The NCAA Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Februarv 28.1990. Volume 27 Number 9 Moving in Members of the NCAA publishing department’s circulation staff unpack records for storage in file cabinets on the sixth floor of the new national office building in Overland Park, Kansas. M. Frances Clar- ensau, ieft, assistant clrcu- iation manager, and Carole M. Bourgeacq- Hardt, circulation assist- ant, move a f//e drawer while Joan C. Davis, circo- lation assistant, unpacks boxes as staff members settled in for their first day of business at the new location February 26. 1990 Convention rewrote all attendance records ~ The trjlrrfm3AA‘KWivemriirr in TtOn” s Gnivtnfion records. must OS@rose wefe nm V.%n=ig con- I&&: \ ,%%, S-anFran&co, 1%Q rccorh: 3Yb in y?Phq ~iirston 1 pe\ Dallas rcwrotc cvcry NCAA record Every membership division also ferences. l Organizations rcprcscntcd- centage: 97. I, better than the 95.X tor Convention attendance, accord- established attendance records for Division 11 had 173 of its 194 Y5Y. Old record: 881 in 1989. m New Oilcans in 1986. ing to an audit of Convention rcgis- both number and percentage of divi- institutions and 18 of its 21 confer- l Registered voters-769. Old l Division II members-l 91. trations. sion members in attendance. cnccs in Dallas, while Division III record: 755 in 1989. The percentage Old record: 183 in 1989. Division II Total Convention attendance was In Division 1, cvcry active mem- had 230 of 3 15 institutions and 21 of registered voters, X7.3, also is a percentage: 88.8, better than X6 per- 275 persons higher than cvcr ber institution was represented ~ of 35 conferences record, bcttcr than the 86 percent cent in San Diego in 1987. before, with 2,171 registered com- 293 of 293-as was every Division The records posted in 1989. l Division III membersP251. pared to the previous high mark of I-A and I-AA conference. The only Convention attendance records l Active member mstitutionsP Old record: 248 in 1989. Division 1,896 in 1989. It was the biggest absentees in Division 1 were 10 wcrc set as follows: 696. Old record: 6X7 in 1989. III percentage: 71.7, better than one-year increase in the Assocta- Division IAAA conferences, and l Total registrants-2, I7 1. Old l Division I members-334. Old 71.3, also in 1989. Other data The Convention total included 1,736 delegates from active mem See I990 Convenfion. pu,qe 2 Distribution of revenue under study Suggestions from more than 200 NCAA mcmbcr institutions are being reviewed by the Special NCAA Advisory Committee to Review Recommendations Regard- ing Distribution of Revenue. The committee met February 2 l-22 in Chicago and has scheduled addi- tional meetings for April 2 and May 4-5. “The committee rcccived tremen- dous response from the member- ship, in the areas of enhancement of academic and educational pro- grams, the welfare of student-ath- letes, championships funding, and expansion of existing programs and servtccs,” said Judith M. Sweet, chair of the committee and NCAA secretary-treasurer. Sweet said committee members considered options for di stribution of revenues generated by the Asso- p ciation’s new championships tclcvi- Finishing - up_ 2 sion contract, but no specific 3 actions were taken. Workmen touch up woodwork in NCAA pubilshing even as staff members settied in for their first day. Staff She said several principles were department offices on the new national office building’s members occupy ail or part of ail but one of the buiid- discussed that will be considered in sixth fioor. Finishing work continued in the building ing’s seven floors. See Distribution, page 2 2 THE NCAA NEWS/February 28,199O An end to automatic qualification sought in Division III field hockev J The Division III subcommittee of hit or deflected by the stick of an The committee will recommend the NCAA Field Hockey Commit- attacker. Previously, a goal could an incrcasc of $10 in all officials’ tee has voted to recommend to the be scored from anywhere on the fees. Field officials would receive Association’s Executive Committee field. $80 for first- and second-round and that automatic qualification be ehm- The substitution rule has been lib- regional games and $95 for semifi- mated for the Division III Field eralized to allow unlimited substitu nal, third-place and championship Hockey Championship. tion between the final overtime games. Alternate officials would Ten of the 16 Division 111cham- field-play period and the first series receive $55 and $60, respectively. pionship berths are allocated to of penalty strokes in a tiebreaker. The Division I subcommittee will regions (two to each of five Formerly, substitution was banned recommend that the Midwest Colle- regions). It is the sense of the sub- during this interval. This change giate Field Hockey Conference committee that no other slots should will allow coaches to select strok- receive automatic qualification to be allocated to a specific group. The ers . the 1990 championship and that subcommittee has not recom- Interaction between coaches and Rutgers University, New Bruns- mended a conference for automatic players on the field during injury wick, serve as host institution. qualification the past two years and timeouts was restricted. A coach The Division 111 subcommittee did not have a recommendation this may not communicate with players will recommend that playing days year. who are on the field when an injury for the regionals and finals be In other actions, the Field timeout is called. This does not pre- changed from Friday and Saturday Hockey Committee, which met cludc an official from permitting a to Saturday and Sunday. The sub- February 20-23 in Kansas City, coach to attend to the injured committee also will recommend that Missouri, voted to modify playing player. 20 teams be ranked in the Division rules related to scoring, substitu- During a tiebreaker, the official III field hockey poll instead of 10. If tions, injury timeouts and the will address the goalkeeper first and 20 teams can be ranked, the sub- administration of penalty strokes the stroker second when administer- committee recommends that the during a ticbreaker. In order for a ing penalty strokes. This is the same power-rating system currently used goal to be scored, the ball must be procedure that is used during regu- by Division I be added to the selec- on or within the 25yard line when lation play. tion criteria for Division III. 1990 Convention C‘ontinurd from pqe I from District 8 and 54 of 60 from Although it is not in the attend- bcr Institutions. 128 from member District 5. ance category, one Convention confcrcnccs, 34 representing affili- Division I-A institutions sent an record was not bettered-the num- ated mcmbcrs, 17 corresponding average of 4.45 dclcgates each, bcr of legislative proposals faced by members, 106 rcgistcrcd as visitors I-AA institutions avcragcd 3.22 dcl- the delegates. Counting all submit- and 1.50 news media rcprcscnta- cgatcs and IlAAA institutions had ted amendments-to-amcndmcnts tives 2.53 each. The overall Division I and other proposals, this year’s total Paper work Every member in District 6 average was 3.44 delegates per was 168, one more than last year. (which includes Texas) was at the institution. In Divisions II and III, The record IS 14 years old-257 S. David Berst, NCAA assistant executive director for Convention44 of 44. All mcm- the averages were 2.02 and 1.07 per proposals at the 1976 annual Con- enforcement, quickly fills up file drawers in his fourth- bcrs but one from District 7 were institution, respectively. vcntion in St. Louis. floor office there (24 of 2S), as were 59 of 64 RPI athletes Jjoin safe-driving effort A group of student-athlctcs at Renssclacr Polytechnic Institute is NCAA Convention Proposal Nos. 125,126,128,129 by or lecturing at coaching clinics for high school coaches, provided working with New York Gov. and 130-sports camps and clinics prospective student-athletes do not participate in such clinics. Also, the Mario M. Cuomo’s office to teach At the 1990 NCAA Convention, the Division I membership adopted adoption of Convention Proposal No. 126 was not intended to preclude youngsters in Troy. New York, Proposal Nos. 125, 126, 128, 129 and 130 relating to sports camps and member institutions’ coaching staff members from being employed at about the dangers of drinking and clinics. Convention Proposal No. I28 (Bylaw 13.12. I 1) defines a Division another member institution’s sports camp or clinic during the applicable drtvmp. 1 institution’s sports camp or instructional clinic as any camp or clinic that period. The program, Student-Athlctcs is owned or operated by a member institution or an employee of the A camp or clinic that meets the definition of an institutional sports camp Against Drunk Driving, was pro member institution’s athletics department, either on or off its campus, and or instructional clinic shall be open to any and all entrants (limited only by pobed by Torn Sherwin, a former in which prospective student-athletes participate. With the adoption of number and age), except that a senior prospective student-athlete shall not professional football player with the Convention Proposal No. 130 (Bylaw 13.12. I .2. I), a Division I institution’s be permitted to enroll, participate or be employed at any such sports camp Indianapolis Colts and New York sports camp or clinic shall be one that: (I) places special emphasis on a or clinic. A senior prospect is a prospective student-athlete who is eligible Giants and now assistant director 01 particular sport or sports and provides specialized Instruction.