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The NCAA September 15,1986, Volume 23 Number 32 Official Publication oft ational Collegiate Athletic Association Comprehensive study seeks more efficiency in procedures A comprehensive study of NCAA programs, services and management procedures designed to increase the Allocations of Staff and Operating Budget to Association Purposes efficiency of NCAA activities has been reviewed and approved in prin- (Based on 198586 Budget) ciple by the NCAA Executive Com- Compliance/ Legislative mittee and Council. Administration Championships Communications Enforcement Services Publishing TOTALS The study-entitled “Comprehen- PURPOSE staff Budget Staff Budget Staff Budget Staff Budget Stall Budget Staff Budget Staff Budget Institutional sive Reevaluation of NCAA Pro- COfltrOl 1.00 S 63,388 0.00 $ 0 0.00 s 0 2125 f2,667,ROO I 00 $ 51,925 0.00 $ 0 23.25 S 2.783.113 grams, Services and Management Legislation 0 x5 62,X2& 0.35 25,953 0.00 0 1.25 115.980 9.80 587,087 0.25 84,566 12.50 876.414 Procedures for the Purpose of Achiev- Eligibility 0 IO 6,076 0.85 55,870 0.00 0 1.25 103.400 2.80 139,560 0.00 0 500 304,906 ing Increased Efficiency in the NCAA Championships 4 I5 263,980 15.30 1,005,660 I 60 366,320 0.00 0 Organizational and Administrative 0.00 0 2.00 120.300 2305 1.756.260 Research Structure”-was prompted by the 2.10 226,352 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 025 11,750 2.35 23L.102 need to address considerations before Playing Rules 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 3.00 349,200 3.00 349,200 the NCAA Staff Evaluation and Records 0.00 0 0.00 0 6.40 1.465,280 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.50 97,500 6.90 1,562,780 Budget Subcommittees. It was pre- Subtotals 8.20 $ 622,624 16.50 $1,087.483 X.00 $1,831,600 23.75 $2,887,180 13.60 S7RR.572 6.00 S 663,316 76.05 S 7,870,775 pared by the national office staff and All Other: presented to the Executive Committee General and and Council in their August meetings Discretionary 15.55 1,206,082 0.50 40,447 8.00 1.943.704 1.25 120,916 040 23,460 9.25 l,Oll,~~O 34 9> 4346479L , by NCAA President John R. Davis. TOTALS 23.75 $1.82X.706 17.00 $1,127,930 1600 $3.775.304 25.00 53,00X,096 14.00 5802,032 I5 25 51.675,1&6 111.00 $12,217,254 As a result of the study and actions by the Executive Committee and Council: l Steps are being implemented be- whether increased services and staff- bership and intercollegiate athletics services and programs mandated by l The Association will continue all ginning this month to reduce the ing are necessary,” Davis said. in general, essentially by assuring that the membership via the provisions of of its current services and activities, paper work faced by the Council, “The Executive Committee and those resources are first used to further NCAA Constitution 2-l: although the Executive Committee NCAA committees, the membership Council appreciate the work of the and to improve the programs related l Institutional control of athletics made adjustments in funding for and the staff. staff in preparing an excellent report:’ to the NCAA’s basic purposes.” programs. some. “The study was designed to focus he said. “It is a thoughtful document, A review of the comprehensive l Legislation, including the rules- l The Council will act in its October attention on the basic functions of the and a similar evaluation probably reevaluation report follows: interpretation function. meeting on an extensive restructuring Association and the needs of the should be conducted periodically. l Eligibility standards. of NCAA committees, which would membership in a variety of other The ultimate purpose is to assure the Services l Championships. result in a reduction of 22 commit- areas, and to explore heightened ad- wisest use of the Association’s resour- The Executive Committee affirmed l Research. tees. ministrative efficiencies to determine ces in the best interests of the mem- the following as the essential NCAA See Comprehensive,page I4 Academic 1986 drug biU passed by House group seeks authorizes commission on athletics stronger role The U.S. House of Representatives 1986 for the work of the commission. the NCAA’s 1983 report of the Select The National Association of Aca- September 11 passed an omnibus Introduced by Rep. Thomas A. Committee on Athletic Problems and demic Advisers for Athletics is seeking drug bill containing a controversial Luken (D-Ohio), the bill establishing Concerns in Higher Education and a stronger voice in defining the ever- provision that would create an advi- the commission was never the subject the appointment and achievements of changing concept of the student-ath- sory committittee on the “compre- of hearings and was reported out of the NCAA Presidents Commission. lete, according to its president, G. hensive education of intercollegiate the Committee on Energy and John B. Slaughter, chair of the LynnLashbrook, director of athletics athletics.” Commerce by a narrow vote. An NCAA Presidents Commission, met at the University of Southern Illinois, As proposed, the 17-member com- NCAA-supported amendment on the with Luken August 13 to describe the Edwardsville. mission would investigate and advise House floor by Rep. Mike Bilirakis initiatives under way in the NCAA “We have a lot of concerns, and we Congress on issues related to athletics (Rep.-Pa.), to strike the provision and with its members to deal with the have a lot of expertise in dealing with programs at colleges and universities, from the drug bill, was defeated. issues proposed for investigation in the student-athlete, and no other po- including the use of drugs by athletes, In a letter to Rep. Luken dated the Luken bill. sition in higher education has that the impact of television on athletics, August 1, the NCAA through its The NCAA subsequently expressed opportunity. We have some ideas the balance between athletics and Washington counsel&Squire, Sand- its formal opposition to creation of about resolving the concerns that still academics, and the extent of involve- ers & Dempsey-expressed its reser- the commission, essentially on the remain in relation to the student- ment of Federal and state government vations concerning the need for such grounds that its work was repetitive athlete,” Lashbrook said. in intercollegiate athletics. The bill a commission. of work already under way in the NAAAA representatives discussed authorizes %650,000beginning in fiscal Counsel’s letter reviewed at length See 1986.page 16 their concerns with the NCAA Long Range Planning Committee this summer. One goal of the advisers is to Division I schools required In the News secure representation on appropriate NCAA committees, Lashbrook said, to audit ‘camp’ admissions Overexposed adding that his group was not at- Although there 1sno such thing All Division I member institutiots tempting to “alter any power base.” year. as too much sports on television to that sponsor football, men’s baket- “Our organization seeks to gain a The involved institutions are rem the fan, indications are that this ball or women’s basketball in that voice any time there is legislation quired to review with their football could be the last season for an division have been notified that they being considered that would affect and men’s and women’s basketball abundance of college football on must review their 1985-86 compli- the student-athlete concept. We feel student-athletes the individuals des- television. Page 3. mentary admissions for student-ath- we have the resources to allow us to ignated by the student-athletes to use letes in those sports. their complimentary admissions last Remember when? use our expertise for advice, particu- There was a day in college foot- larly since we work with the student- Those institutions were informed year and to report the findings to their conferences and to the national ball that a victory over Harvard athlete on a daily basis,” Lashbrook of that requirement in a September was a major upset. Centre College office. said. 12 mailing to directors of athletics. this fall will recall one of those rare Lahbrook believes the academic Copies of the mailing also went to An institution identifying a dis- occurrences-a 64 victory over crepancy in the use of the complimen- adviser can play a vital role in assisting each institution’s chief executive offi- the Crimson October 29, 1921. the student-athlete on a person-to- cer, faculty athletics representative tary admissions must withhold Page 8. * person basis in view of the demands and primary woman administrator of complimentary admissions during this placed on the faculty athletics repre- athletics programs, as well as to the academic year (1986-87) in accord- Notes, statistics sentatives in their roles as athletics Preview commissioners of Division I confer- ance with the action taken last week Football notes and statistics for department monitors. Suzie Tufey, the individual ences. by the Subcommittee on Eligibility NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA. “The faculty athletics representative champion in last year’s Divtiion The requirement was recommended Appeals in the case involving 60 stu- Pages 9-11. can’t keep up on daily involvement by the NCAA Council Subcommittee dent-athletes at the IJniversity of Ne- I Women5 Cross Country braska, Lincoln (see story, page 12). Data sought with the student-athlete.