THE NCAA NEWS/February 14,199O &Me Demands Influx of Student-Athletes Expected
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Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Febnrary 14,1990, Volume 27 Number 7 New NCAA building Time demands facing athletes to open February 26 to get Commission’s scrutiny (Editor’s Note: i% is the second in a series of articles in i’ke NCAA U News about the Association’s new national office building.) Steps to reduce time demands on State University, Division 1 sub- Both of those committees are to student-athletes in all sports other committee chair; Asa N. Green, submit their recommendations this In 15 months’ time, a seven-story glass-and-granite structure has than football and basketball- while president, Livingston University, spring, in time for review by the risen from an empty lot in Overland Park, Kansas, to become the preserving the actions taken in re- Division II subcommittee chair, and Commission and the NCAA Coun- NCAA’s national office building. gard to football and basketball at David L. Warren, president, Ohio cil in their respective April meetmgs. Months of work by NCAA committees, staff members, architects the 1990 NCAA Convention-will Wesleyan University, Division Ill The Commission also will review and builders will culminate in the opening of the building’s doors, be the NCAA Presidents Commis- subcommittee chair. the status of the reform proposals scheduled for February 26. Ground was broken for the project in sion’s major topic in 1990, the offrc- They also pledged in the Atlanta put forth by NCAA Executive Di- November 1988. ers of the Commission have agreed. meeting to invite representatives of rector Richard D. Schultz in his For the first time in a decade, the entire NCAA staff will be housed athletics directors, faculty athletics “State of the Association” address Meeting February 8 in Atlanta, under one roof. Once there, employees will be able to conduct representatives and conference com- at the 1990 Convention as those the four elected Commission officers Association business more comfortably and efficiently than ever missioners to meet with the Corn- suggestions are considered by the reviewed Commission policies, pro- before ~~ thanks to a lot of planning. mission officers before the appropriate NCAA committees cedures and plans for the new year. “It’s a more productive work space better planned and better Commission reaches any final deci- throughout the year. The officers serve as the Commis- utilized,” said Richard D. Hunter, NCAA director of operations and sions on the time-reduction propos- Meanwhile, the Division Ill sion’s executive committee, and one manager for the national office building project, comparing the als that it will sponsor at the 1991 members of the Commission will be of its functions is to identify at the building to the Association’s current facilities in Mission, Kansas. NCAA Convention. considering means by which that start of each year the major issues to More than 180 Association employees will be deployed throughout Other topics division might require disclosure of be dealt with by the Commission the building, which offers 154,000 square feet of office space. Each The executive committee also student-athlete graduation rates. during that year. floor has approximately 20,000 square feet of space-about the identified the recommendations Divisions I and 11 adopted legisla- same space available in the entire NCAA West building, which the The Commission officers are Mar- from the Special Committee on tion last month to require such Association is leaving behind in Mission. The bottom floor-which tin A. Massengale, chancellor of the Cost Reduction and the Special disclosure, but a similar proposal includes the NCAA Visitors Center, scheduled to open Labor Day University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Committee to Review the NCAA for Division 111was withdrawn. weekend ~ has 33,000 square feet (see sample floor plans on page 12 and interim president of the Ne Membership Structure as major Time demands and 13). See New NCAA, page 11 braska system, Commission chair; agenda items for the Commission Under the terms of 1990 Conven Bernard E Sliger, president, Florida this year. See Time demands. page 2 Men’s sports participation grows; 169 CEOs at Convention A total of 169 presidents and 16 from Division HI. women playing in greater numbers chancellors of NCAA member That was an increase of 32 in institutions attended the 1990 Division 1, compared to the pre- Participation in the 10 most spon- the period participants), tennis (677 and 7,525), NCAA Convention in Dallas, 32 sored NCAA men’s sports increased vious Convention, and a slight The increases were in basketball cross country (661 and 9,035)~. base- more than were in attendance a 8.9 percent from 1981-82 to 1986- jump of five in Division Il. In (1.3 percent), cross country (I .7), ball (656 and 19,481), golf (579 and year earlier. 87, while women’s sports participa- Division Ill, meanwhile, the baseball (2.2). soccer (2.9), football 6,501) track and field (55’9 and Prior to the Convention, 185 tion in their 10 most-sponsored number was actually down five (1.6) and swimming (0.5). Showing 20,603) soccer (536 and 14,573). CEOs had preregistered for the from 1989. programs increased more than 20 decreases were tennis, golf, track football (505 and 47,946) swimming Dallas gathering. percent during those five years, The best attendance ligure was and field, and wrestling. (379 and 7,737) and wrestling (287 Each year, however, some who according to a report by the NCAA posted by Division l-A, where 49 The only major decrease was in and 6,8 13). preregister do not actually at- research staff. in which 76 fewer of 106 CEOs were in Dallas (46.2 wrestling, tend, while some others who do The report, “The Sports and Re- The number of institutions spon- percent). In Division I-AA, 39 of members sponsored teams (20.9 not preregister do decide to at- creational Programs of the Nation’s soring the top 10 women’s sports 89 attended (43.8 percent), and percent decrease). tend. Universities and Colleges,” is the has grown dramatically, according 20 of 98 were there from Division In terms of participants, only The record for CEO attend- seventh in a continuing series con- to the report. Five sports on the list swimming and wrestling among the ante at an NCAA Convention is I-AAA (20.4 percent). ducted by the NCAA since 1956-57. of the 10 most sponsored showed top 10 programs showed decreases. 199 at the special Convention Division II’s 39 CEOs repres- Among the 10 men’s sports most increases of about 20 percent or Overall, 17 1,361 athletes partici- called by the Presidents Com- ented 20.1 percent of that divi- widely sponsored by NCAA more from I98 l-82. Soccer posted a pated in men’s athletics, an increase mission in June 1985. sion’s membership, while the 16 gain of 215 percent, followed by members, six showed increases in of 8.9 percent over 198 l-82. Among the I69 in Dallas were attendees from Division 111 rc- sponsorship, although none of those In 1986-87, the top 10 men’s cross country (53 percent), softball 114 from Division I institutions, presented 5.1 percent of that gains kept pace with the member- sports in terms of sponsorship were (29.1), track and field (25.3) and 39 representing Division II and division. ship increase of 3.6 percent during basketball (751 institutions, 12,914 See Men k sports, page 20 So long, Dot James “Dot” Counsilman, head swimming coach at In- diana University, Blooming- ton, acknowledges the ap- plause of spectators at hls final home meet February 3. Counsilman plans to retin? at theendoftheoeasonaRer33 yeamasheadcoa&H~final home meet was against h& alma mate& Ohio State Uni- veTs/ty. Counsilman’s teams won consecutive NCAA men5 championships fern 1W througl, 1973. Indiana also has been a team cham- @onship runner-up five times under Counsilman- THE NCAA NEWS/February 14,199O &me demands Influx of student-athletes expected in June. tion Proposal No. 30-A, the Com- Meetings in light of changes in Soviet bloc mission has invited those involved The Commission will meet April ‘i‘he NCAA Consultants on For- young people educated in the West. by country, as soon as possible.” in all sports other than football and 4-5 m Washington, D.C., to begin eign Student Records agree that Athletes will come basketball to submit suggestions for its work for the year. recent political changes in the Soviet Standards for some countries The consultants believe that these reducing the time demands on stu- Scheduled in conjunction with bloc will lead to an increase in the could be established as soon as attitudes, combined with a reduction dent-athletes in those sports. that meeting is a special reception number of Eastern Europeans at- September, when the group is tenta- in “red tape” necessary to travel, for members of Congress, key Con- tending college and participating in tively scheduled to meet in Kansas That invitation appeared in the will prompt more Eastern European gressional aides and the chief oper- intercollegiate athletics in the United City, Missouri. However, Dutcher January 17 issue of The NCAA students-many of them athletes- ating officers of Washington-based States. offered a cautionary note in that all News. All such suggestions arc to be to come to the United States. higher education associations. The six consultants are unsure timetables could become obsolete sent to NCAA Presidents Commis- When they arrive, their educa- The Commission officers agreed about the numbers, but they expect with further political change.