites several examples of conduct by a complimentary admissions to a stu- -posal. No. 84, is an attempt to make quences of no controls on the televising of intercollegiate football . .2 student-athlete or an institutional staff dent-athlete in his or her sport through the rule regarding postseason football member that may be considered uneth- the use of a gate list. The proposal games more consistent with the actual The College Sports Information Directors of America announces its 1982 ical. would discontinue the practice of pro- practice. The proposal would delete academic all-America football team. .4 Sponsored by the NCAA Council, viding complimentary tickets to stu- the existing restrictions on contacts Rising costs have forced athletic directors to take a hard look at scheduling this proposal lists conduct that would dent-athletes. between a member institution and rep- int&sectional football games . .5 result in ineligibility for the student- Proposal No. 83, sponsored by the resentatives of a certified postseason The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment athlete and action against the staff Council and the AllLStar High School football game prior to the date on has played an instrumental role in reducing football deaths and cata- member under the “show-causC” pro- Games Committee, would apply the which formal invitations to participate strophic injuries . .7 vision of the NCAA penalty structure.