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Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association September 26, 1994, Volume 3 1, Number 34 Programs help athletes succeed in ‘real world’ By Ronald D. Molt ficult. Ictrs, earning a degree ~ about 90 pcrccnt ofhSe receiving grants THE NCAA NEWS STAFF “9n time” is a maJor Several p~OglX~llS ~ have graduated. have brcn pun into c liallenge hecause of “It has been a really sue c-rssful program,” Arhlc~ic s may be all fun and games for the Ihr significant time place by the Association said CJrsula R. Walsh, NCAA director of demands placed on spectators in the stands, but for the athlete, and mrmhrr inslitu- research and staff hiSO lo the NCAA athletes. il is much more. tions and conferences Special De!gee-Con)[JlctiOll hngram (k~Illm For some, athletics is the calling card for a to help equip student- Not <Jr+’ &JeS Ihe De- mittee. “I think it’s a qlleS~i(JIl of late bloom better way oflife. For many more, athletics is athletes with the tools to grcc-Coniplelion ing. Sometimes you find SOrTleOIle who is a world of its own, complete with rules and a survive in a world that is hJpn1 provide much- going back to SC~MJCJI after 10 years (of being culture. much more competitive needed financial assis out). I think they are really cognizant of the Rut the spotis life cycle for the athlete is a than athletics. tame for former student-athletes to complete worth of a degree and the difference it can fleeting one. When the cheers turn to silence course work, it also has succeeded in helping make.” Financial assistance and the athletics life comes to an end, many student-athletes graduate. One of those late bkJOTTWrS, Walsh said, athletes otien find making the bansilion from One concept making a difference in the In 1988, the NCAA Degree-Completion was a former football player named Oudious the sports world to that other domain - com- lives of former student-athletes is the NC& Award was established and, to date, more monly referred to as the “real” world - dif- Degree-Completion Program. For many ath- than 500 former Division I student-athletes See Student-athletes, page 20 b Commission Second publication adds Gordon of proposals mailed Milton A. Gordon, president of California State Univcrsiry, Fullerton, has been appointed to the A tlJ&d of 149 proposals for the appeating in the initial publication NCAA Prrsidents Commission. 1995 NCAA Convrnrion is includ- have bee11 withdrawn. Hr rc@aces James E. I .- I ed in tlrr Sec~ontl Publication of Onr ofdiose proposals has been Halligan, president of New PrcJ[J”SCd LegiShtiOll, which was replaced hy a Council-sponsored Mexico Stare University, as the mailed to the membership Septem- measure to eliminate in Division I Rig West Conference repre- her 23. the requirement that meals IJrO- sentative on the Commission. Included are 53 prOpcJSalS pro- vided during an official visit be (Gordon will be eligible for duced from the committee structure offered in an institution’s regular, election to a fill1 four-year through the NC&4 Council and/or on-campus dining facilities. term ir1Janux-y. NCAA Presidents Commission, Cordon has been involved along wivlthfour prOpOdS included in a deregulation package aimed at in higher education since n Intent statements for 1958, when he began his eligibility legislation. Thai package new 1995 Convention career as a teaching assistant Gordon consists of actions proposed by rhe proposals: Page 12. in mathematics at the Uni- NCAA Legislative Revirw Com- versity of Detroit. He has taught mathematics mittee and forwarded by the ihr~JUghOUt his career and currently is a mathematics Council for consideration at the Also withdrawn were a Division professor at Cal State Fullerton, in addition to being Convention. II proposal that would have estab- president. In addition, a resolution per- lished minimums for earned cred- Previously, Gordon served as vice-president for taining to the Association’s study of it hours per rerm and for grade- academic affairs at Sonoma State University (19% membership structure and gover- point averages for two-year college !I()); was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at nance has been introduced by the transfers and a PrcJpOSd that would Chicago State University (197846); directed the Afro- Rig Ten and Western Athletic have authorized institutions to issue American Studies Program at Loyola University CcJrlferenCeS. hand-held calculators or comput- (Illinois); instructed mathematics at Illinois Institute Those 58 proposals appear in the ers to student-athletes. of Technology (1961-66); and was a mathematician Second Publication of PrOpcJSed Of the 168 proposals appearing in the laboratory of applied sciences at the University Back for more Legislation with 91 proposals sub- in the second publication, five are of Chicago from 1959 to 1961. mitted earlier by member institu- resolutions. Gordon earned a bachelor’s degree in mathe- Jennie Long (No. 4) and Northern Michigan tions and conferences. All changes matics and secondary education from Xavier University are de&ding their Division II that have been made in those Primary issues University (Louisiana) in 1957, a master of arts in wonzen’s volleyball title. The Wildcats cur- membership proposals since their Included among the new pro- mathematics from Detroit in 1960, and a doctorate rently are ranked in three national catagoti appearance in the Initial Pub- from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1968. He lication of Proposed Legislation posals are those resulting from the in Division II vollqball statistics. Seepage also did postgraduate work at Harvard University’s (mailed in August) are included in work of the N<:AA Special 11. the second publication. See Gordon, page 18 ) Three membership IJrOpOSdS See Proposals, page 20 ) n In the News I n On deck September 27 Special Committee to Oversee News Digest Page 2 n Bill Knapton, president of the National Association Implementation of the NCAA Initial- of Basketball Coaches, says Division I initiakligibility Briefly 3 Eligibility Clearinghouse, standards will be a primary topic at the second NABC Comment Kansas City, Missouri Issues Summit in October: Page 3. Committee on Financial September 27-28 Presidents Commission, n In a guest editorial, University of California, Los Aid and Amateurism 5 Kansas City, Missouri Angeles, compliance director Rich Herczog says that September 29-30 Joint meetin of Committee on Women’s Football statistics the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse is not getting Athletics an ! Minority Opportunities and Volleyball statistics credit for operating effectively in its first year: Page 4. Interests Committee, Kansas City, Missouri n When Centenary College (Louisiana) and Texas NCAA Record September 3D- Committee on Infractions, Houston Tech University played in 1939, they put the “foot” in The Market 18 October2 football more than any teams before or since: Page 6. Legislative assistance Page 2 The NCAA News September 26, 1994 TheNCAAN ews A weekly summary of major activities \ ithin thie ! Association scientists, led by psychology professor Jcny Hirsch of the University of Illinois, Cham- Second publication mailed; paign, concluded that measures to tighten Schedule of key dates for eligibility “would disproportionately reduce total of 149 proposals included October and November 1994 educational opportunities for minority sttl- dent-athletes.” ‘I’he report cited research The Second Publication of Proposed Lee;- showing the SAT may he biased against mi- islation, which was mailed to the membrr- norities and people of-lower income and ship September 23, includes a total of 149 questioned use ofthe test scores to determine proposals for the 1995 N<:AA Convention. student-athlete eligibility. Among that numher are 5.3 proposals pro- The report also concluded that the NCAA ducrd from the committee structure through should not have jurisdiction over the educa- the N<X4 Council and/or NCAA Presidents tional politics of individual athletics pro- Commission. The second publication also grams. includes 91 proposals submitted earlier by member institutions and conferences. All The conclusion that a more restrictivr changes that have been made in those mem- standardized-test standard would inhihit rd- ucalional opportunity for some prospective hcrship proposals since their appearance in OClOBER uation period; instituidnal staff members shall not the Initial Publication of Proposed Legisla- RECRUmNG visit 0 prospect’s educationql institution on more minority student-athletes is consistent with tion (mailed in August) are included in the Men’s Division I bask&II than one colendor doy duripg this period. the conclusion ofJohn J. McArdle, who has I -20 ______._.________..._____. _.____________ Quiet period. [Effective in 1994-95 only, as a result of a consulted with the NCAA on initial-eligihil- second publication. Three memhcrship pro- 2 l-3 1: Quiet period, exce t for 20 d s between September 6 action by the NCAA Administrative posals that appeared in the initial puhlica- October 21, 1994, and R arch 15, “r 995, cho Committee.) Also: ily research. sen at the discretion of the institution as an evaC 7 (8 a.m.)-1 1 (8 a.m.) ..______Dead period. Staff contact: Ursula R. Walsh. tion have been withdrawn. uotion period; institutional staff members shall not Women’s Division I bask&all’ From now until November 1, the Coun- visit o prospect’s educational institution on more l-30: Quiet riod, except for 20 days between cil, Presidents Commission or any eight ac- than one calendar day during this period. October 8, r 994, and February 28, 1995, cho (Effective in 1994-95 only, OS a result of a sen at the discretion of the institution as an evoC tive member institutions may submit amend- SeDtember 6 action bv the NCAA Administrative uation period; institutional staff members shall not ments to a proposal for the 1995 Convention.