The NCAA --~- ~- February 23, 1983, Volume 20 Number 8 .-Official Publication of the National C‘ollegiate Athletic Association Athletic programs fight rising costs By Timothy J 1.111~~ his original budget that recently was l-he NCAA New\ Staff rrimmcd bccausc of a projcctcd state Sport5 fans, take note deficit. Your favorltc collcgc team now IS “The scvcrc wcathcr wc havr cxpe- keeping track ol’ a statistic that un- rlcnccd this winter ha\ forced the post& doubtedly will inftuencc its future poncment of hevera contests we had more than the combined total of victo- \chcduled. Where those contests did ries. losses, coaching changes or all- not have a bearing on any lcaguc or Amcrlca rclcctions It has produced. championship opportumtics, 1 have The statistic is called cash flow: the opted not to rcschcdulc them,” Chuck- bottom tine hctwccn the black Ink ot ran \ald. solvency and the red ink ofdcflclts that Other mcasurcs mlplcmented by the leads to buses instead of planes. I I Rhode Island administrator, certainly sport\ mstcad of 17. not unique in these times, have in- Nohody seems tmmunc. Marc than cluded the doubling and cvcn tripling 4X pcrccnt ot the Association’s mem- of room assignments on road trips and hcr\hip i\ \ltuatcd in states whose the switch from bus to plane on rela- Outdoor track preview hudpct\ WIII rctlcct ncpativc numbers tlvcly short (4(K) to SO0 mites) trips. ;LSof June 30 Some athlctrc programs “The coaches rcallzc the altcma- arc making money; most are not. And, tlvc\ arc pretty simple,” Chuckran the problems they all face raise serious said. “They know they must tighten questions about how to pay the bills. the belt or face the reality of losing “WC haven’t had to take any drastic their sport at some point. \tcps,” \ald Frank Cipnctti. director of “We are not one of those fortunate athletics at IndIana University of Penn- ones who arc sclt-sufflclcnt and no Sylvania. “Nothing has come down to longer rely on state moneys. But we Combined indoor track championships us from the state concerning cutbacks think Intrrcollegiate athletics here at for this year, but you never know.” Rhode tsland and everywhere is im- seen as boost fo men’s competition That outlook is held in many parts of portant enough that we will take the the country. where projected deficit> necessary steps to trim things down Despite published reports criticizing with prcssurcs from their coaching standards were not eliminated corn arc causing govcrnmcnt leaders in and keep going,” Chuckran stated. the first combined men’s and women’s peers. pletely many states to impost cutbacks that af- Even the other side of the coin, al- NCAA mdoor track and field champi- “In addition, the standards commit- For example, if the standard for the fect every aspect of the pubhc sector, luded to by Chuckran, is not as shiny onship 113being IOO selective. the tee was charged with the responsibility high jump was established at 7-2, any including state-supported intcrcolle as some might expect. “WC gcncratc NCAA track and field committees of monitoring the number of partici- athlctc clearing that height would @ate athletic programs. our own mcomc. which means our believe the new, streamlined format 1s pants in all 73 NCAA champIonshIps become cllglblc for the NCAA cham- “I will have to get along with lehs dotIny IS in our own hands,” said a logical development that offers better and. specifically, how the number of pionships. But if 20 other jumpers go money, ” said Rhode Island’s John Dave Hart. director of athletics at the cornpetItIon tn mtcrcollegiate ath- participants in the Indoor champion- higher than 7-2, then that athlete Chuckran, who ha, had to take steps to University of Missouri, Columbia. letics. ships compared with other NCAA would get bumped from the champion- compensate for the $90,000 chunk of See Athletic, puge I2 Larry Ellis, head track coach at cvcnts. It was a difficult task for all ship. Princeton University, recently told the groups.” “They’re trying to develop an mvi- Associated Press that very few coaches To incorporate the women athletes, rational meet, not a collegiate champI- Football TV outlook like the new championships format. the men’s events have been stream- onship,” said Ellis, who also is the “The new format actually is the lmcd for the March 1 I-12 champion- head men’s coach for the 1984 U.S. result of a scrlcs of action5 between the ships in Pontiac, Michigan. The three- Olympic team. is topic for panel NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track mile run and the distance medley relay “Thcy’rc not thinking of the ath- and Field Committees and the Special have hecn eliminated, and flclds have lctcs in this case,” Ellis told Bert Dreams could become nightmares Kansas City. Missouri. Committee on Championships Stand- been reduced to 12 teams for the mile Rosenthal of the Associated Press. for major college tootball powers Kevin O’Malley, an executive pro- ards.” said Dcnms 1~. Poppe, NCAA and two-mile relays, 24 for the sprint5 “Many athletes will be left out. The seeking to tclcvlse their own games, ducer of CBS Sports. said uncon- assistant dlrcctor of championships. and the hurdles. and 20 for all other meet will be mostly for those athletes accordmg to members of a panel that trolled diversification of football tele- “The sports committees were aware of track and field cvcnts. who go to the invitational meets during discussed the future of college football vision rights would seriously threaten the need to reduce the number of par- Tho,c numbers were set by the the season bcforc the championships,“ television at the NCAA Collcgc Foot- the network base of the sport on telc- ticipants, but they were confronted NCAA committees, but qualifying See Combined, page I2 ball ‘83 Preview February 20-22 in vision because advertisers might find regIonal telecasts more appealing and subsequently bring an end to national telecasts. Other members of the tour-man panel that addressed 52 sportswriters from across the country were Wiles Hallock. chair of the NCAA Football Television Committee: Terry Hanson. executive producer of WTBS Sports. and Charley Scott. associate academic vice-president at the University of Ala- bama and a mcmbcr 01 the NCAA Executive Committee. Currently, the future ofcollege foot- ball is in the hands of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colo- rado. On November IX, a three-judge panel took under advisement an appeal of a Federal-court ruling that declared See Fmorbrrll. page I2 In the News Use of computers in treating football inJuries questioned . .2 Basketball statlstich and notes in all three divlslons . .-f-5 Outdoor track season preview. .6-Y ChampIonships previews m Dlvision Wiles Hallock, chair qf the NCAA Football Television Committee, Alabama and a member qf the NCAA Executive Committee; Kevin 111men ’s and women’s basketball .I0 addresses sportswriters at the NCAA College Football ‘83 Preview O’Malley. an executive producer of CBS Sports, and Terp Hanson. February 21 in Kansas City, Missouri. Other speakers were, from left, executive producer of WTBS Sports. During the two-day session, eight Some institutions experience out- breaks of mea5les .I,? Charley Scott, associate academic vice-president at the Universie of college football coaches previewed the I983 season. 2 Februaq 23.1983 The NCAA C omment Computer use in football injuries questioned A By Voigt R. Hodgson laws and rules are established, but it The model in use is not sophisti-’ best, no reduction in hazard: the ccr- Essentially, the same helmet crown cannot take the lead into new, unplot cated enough to guarantee much more vital cord. designs existed in helmets during In the January 19, 1983. issue of ted regions like btomechanics. than a 50-50 chance of a correct Football authorities recognized the 197lLl976as bctwcen 1977and 1982. The NCAA News, a reprint of an answer. This is obvious when they danger of spearing and were aware of At the January 1983 NOCSAE Believe me, if it were possible to sit article by Dennis Byrne of the Chicago write that a “tackler’s neck takes the way tackles and blocks should be meeting, it was shown how loads back and type commands into a corn- SunTimes, entitled “Computers 5,000 pounds of force-the weight of performed most safely before scien could be transferred experimentally puter and come up with a 95 percent Tackle Problem of Football Injuries,” a truck,” in a 20 mph collision. Five tists began to deal with the problems. from helmet to shoulder pads with a confidence level about what practi- was published about which I would thousand pounds is a body-accordion- Since the 1976 rules changes outlaw- minimum of load on the spine. This cally can be done to eliminate or like to put some things in perspective. ing amount, which would pulverize ing initial contact with the helmet, par- may not be a practical reality now, but reduce the annual average of nine Computers are a popular subject smce any but a math model’s neck. alyzing neck injuries have dropped meetings between researchers and (1977- 1982) catastrophic neck injuries they began putting rockets into space It is futile to classify collision intcn- from an average of 21 from 197 I to manufacturers are planned to see what, that occur among hundreds of millions and brtnging them back, as well as sity on the basis of a force on the tack- 1976 to a 9.5 annual average during if any, of the state-of-theart neck- of foOtbdll collisions to a very diverse handling the cvcn more formidable ler’!, neck.