Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association January 24,1990, Volume 27 Number 4 All but one record Select Committee laid base for voting broken for sports reform movement F,very NCAA Convention vot- amendment to No. 32). tenth When the Knight Commission, a Dame, now rctircd; Roy Kramer, bara; Jack R. Wentworth, then fac- ing record except one was broken highest. privately funded, two-year, $2 mil- then athletics director at Vanderbilt ulty athletics representative at at the 84th annual Convention @Division I: A record 327. lion proJect, conducts its first meet- University, now recently named com- Indiana University, Bloomington, January 8-10 in Dallas. three times No. 38, granting a ing January 3@3l in Washington, missioner of the Southeastern Con- and Charles Alan Wright, professor Spurred by the largest Con- fourth year of eligibility to non- D.C., it will mark the second time in fercncc. of law, University of Texas, Austin. vention turnout ever and by the qualifiers and partial qualifiers; and former chair of the NCAA eight years that a national blue- Also, Wesley W. Posvar, chancel- most roll-call votes in history, No. 56, a resolution regarding Committee on Infractions. ribbon panel has investigated prob- lor, University of Pittsburgh; Otis the delegates shattered the marks freshman ineligibility in Division lems in intercollegiate athletics. A. Singletary, then president of the The Select Committee was di- for the highest counted votes in I men’s basketball, and No. 30-l For a 16-month period in 19X2 Umversity of Kentucky, now retired; rected by John P. Schaefer, former the general business session and (as part of the total vote). l’hc and 1983, a Select Committee on Dean F. Smith, baskcthall coach, prcsidcnt of the llniversity of Ari- in Divisions 1, I-A, I-AA and III. highest possible number of Divi& Athletic Problems and Concerns in University of North Carolina, zona and prcsidcnt, then and now, Only in Division II did the pre- sion I votes was 330. Higher Education formulated rem Chapel Hill; Howard K. Swearer, of Rcscarch Corporation Tcchnolo- vious high count stand. Division I also recorded 22 commendations to deal with “the then president of Brown University; gies, ‘l&son, Arizona In fact, Division I registered other vote totals ranging from serious problems affecting college Barbara S. Uehling. then chancellor Select Committee 25 separate v&es that were higher 320 through 326. Old record: athletics.” That l6-member panel at the University of Missouri, Co- The Select Committee grouped than the previous record. And 3 19, 1989, “Proposal 42.” was funded by the NCAA but opcr- lumbia, and now chancellor of the its 27 recommendations in four cate- the general business session re- l Division I-A: A record 1 I5 atcd as an independent commission IUniversity of California, Santa Bar- See Selecr Cortmirree, page 3 corded the largest three votes in on the final vote on No. 30-B with its own staff. Its final report Convention history and eight of (spring foothall practice), which was submitted in October 1983. the top IO all-time. represents every possible I-A A review of that report shows The voting-record summary vote. The subdivision also had that the Select Committee was sue- NCAA continues review in Dallas: I14 votes on a motion to refer ccssful, sooner or later, in 22 of its l Generai session: A record No. 30-B. Old record: II3 27 specific recommendations, or 746 votes on No. 30-I, an amend- twice ~ I987 special Convention better than 80 percent. of Tarkanian litigation mcnt-to-amendment to include (to lower football grants from 95 There is one member of the I.egal counsel for the NCAA and judgment regarding (Tarkanian’s) basketball and football in the to 90) and 1989 (football evalua- Knight Commission who also served Jerry ‘larkanian. men’s basketball attorneys’ fees. time-reduction resolution. Old tion periods). on the Select Committee: Charles coach at the University of Nevada, “It also would confirm that the record: 704, 1987 annual Con- l Division I-AA: A record 96 E. Young, then and now chancellor Las Vegas, are reviewing documents NCAA is entitled to payment (by vention, to move the financial on the final vote on No. 30-B. of the University of California, Los that, il approved, would constitute ‘larkarnan) of court costs dating to aid legislation from the constitu- That is just one short of the Angeles. agreement hy both sides implrment- the start of this case in December tion to the bylaws. highest possible vote in that sub- Other members of the 19X2-1983 inp the state Supreme Court ruling 1977,” Kitchin said. Estimated at The general session also re- division. Division I-AA voters committee were Willie D. Davis, handed down last September as to $21,000, those costs do not include corded votes of 743 (No. 30-A, also posted a 94 total on the I,os Angeles businessman and Tarkanian’s injunctlon against the any legal fees only charges for the timercduction resolution), motion to reter No. 30-B. Old former professional footha. player; NCAA. transcripts, document preparation second highest all-time; 741 (No. record: 93, 1987 special Conven- Robert S. Devaney, director of ath- “The parties tried to develop a and similar services. 30-I I, once-in-four-year hasket- tion (to lower football grants letics, University of Nebraska. L-in- stipulation that would do two Kitchin added that any agreement ball cxcmption), lhird highest; from 70 to 65). coin; the late Jerome H. Holland, things,” said John .J. Kitchin cof would not prohibit future action the 693 (No. 32, summer financial l Division III: A record 238, former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Swanson, Midglcy, Gangwere. Association might take with respect aid), sixth highest; 691 (No. 52, twice- No. 30-l (as part of the and former college president; Lou Clarke and Kllchin. the Associa- to the show-cause order of the individual drug sanctions), sev- total vote on that amendment- Holt7, then football coach at the tion’s Kansas C‘ity. Missouri, legal NCAA Irelating to Tarkanian. “This enth highest; 690 (No. 53, year- to-amcndmcnt) and No. 30-G University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, CVUJISCI. is just a stipulation lo comply with round drug testing), eighth high- (basketball season reductions). and now at the University of Notre “First, the stipulation would carry the Nevada Supreme Court opin- cst; 681 (No. 54, team sanctions That division also had two votes Dame; Edward H. Jennings, presi- out the (Ncvadaj state Supreme ion,” he said. for USK of banned drugs), ninth of 276 (No. 103, out-of-season dent, Ohlo State University; Kev. <‘court ruling I~elativc to dlbsolving That ruling, in response to a highest, and 676 (No. 32-1, See A II, page 9 Fdmund P. Joyce, then executive the district court ln.junclion (against motion by the NCAA and a coun- viceprcsidcnt, University of Notre the NCAA) and the rcvcrsal ol See NCA A, paKc 9 L Goal posts mav go back to 1959 width of 18-6 The NCAA Football Rules Corn- mittre has voted to reduce the width of goal posts from 27 feet 4 inches to IX feet 6 inches and to allow the defense to advance a fumble that occurs in or beyond the neutral zone. The committee, which met Janu- ary 15-17 in Kansas City, Missouri, voted to reduce the distance between the uprights due to the increased accuracy and proficiency of kickers on field-goal and extra-point at- tempts and to provide more balance between the offense and defense. At last year’s meeting, the corn- mittee voted to prohibit the use of two-inch kicking tees on field-goal and point-after-touchdown at- tempts; however, field-goal accuracy i in Division I-A increased from 67.6 L percent in 1988 to a record 69.3 I percent last season. Combined team scoring among major colleges last season also increased to a record 48.2 points per game from the prc- vious record of 47.5 points a game The NCAA Fiwtbaii Rules Committee members, from iefi, an? Mississippi Coiisge; Ma&o H. Casem, Southern Universiry, Baton in 1988. wiibm B. Maniove Jr, Widener Unhrersity; Philip James Butte&@ Rouge; Ron Hatms, Texas A&i Universi@; Dave Maurer; Wittenberg Although the committee which Ithaca Coiiege; Douglas W Weaver; Michigan State University; Universiw; Douglas A. Dickey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; consists of six Division I. three Secretary-Rules Editor David M. Nelson, University of Delaware; Committee Chair Miio R. Lude, University of Washington, and Division 11 and three Diviston III Fisher DeBeny, U.S. Air Force Academy; John M. Williams, Richard 8. Yodel West Chester University of Pennsyivania- See Goal poSlS. puge 2 THE NCAA NEWS/January 24,199O km1 posts C’ontinuedjiom puge I “The committee is ever mindful minute decision,” Nelson said. “The fronts of players’ pants or more vertising on footballs. members voted unanimously to about the balance between offense committee has studied the increase than four inches in width and are l Permitting arrows next to field narrow the width of goal posts, the and defense,” said committee chair of the number of field goals and the only legal attachments allowed numbers that indicate the direction measure must be approved by the and University of Washington ath- been concerned about the influence on players’ uniforms. of opponents’ goal lines. NCAA Executive Committee be- letics director Milo R. Lude. “Com- the field goal has had on the game l Shutting off the 25second clock @Establishing the length of in- cause the rule has possible economic mittee members acted with no self- for quite some time-particularly during the last 25 secvnds of each bounds lines (or hash marks) at 24 ramifications for NCAA member interests and were mindful of the during the last four years.