THE NCAA NEWS/June 7,1999
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
The NCAA Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association June 7,1969, Volume 26 Number 23 Committee CFA will continue studv of I-A play-off on costs 4 The College Football Association Ncinas conceded thcrc was “al- has appointed a committee to con ways a possibility” that changes in maps plan tinue studying a proposed 16-team the bowl system could negate the In its first meeting, the Special play-off and to evaluate the post- play-off proposal. Committee on Cost Reduction deve- season bowl structure. That translates into money. The loped an action plan that will include In addition, the CFA voted to 24 CFA teams that played in bowl six months of research and explora- submit legislation at next January’s games last season received $33.5 tion with a goal of legislation for NCAA Convention that would re- million. Revenue from the proposed consideration at the 1991 NCAA store the 30 initial grants per year play-off has been estimated at any- Convention. limit on football grants-in-aid (the where from %42million to $87 mil- The special committee, which current limit is 25). But the CFA lion, with all CFA members sharing was established by the adoption of members rejected a “recovery” plan the money. Proposal No. 39- 1 at the 1989 that would have allowed Division (See rehted story on page 4.) Convention, met May 30 to June 1 I-A schools under the limit to get Donnie Duncan, athletics director in Dallas. back to 95 total scholarships over a at the University of Oklahoma, said The resolution contained in Pro- two-year period. the purpose of the study committee posal No. 39- 1, which was offered Those actions, among others, would be “to cnlightcn, not criticize.” as a substitute when Proposal No. were taken during the CFA’s annual He proposed a resolution, which 39 (that would have established meeting in Dallas June 2-4. was adopted, stating that “the mcm- need-basedfinancial aid restrictions CFA Executive Director Charles See CFA, page 2 in Divisions 1 and 11) was with- M. Neinas said the bowl study was drawn, charged the special commit- “not meant to be a knock on the tee to prepare legislation that would bowls. The bowls themselves have a reduce the costs of intercollegiate committee that is looking at some athletics without denying students of the ways they might improve the accessto higher education or signif- bowl system.” CFA members ap- icantly altering the competitive bal- plauded the bowls for the hcncfits ance among member institutions. they have brought to college foot- In addition, the resolution specif- ball. ically charged the special committee “The athletics directors felt it to explore the merits of restricting would be helpful if the CFA had its athletics scholarships to basic edu- own committee to evaluate some of cational expensesplus demonstrated the howl practices and maybe we need as defined in Proposal No. 39. could offer some suggestions to Under the action plan developed them,” Neinas told the Associated by the special committee, four sub- Press. committees were created to study “Thcrc is an honest concern in the areas of financial aid, recruiting, two areas. One is the desire to staffing policies and competitive promote college football m a posi- policies. tive manner, and we feel the inspira- The subcommittees will use the tion to a large degree behind the next six months to gather informa- development of a championship Craig Thompson tion, research and public opinion, proposal was to help promote col- and reactions from individual lege football. The second is it is the groups to proposals. colleges and the universities them- Thompson Chaired by Eugene F. Corrigan, selves that are dedicating a lot of commissioner of the Atlantic Coast dollars, a lot of effort, a lot of time fills post Conference, the special committee into sponsoring cc,llege fcrotball. ” spent much of its time discussing Neinas said that one stiIdy would the boundaries of its charge and involve an effort to lot ,k at cost on Council defining areas for study. controls, with an eye to potential Craig Thompson, commissioner Included in the latter were indi- changes. of the American South Conference, vidual group discussionsin the areas “The bowls claiIrn the!f exist for has been appointed to a Division I- of trends (using typical indices to college football,” 1IC said. “If that is AAA position on the NCAA Coun- study economic trends for the next the case,then the bowls should have cil, effective immediately. five to 10 years), perceptions and Third straight- title no problem having a group that The NCAA Administrative Com- politics (determining commonly held represents a majority of their partic- mittee appointed Thompson to re- notions about intercollegiate athlet- Suzy Favor of Wiswnstn won a tfritd stm&ht championship ipants evaluating the system to place James W. Shaffcr, who has ics that may need to be proven or in the 1,5bbmeter nm in the Division I Women’s Outdoor maybe make valid suggestions to resigned as commissioner of the See Committee, page 3 Track Championships. Complete &tails on page 6. them.” Midwestern Collegiate Conference to become a vice-president at Butler University. Under the provisions of the SEC reaffirms support of Proposal No. 42 NCAA constitution, Thompson will Southeastern Conference chief “We believe that movement from education efforts. in August. serve until the next Convention, at executive officers have reaffirmed Proposition 48 to Proposition 42 is which time he will be eligible for The NCAA Council and the Pres- In other reactions to the criticism nomination by the Nominating Com- their support for Proposal 42 as a process, not an event,” Auburn idents Commission agreed to review approved by the 1989 NCAA Con- University President James E. Mar- over Proposal 42, the NCAA Com- mittee to serve the remainder of the legislation following the criticism mittee on Financial Aid and Ama- Shaffer’s term, to January 1992. vention in San Francisco. tin told David Davidson of The of the measure. The proposal requires prospective Atlanta Journal and Constitution. teurism suggestedthat financial aid Thompson was named the first be divorced from the initial-eligibil- student-athletes in Division I to “We’re pleased with the direction In April, the Presidents Commis- executive of the American South score at least 700 on the SAT or 15 we see things going. The student- sion said it favored an amendment ity legislation, a step that would Conference in March 1987.The six- permit nonqualifiers and partial on the ACT and to have a 2.000 athlete should be prepared to go to to the legislation to sustain the basic member league conducts 12 sports, qualifiers to be treated the same for grade-point average (4.000 scale) in college when he gets to college,” intent of Proposal 42 but to permit six each for men and for women. an 1l-course core curriculum to be Martin said June 1 at a Southeast- a certain category of nonqualifiers purposes of financial aid. The members are Arkansas State eligible for an athletics grant-in-aid, ern Conference meeting in Destin, (those who would have been con- And the Academic Requirements University, Lamar University, Loui- beginning in 1990. Florida. sidered partial qualifiers) to receive Committee recommended that Pro- siana Tech University, the University Partial qualifiers no longer would The approval of Proposal No. 42 need-based institutional financial posal 42 remain on the books but of New Orleans, Pan American be eligible for an athletics grant as resulted in a significant number of aid that is available to all students. that its effective date be delayed University and the IJniversity of allowed under NCAA Bylaw 14.3, protests from coaches and some Later in April, the Council voted until 1992 when the research data Southwestern Louisiana. which originally was approved as athletics administrators who said to establish a subcommittee to pre- regarding the first class of students Before taking the commissioner’s Bylaw S-l(i) and widely referred to the elimination of grants to partial sent a consensus recommendation affected by Bylaw 14.3 will be avail- position, Thompson was director of as Proposition 48. qualifiers would damage minority on Proposal 42 to the full Council able and analyzed. See l7tompson. page 3 THE NCAA NEWS/June 7,1999 ;3FA Continued from page I tions, said the proposal would “ne- the student-athlete. “We’re asking of Bylaw 14.3. coach be allowed to visit a prospect bership recognizes and appreciates gate the ability of the infractions more and more of players and giving @Rejected a proposal to allow once in the home and once in the the significant contributions to and committee to penalize an institution. them less and less in return,” OS- student-athletes to receive the full high school. the enhancement of college football “I’ve got sympathy for Florida, borne said. $2,300 from the Federal Pell Grant l Recommended extending the by the bowls.” I’ve got sympathy for Iowa State, (See story on puge 5.) as opposed to the current %1,400. football evaluation period to include The recommendation to restore I’ve got sympathy for SMU, but l Granted active membership to ORecommended reinstatement Fridays in October for coaches to the limit of 30 football grants each those institutions are where they are Temple University as the CFA’s 64th of a rule that would allow an institu- watch high school or junior college year was a substitute proposal by because they got penalized by the member but said it would not share tion to visit a high school one day games, while eliminating the De- Florida State University athletics infractions committee.