The NCAA News, Issues of July 3 Active Membership in Association Reaches an All-Time High Md July 17
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The NCAA ~ ~.-- - September-.~ 23, 1985, Volume 22- Number 33 ._Official Publication ii the National Collegiate Athletic Association Attack on Commission agenda: eligibility, autonomy Eligibility requirements and Divi- sion I-A autonomy are two of the major items on the agenda for the fall gambling meeting of the NCAA Presidents Commission October l-2 in Denver, Colorado. outlined The three topics generally regarded A multifaceted program to com- as the most important of those cur- >at gambling on intercollegiate rently facing the Commission all are lthletics events is under way after Division I matters: proposed modifi- -eceiving strong approval from the cation of the Bylaw S-l-fj) require- C)ivision 1 Steering Committee ments for initial eltgibility, the overall md the NCAA Council in their question of freshman eligibility and a Ryan Singlelary Weller Ghan 4ugust meetings. review of Division I-A autonomv The crght-step program was provisions. Ryan, Indiana University; Division I- IO a.m. October 2, Ryan. mlssion hw been receiving an increas- developed over the summer after The busy agenda includes seven A Commtssion members, 4 p.m. Oc- The Commission also will have a ing number of requests and suhmts- he steering committee and Coun- separate meeting sessions in a 24- tober I. Otis A. Singletary, Univcrstty reception and dinner the evening of sions from outside the Commission :il adopted a statement in April hour period, beginning with a meeting of Kentucky. Nominating committee, October I. The meeting is at the and the NCAA Council, some from .hat dealt wtth institutional intcg- of the Commission’s executive com- evening of October I, Richard C. Clarion Hotel. outside the NCAA membership. -ity and comphancc with intercol- mittee (the elected officers) at 3 p.m. Gilman, Occidental College. Highlights of the agenda for the The executtvc committee also will egtate athletics policies and rules. October I and concluding with ad- Division I subcommittee, 7:3O a.m separate sessions: suggest to the Commission that rem I‘he plan then was approved by journment of the full Commission October 2, Singletary. Division II maining items from the earlier survey he N(‘AA Administrative <‘om- meeting at 3 p.m. October 2. subcommittee, 730 a.m. October 2, Executive committee of chief executive ofticcrs that were nittee atter meetings involving Separate sessions and the chair for Barbara .I. Seelye, Keene State Cal- The tour Commission officers will favored by a ma.jority of the respond- -eprcscntativcs of the NC--Al\, the each are as follows: lege. Division III subcommtttce, 7:3O develop a policy regarding topics the ents hut have not yet been acted upon Federal Bureau of lnvcstlgatton Executive committee, 3 p.m. Octo- a.m. October 2, Kcnncth J. Weller, Commission will and will not agree to be placed on the agenda for the Cotn- rnd the U.S. Drug Enforcement ber I, Commission <‘hair John W. Central College (Iowa). Commission, discuss in future meetings. The Corn- SW C~wtiniis.sion. pugs 8 4dmtnistration. “The otnmous combination of ?olnt-shavmg(or garrwfix~ng) and Division I CEOs say freshmen should be eligible lse of drugs by student-athlctcs There is very Ilttlc mtcrcst among approved academtc standards. unavoldablc qucstlons attendant to response or other answer Division I- las come Into tull VICW,” said the Division I chief executtve officers in Of the 284 Division I chrct cxecu- that issue. AA: five agreed, 69 disagreed, one no statement adopted In Apt& “The declaring freshmen ineligible for col- tives, a toial of 222~-- 78.2 pcrccnt- I he survey produced the following response. Division I-AAA: eight lotrntial for the destruction ol lege athletics in any sport, according returned the survry questionnarrcs. results on three of the key statements: agreed, 56 disagreed, tivc no rcsponsc/ n~crcollcg~ate athletics integrity to a surveyconductcd for the Division The results differed only slightly l In general, freshmen should be other answer Totals. 2X agreed (12.5 ram either already has heen rec- I subcommittee of the NCAA Presi- among the three Dlvlsion I subdivi- ineligible for college athletics. Divlslon pcrccnt), I84 disagreed (83 percent), ,gnized. Their combination more dents Commissmn. sions~- I-A, I-AA and I-AAA. 1-A: 16 agreed, 60 disagreed, two no IO no rru”onse/other answer (4.5 ban tloublcs that threat.” Less than 20 pcrccnt 01 the Dlvlsion Otis A. Slngletary. chair of the response or other answer. Division I- percent). Included in the antlgamhling I CEOs participating in the survey Commtssion’s Division I subcommit- AA: SIXagreed, 69 disagreed. Division l Freshmen should be eligible if lrogram are the following ele- helievc that freshmen should be in- tee, authort7cd the survey In order to I-AA& I5 agreed. 53 dlsagrecd, one they meet membership-approved aca- nents: eligible for college athletics, whethcc have appropriate data for the sub- no response. Totals: 37 agreed (17 dernlc standards. D&ion 1-A. 52 Federal legislation in all sports or in football and basket- committee’s consideration in its Octo- percent), I82 disagreed (82 percent), agreed, 21 disagreed, five no response NCAA President John R. Davis ball only. ber 2 meeting in Denver. The survey three no response; other anrwcr (one or other answer. Division I-AA: 64 cstified June 25 before the Presi- On the other hand, more than questionnaire asked the chief execu- percent). agreed, IO disagreed, mc no response. Ients’ Commission on Organized three-fourths of the respondents think tivcs to agree or disagree with each of l Freshmen should be ineligible in D~v~slon I-AAA. 57 agreed, 12 dis- .-rime and encouraged it to sup- freshmen should hceltgible forcollege I2 dlfterent statements regarding fresh- foothall and basketball only. Dtvision agreed, four no response/other jort Irgislation that would prohihit athletics if they meet ccrtaln nationally man ehgibtlity/Incllgibllity and the I-A: I.5 agreed, 59 dtsagrccd, four no wagering on intet~collegiate and ntcrscholastic sports cvcnts. (See The NCAA News, issues of July 3 Active membership in Association reaches an all-time high md July 17. 19X5.) 1 he number of active members in the NCAA rcachcd an all-time high ot 796 Davis reminded the commisGon as of September I. 1985. that the l-edrral Commission on Membership growth, 1949-1985 the Review of National Policies Despite the gain, overall mcmbcrship dropped from 99 I to YX7 with the loss Pet. Year Active Conference Corresponding Affiliated Total Increase Toward Camblmg had recom of six corresponding members. Other catcgortes of membership remained mended strongly ln 1976 “that constant from 19X4 to 19X5. I949 278 3 2x R 317 I950 362 II 5 Y 3x7 22. I there be an absolute prohibttton The number of active members as of September I. 1985, rose from 794 in 5 I I 4x9 2.5 against wagering on amateur 1955 449 24 1984 to the current 796. Active membership of the Association has Increased IO I6 5x2 2.6 sports events.” 1960 524 32 by 13. I percent from I975 to the present. I8 21 659 2.2 The NCAA also proposes that: I965 579 41 I Y70 645 44 32 26 747 36 l The Fcdcral crlmlnal -code Overall membership in the Association has grown by almost 20 percent since 24 3Y X24 2.2 related to bribery he amended to 1975 desptte one-year declines from 197X to 1979 and from I984 to 1985. 1975 704 57 24 45 xx0 I.8 extend the bribery and conspiracy 1980 738 73 Elected to active membership by the NCAA Council in its August meeting 25 46 906 2.5 statutes to all intercollcgtate ath- 19x1* 753 82 were (all Division Ill) Cabrini College, Ferrum College, I.ewts and Clark 27 so 959 5.9 letics events. 19x2* 787 95 College, Pennsylvania State Untversity-Behrend College, Trinity College I9X3* 791 99 29 52 971 I.3 l Statutes prohibiting the in- (Illinois), and Webster College. 4x 4x 991 2.1 terstate transmission of wagering l984+ 794 IO1 42 4x YX7 -0.4 information by gambling busi- Elected to conference membership in August were the Big South Conference l985* 796 IO1 ‘IYXI, 1982, 1983. 19X4 and 1985 tolaIr are as ofSeptcmbcr I. all other total, See Attuck. page IO and Pacific West Athletic Conference- Division 1: Eastern States Athletic arc a- 01 Ikcember 7 I Conference and New England Women’s 6-Division III. Institutional counseling panels to meet as group in October -.A u A Members of institutional counsel- (4). revised in 1983 to include coun- cerning contacts by agents, the & that a forum of this type would be a activities. “The open exchange of ing panels established to assist stud- seling about a future professional lete’s perspective, questions of institu- great help in definmg the panels’ accurate information is a key to min- ent-athletes during the transttton from athletics career (through a three-per- tional liability, and the value of outside responsibilities and formulating lnsti- imi7lng the role of unscrupulous collegiate to professional athletics son panel appointed by the institu- speakers and expertise. tutional policy,“said .lohn H. Leavens, agents, and a unified network of careers will have their first opportu- tton’s chief executive officer) among “Panel chairs made it clear in the director ot legislative services and institutional counseling panels will he nity to meet as a group in October. those benefits considered incidental interviews conducted this summer coordinator of NCAA ._player-agent - the central element in the Associa- The NCAA fall counseling panel to parttctpation in athletics. Approx- - tion’s educational process.” forum, scheduled for Tuesday, Otto- imately 45 panels were established in In the News Each discussion session will he ber 15, in Chicago at the O’Hare 1984-Q the program’s first year.