The NCAA Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association July 17,1991, Volume 28 Number 27 Proposals identify ‘fine-tuning’ areas Recommcndation5 to “fine-tune” proposals were lor motm tune dc- new legislation limiting coaching mands or cost money, WC couldn’t stall\. recruiting activities and play- help with that,” said David B. Kei- ing seasons have hccn submitted to lit/.. director of athletics at Central the NCAA C’ouncil by its Suhcom- Michigan University and chair of mittcc to Rcvicw 1991 Reform Prop the subcommittee. osals. “The groups understood that and The Council. which will consider were very responsible in putting the recommendations at its meeting torth their proposals.” July 3 I-Allgllst 2 in Sun Valley. After connidermg the suggestions Idaho. formed the subcommittee and dcvcloping the rccommenda- lollowing the 1991 Convention. Its tions. the subcommittee presented charge was to collect suggestions the fine-tuning proposals to the from various constituent groups of NCAA Presidents Commission late the Association and recommend last month. l‘hc Commission did areas whcrc Icgiblation adopted to not ohjcct to any of the recommcn- cut costs or rcducc time demands dations. on student-athletes could be modi- ‘l‘hc recommendations include an First meeting fied without compromising or chang- increase in sile for coaching staffs in ing the basic Intent. one sport wrestling. Leon G. Keny (tetY), commissioner of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, makes Various coaches associations and Kcilitz acknowledged that increas- a point for chair Charfes Whitcomb, faculty athletics representative at San Jose State other organizations oflered fine- ing the numhcr of head or assistant University, and othermlembers of the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee tuning suggestions at a hearing held wrc\tling coaches from one to two during its recent meeting in Kansas Ci@ Missouri. A report on the meeting, the committee’s by the subcommittee in June, and would have cost ramifications but first, is on page 3. other groups, including NCAA said the subcommittee belicvcs that sports committees, also had input in the current limit is too restrictive. a process that has resulted in rccom- compared to other sports. The single mendations in the following areas: regular coach will find it difficult to Officer, Council nominations invited 0 Limitations on the sire of coach- be away frotn the team for recruiting The NCAA Nominating Com- the Nominating Committee. Nomi- for each nominee. ing staffs at Division 1 member and other purposes and still he mittee is accepting nominations for nations also must bc sent directly to The Nominating Committee will institutions. rcspon~ihlc for student-athletes’ Divisions I and I11 vice-presidents Fannie B. Vaughan, executive as- propose candidates to serve as l Limitations on who is permitted safety, the subcommittee believes. and I I Council positions that expire sistant at the NCAA national office, NCAA Division 1 and Division 111 to recruit. “Thcrc were things where WC fell in January 1992. 6201 College Boulevard, Overland vice-presidents. The two division l Recruiting activities. that we had to take fairness and Two of the five elected NCAA Park, Kansas 6621 l-2422. vice-president positions must be l Length of playing seasons safety into consideration,” Keilitz officers will be replaced in January. A hrief paragraph describing the filled by members of the Council. l Miscellaneous concerns, includ- said Douglas S. Hobbs, University of qualifications of the nominee should A summary of the available Coun- ing exemptions from maximum- Overall, however, cost was the California. Los Angeles (Division I accompany the nomination form, cil positions follows: contest limitations for basketball. determining factor. For instance, vice-president). and Rocco J. Carzo, which appears on page 3 of this Division I “WC told all groups that were the subcommittee declined to ret- Tubs University (Division t II vice- issue. Also, the Nominating Corn- Of the six Division 1 Council invited to write to us and to meet ommend that the restrictedxarnings president), will conclude their terms mittee has emphasized that all nom- members whose terms expire at the with us in Chicago that WC wanted coach’s position in baskethall be in those offices at the 1992 Conven- inations must be submitted in January 1992 Convention, one is to help all we could but that if the SW Proposals. page 3 lion. written form. eligible for reelection and five are Two Council members whose Please provide a separate form .sce Cl~ficer. page 3 terms expire are eligible for reelcc- Enforcement staff continues tion (one Division I representative and one Division II member). Five Division I members are not eligible Nearly half of ‘92 proposals to tape interviews in cases for reelection. Two Division II The NCAA enforcement depart- However, the tapes arc being used members cannot be reelected, and touch on reform legislation ment’s experiment with tape-re- only to “back up” the memoran- in Division 111, two members must Nearly hall of the 99 legislative recruiting (Bylaw 13). 10, and fi- cording interviews in infractions dums that enforcement representa- he replaced. proposals submitted by member nancial aid (Bylaw 15) 10. Most of cases is continuing after a review 0t tives continue to prepare following The deadline for filing nomina- institutions and conferences in ac- those sections, of course, were in- the first two months of the program each interview. tions is September 3. Nominations cordance with the July I deadline volved in the reform package last by the Committee on Infractions. The purpose 01 the taping is to may he sent to the chair of the relate to the reform-agenda legisla- .lanuary. The committee, which revised further reduce the already infrequent NCAA Nominating Committee, tion adopted at the January 1991 Of the 14 eligibility proposals, Bylaw 32.3.8 in April to instruct instances where an interview subject David A. Jacobs, Director of Ath- Convention in Nashville. eight deal with the type of academic- enforcement representatives to re- recants information provided to an letics, Whittier College, 13406 East An unofficial 48 of the 99 can be requirements legislation that the cord interviews, received a rcporl enforcement representative or pro- Philadelphia Street, Whittier, Calii tied directly or indirectly to attempts Presidents Commission will be spon- on the program at its June 28-30 See E@rcament. pa@ 20 fornia 90608, or to any member of meeting in Monterey, California, to “fine-tune” or reverse the land- soring for the 1992 Convention. and provided the national office mark actions taken at the Nashville The submissions thus far do not staff with more detailed guidelines Commission vacancy filled Convention in the areas of student- include amendments from the Corn- athlete time demands, cost reduction mission or the Council, which must for use of the recordings. Frederick W. Obear, chancellor and membership structure. be submitted by August 15. Under the revised procedure, en- of the University of Tennessee at The 99 proposals currently are Busy sponsors forcement representatives have been Chattanooga, has been appointed being prepared for printing in the The busiest members in terms of taping interviews and other conver to a Division 1 position on the Initial Publication of Proposed Leg- numbers of proposals submitted sations where information is ga- NCAA Presidents Commission. He islation, which will hc mailed to the was a group of Division I confer thered whenever possible since mid- replaces Ronald F. Beller, who no ences, essentially the collection that May, with the permission of the longer is president of East ‘lennessee membership August I The propos- operated under the “conference of individual who is being interviewed. State University. als have been reviewed by the Legis- lative Review Committee u-i its July conferences” banner a year ago. Obear’s appointment is for the X-1 I meeting in Vail, Colorado. Various combinations 01 those con- Division I-AA South (Region 2) Of the 99 proposals ~ compared ferences submitted I I of the 99 In the News position on the Presidents Cornmis- to 59 submitted by the membership proposals. sion. He will serve the remainder of a year ago almost a third deal Other active legislative sponsors Bellrr’s term, through January 1994, Mwnenk Flna Four ........ .2 with playing and practice seasons include the (‘OllKge Football Asso- and will not hc cligihle for reelection. ciation (which is permitted to submit commenf.. .................... .4 (Bylaw 17). A total of 29 of the 99 legislation on hchalf of its member Bowl aMame ................. .5 Obear has hccn Tennessee-Chat- would amend that bylaw, and more than hall of the 29 deal with Division institutions) and the Middle Atlantic I4wy su~oe ............ tanooga’s chancellor bince July 198 I 111only. StatKS Collegiate Athletic Confer NC- Record ............... 10 He came to the university from Oakland University, where he served Other popular targets among the KnCe (Division iIt), each with nine as vice-president of academic alfairs 99 proposals are coaching limita- proposals. and provost, as well as professor 01 tions (Bylaw I I), IS amendments; ‘l‘hc Atlantic Coast Conference See C~ornmr.v,sir~n,page 5 Frederick W Obear eligibility (Bylaw 14) I3 proposals; See Nturly, page 5 2 THE NCAA NEWS/July 17.1991 Committee recommends ‘94, ‘95 Women’s Final Four sites The N<‘AA Division I Women’s Arkansas. Faycttcville;