October 25,1982, Volume 19 Number 23 Offkial Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ESPN to cablecast 22 NCAA championships The Entertainment and Sports Pro- “Scatty” Connal, ESPN executive past, ESPN will present the games in swimming and track, and Division III onship competition.” gramming Network will cablecast 22 vice-president and chief operating of- association with NCAA Productions. basketball. “The NCAA has been pleased with NCAA championships, including 24 ficer, made the announcement last Coverage of all games from the Col- “The NCAA championships pack- ESPN’s past coverage of NCAA games from the NCAA Division I week. It marks the fourth consecutive lege World Series, most of them live, age, led by Division I men’s basketball championships and looks forward to Men’s Basketball Championship and year that the NCAA and ESPN have also is planned. Other men’s champii and, more recently, the College World achieving additional visibility for its exclusive national coverage of the Col- signed an agreement to present fall, onships to be aired will be Division I Series, has been one of the most popu- championships program and the par- lege World Series, each of the next two winter and spring collegiate champii soccer, indoor track, ice hockey, ten- lar programming entities we’ve pre- ticipating student-athletes with the seasons onships in all three divisions. nis and lacrosse; Division II wrestling, sented,” said Robert M. Gutkowski, new agreement,” said Thomas W. ESPN, the all-sports cable network, ESPN’s coverage of the Division I track, swimming, gymnastics and bas- ESPN vice-president for program- Jemstedt, NCAA assistant executive acquired rights to I3 men’s and nine Men’s Basketball Championship will ketball, and Division III basketball. ming. “We firmly believe athletes director for championships. women’s championships for the 1982- include cablecasts of the new pre- Women’s championships to be competing at all NCAA levels deserve As part of the package, ESPN 83 and 1983-84 seasons. Seaver Pe- tournament elimination round (all four cablecast will be Division I tennis, national recognition, and we are ex- also will present comprehensive fea- ters, chair of the NCAA General games), 14 first-round games and six field hockey, volleyball and softball; tremely pleased to join again with the tures on three additional NCAA Television Committee, and Allan B. regional semifinal contests. As in the Division II basketball, gymnastics, NCAA to present top-quality champi- See ESPN. page 10 Nominations proceduresoutlined for vacancieson sports committees Nominations for vacancies on NCAA sports committees to be tilled at the 1983 NCAA Convention in San Diego must be forwarded to each member’s district representative no later than December 1, according to F. A. Geiger, chair of the Men’s Com- mittee on Committees, and Patricia A. Thompson, chair of the Women’s Committee on Committees. In addition to forwarding nomina- tions to district representatives, a copy should be sent to the chairs of the com- mittees. Men’s committee nomina- tions should be sent to F. A. Geiger, sity, Stanford, California 94305. Women’s committee nominations should be sent to Patricia A. Thomp son, assistant director of athletics, Elmira College, Murray Athletic Cen- ter, Elmira, New York 14901. Patricia A. Thompsonpson F.A. Geiger In order that a complete summary of reelected. Particular attention should University of Toledo (at large). nominations can be prepared, a copy be given to the eligibility requirements Division II representatives are also should be sent to Fannie B. set forth in Bylaws 12- 1, 12-4 and 12- Howard Elwell, Gannon University Vaughan, administrative assistant, 5 of the NCAA Manual. Other mem- (District 2); Dean Davenport, Ferris NCAA, P.O. Box 1906, Mission, bers of these committees can be found State College (District 4), and Carl R. Kansas 66201. in the 1982-83 NCAA Directory, SeeNominations, page I2 When submitting nominations, the which will be available about Novem- nominee’s name, title, institution, ber 1. division, district and conference The Men’s and Women’s Commit- Meeting agenda should be provided, along with a brief tees on Committees are responsible for for Convention uaragrauh describing the aualifica- soliciting nominations from the mem- Wrest1 ing preview iions-of ihe candidate.-A separate nom- bership for individuals interested in will be mailed ination should be provided for each serving on NCAA sports committees. Composite meeting schedules and Iowa State’s Nate Carr (left), a two-time NCAA champion in the nominee, and the form should indicate They then make their recommenda- hotel reservation forms for the 1983 ISO-pound weight class, headlines the returning cast for the whether the nominee would serve if tions to the annual NCAA Conven NCAA Convention will be mailed Cyclones. Iowa State, lowa, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State elected. tion. later this month to all active, associate, Committee members who are eligi- remain the top four collegiate wrestling teams. For a preview of the Any nomination for a sports com- allied and affiliated members. ble for reelection normally are 1982-83 wrestling season, see pages 7-9. mittee must be submitted to the district The composite meeting schedule representative and Vaughan by the contains a day-by-day listing of all December I deadline so the corn- meetings for the 77th annual Conven- NCAA to-house Library of Films mittees can review all nominees at tion, which will be held January lo-12 their January 7-10 meetings in con- in San Diego. Dates and times of other The NCAA Library of Films smn discontinue its operations effective indicated that all rental and sales junction with the Convention. meetings held in conjunction with the will be operating from the national October 29. Coincidentally, the Asso- requests should be directed to the Other Division I members on the Convention also are included in the office, according to James W. Shaffer, ciation’s communications department national office. Men’s Committee on Committees are composite meeting schedule. assistant director of NCAA Produc is scheduled to move into a new It will be the first time in history that John P. Reardon, Harvard University The hotel reservation form should tions. NCAA-office building next month. the library has been operated by the (District 1); Kenneth G. Germann, he completed and returned to the San Calvin Communications, Inc., a NCAA Productions is part of the Association. Southern Conference (District 3); Diego Convention and Visitors Kansas City film laboratory that ban communications department and “We plan to reorganize the library Albert M. Witte, University of Arkan- Bureau. The Convention will be held dled transactions for the library the already had plans to relocate the into a more efficient and manageable sas, Fayetteville (District 6); C. at the Town and Country Hotel in San past four years, has announced it will library in the new building. Shaffer operation,” Shaffer said. “The past Arnold Ferrin Jr., University of Utah Diego, and reservations will be made several years the library has been oper- (District 7), and Vernon M. Smith, on a first-come, first-setved basis. ated by outside commercial compan- CCA endorses Division I plan ies, and NCAA Productions looks for- In the News The Collegiate Commissioners Association has endorsed the principles ward to having more control of its of the NCAA Council’s plan to strengthen the criteria for membership in day-to-day operations.” Edward T. Foote II, president of the University of Miami (Florida), says the pursuit of athletic excellence is distorting higher education. .2 Division I. NCAA Productions also anticipates In its annual fall meeting October 7-8, the 12-member organization relocating historical films and video- NCAA statistics and notes on all football divisions . 56 adopted the following motion: tapes of various NCAA sports cur- “That the Collegiate Commissioners Association endorse the principles The NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship is looking for a perma- rently located at Underground Vaults nenthome................................................ZO of NCAA restructuring as set forth in the NCAA officers’ September 17, and Storage, a Hutchinson. Kansas, 1982, memorandum on behalf of the NCAA Council and transmit this film-storage facility. Materials from Jerry Yeagley, men’s soccer coach at Indiana University, has rejected a expression of support to the Council at its October 12- 14 meeting; further, the past several decades have been reported $150,000 offer to coach professionally in Montreal .I0 that a task force of the group be appointed to monitor the evolution of these stored at the facility Three players in NCAA Division I-A football share the record for the Iong- proposals and that each commissioner utilize his best efforts to generate est field goal. Who are they, and what is the record’?. .12 additional support for such among his constituents.” “The new building and relocating See NCAA, page 12 2 OetoberU, 1982 I The NCAA C omment CEO urges that athletes be students first By Edward T. Fwte II than 100 universities most in need of regulation: the major athletic sity prcsidcnts and chancellors to examine the problem. Written for the New York Times powers. A court recently invalidated the TV bargaining agrec- The solution is so simple it is embarrassing to describe, if more Big, far from home and 18 years old, he arrives at college, a ment negotiated for universities by the NCAA and designed to difficult to enforce. Beginning in elementary school, the solution freshman. For him, there is scant welcome, except that offered by keep at least an uneasy balance of economic power. is an absolute requirement that our athletes be students first. They coaches. It is mid-August. Three weeks later, his classmates will The danger is deeper than subverting the education of a handful must take the same courses, suffer the same exams and meet the arrive on campus.