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The NCAA October 27,1986, Volume 23 Number 38 Official Publication oft ational Collegiate Athletic Association Federal government restores full funding to NYSP for ‘87 Four weeks of intense lobbying and he was joined by colleagues Bill rector, Bcthune-Cookman College; culminated in a special conference Young(Florida), Louis Stokes (Ohio) Lance Lamport, NYSP evaluator, St. between members of the U. S. Senate and House Subcommittee Chair on Petersburg Junior College; James 0. and the House of Representatives Appropriations William Natcher (Ken- Newman, project administrator, Cal- that restored full funding for the tucky). They supported Conte and ifornia State University, Los Angeles; National Youth Sports Program. provided key testimony on the effec- Mike Orfitelli, activity director, St. The special conference overturned tiveness of the NYSP. Ambrose College; Christ Petrouleas, a bill proposed by Iowa Democrat NYSP personnel committed to over- former chair of the NYSP Committee, Tom Harkin that would have cut $2.5 turning the proposed amendment Wayne State University (Michigan), million from the program, sponsored provided members of the House and and Walter Reed, project administra- jointly by the NCAA and the Federal Senate with information regarding tor, Jackson State University. government. The conference reviewed their particular projects within the The Association provides adminis- funding appropriations for the Com- program. munity Services Block Grant and trative support for the program, which specifically discussed the funding Among the NYSP supporters were utilizes the campuses of colleges and universities throughout the nation, needs for NYSP. John R. Davis, NCAA president; and the government provides major If the proposal had gone through, Delores Andy, former NYSP Com- the NYSP would have received a 40 mittee member, University of Penn- funding. percent reduction in funding from sylvania; Tom Barnhart, activity Each summer, thousands of under- $6.13 in fiscal-year 1986 to $3.63 director, North Dakota State Univer- privileged youth who take part in the million in fiscal-year 1987. Funding sity; Laurie Dunnet, activity director, program receive free instruction in was restored at the post-Gramm- Boston College; Warren Giese, NYSP lifetime sports activities; free medical Rudman level of $5.86 million. Committee member, University of screening; a daily meal, and guidance Representative Silvio Conte of Mas- South Carolina; Hiram Green, project in areas relating to personal hygiene, sachusetts led the discussions that administrator, University of South educational and career alternatives, took exception to the amendment, Florida; Lloyd Johnson, activity di- and alcohol and drug abuse. First samples of Manual revision available for study at Convention Samples of revised bylaws currently on eligibility. draft of revised wording designed to being developed by the Special NCAA “Since copies of the draft were achieve greater understanding and Committee on Deregulation and included in Council members’ simplification. Rules Simplification probably will be packets, I asked them to review the Following the Council meeting, the available for review at the 1987 material and forward any comments special committee met in Kansas City NCAA Convention, according to Wil- to the special committee,” explained to work through the first revision of ford S. Bailey, the Association’s sec- Bailey. “Since the October Council the sample eligibility bylaw. “In addi- retary-trasurer, who is chairing the meeting always is dominated by work tion to review by the legislative servi- group. on possible legislation for the uncom- ces staff and other members of the “We anticipate having sample by- ing Convention, there was relatively NCAA national office staff, the spe- laws available for perusal,“said Bailey, little time for discussion or direct cial committee is going to identify “maybe in the press area at the Con feedback. However. the few comments several people in the membership and )all preview vention.” I did receive were positive.” ask them to review the material,” During the NCAA Council’s Octo- Titled “Awards, benefits and ex- Bailey said. Pervti Ellison. most valuable player in the 1986 NCAA Division I ber meeting, Bailey presented a brief penses for student-athletes,” the re- “We would like them to read the Men’s kyketball Championship, plans to return the championship report to the group on the work of the vised bylaw shows the reorganized draft carefully and provide feedback trophy to Louisville in 1987. For a preview of the men’s basketball soecial. committee. which alreadv has sections of the Manual on these sub- that will help us complete the project.” season, see pages 4-8. completed drafting of a sample bylaw jects in current language and a parallel gee First, page 19 ACLU tests Age serves tennis player quite well In the News By Barry Shlachter Colorado’s Joe Sweeney made the varsity ten- Choices nis team at Salem State College as a The position of Stanford Uni- sophomore ~ after 50 years of prac- versity concerning control of sub- drug policy tice. stance abuse centers on personal The American Civil Liberties Union Sweeney, who at 71 is believed to choice by students. Page 2. has filed what could become a prece- be the oldest college player, didn’t dent-setting court challenge to the have a spectacular fall season. Perhaps Council summary University of Colorado’s random it was because he devoted too much A summary of all actions taken drug-testing program for athletes. time to his full-time studies, or to by the NCAA Council during its Colorado is violating its athletes’ weekly hockey matches, his swim- October 13-l 5 meeting in Kansas constitutional rights to privacy, free- ming, diving, piano practice, sailing, City, Missouri. Page 10. dom from unreasonable searches and roller skating and wind surfing. seizures, and due process of law, “I’ve competed and coached in IO Notes, stats Football notes and statistics for according to the lawsuit filed in different sports, and tennis is the all NCAA divisions. Pages 1 I-14. Boulder District Court. toughest,” Sweeney, in blue sweats “B’s an issue of privacy, freedom and cap in the orange-and-black Previews from unreasonable search and seizure school colors, said during a recent Previews of the National Colle- and due process,” said Julie Golden, fast-paced practice session with a 19- giate Women’s Soccer Champion- assistant director of the Colorado year-old teammate whom he finally ship, the Division HI Women’s ACLU. “The implications are large beat, 64. “That’s why it’s such a good Soccer Championship, the Divii because it’s the first action against a game.” sion III Men’s Soccer Champion- university.” The white-bearded student played ship and the Division 111 Field The university launched its manda- in three singles matches for Salem Hockey Championship. Page 15. tory drug-testing program in 1984. In State, losing all of them. But he fared August, the university strengthened better with doubles, as he and his Coaches upset the program by testing athletes more partner finished the season with a 2-l Some basketball coaches are frequently and increasing the penalties record. unhappy with suggestions that the for those who tested positive for Sweeney, a retired cost estimator intercollegiate basketball season drugs. for a defense contractor, came to be cut back, that grants-in-aid be The school’s drug-testing program Salem State in 1983 to give private reduced and that assistant coaches is one of the toughest in the nation instruction to a young protege and be cut from two to one. Page 20. SeeACLU, page 19 See Age, page 18 At 71. Joe Sweeney plays varsity tennis at Salem State College 2 Oa!tlJtlecz7,.1!M I The NCAA Comment Something colleges needed to hear Personachol iceis key Joan Beck Columnist Chicago Pihunt- to drug-control effort “‘I have never seen a greater interest in money, money, By Clay Calvert cash, bucks-among anybody. The higher education The Stanford Daily lobbyists put Harvard Square hawkers to shame.’ Stanford has remained unswayed by the mounting number of schools “It was a somewhat ungrammatical punch that Educa- that have adopted mandatory drug-testing programs for student- tion Secretary William J. Bennett threw at colleges in athletes. Instead, the university has put its trust in the individual general and Harvard University in particular But it hit student-athlete to be responsible for his or her own actions and has hard. It stung. And the colleges had it coming. refused to develop such a program. “It’s time someone spoke out angrily about those “We believe that you know the difference between the tight thing to do relentlessly increasing college costs. Instead of pushing and the wrong thing to do intrinsically,” said Ferdinand A. Geiger, for more tax dollars for higher education and telling director of the athletics department. “We don’t want to play cops and parents to get second mortgages to pay tuition bills, more robbers.” people should be pressuring colleges to tighten up their While the university does not have its own mandatory drug-testing spending. The total price tag on a year’s schooling at Frank Cignetti Jerry CIcriborne program, Geiger emphasized that the lack of such a program does not some private colleges now is close to 520,000. mean the university is unconcerned. “By decade’s end, it could cost a family S200,OOOto put Frank Cignetti, head footbaIl coach ‘Let me emphasize that we’re not soft on drug use,” he said. two undergraduates through four years at a prestigious Indiana University of Pennsylvania Despite Stanford’s determination to let student-athletes make their school, according to an article in the Brookings Review. The Associated Press own decisions about drug use, the NCAA requires all collegiate athletes uBy now, the familiar excuses for such steep hikes- “In Division II, you have a lot of kids who play just to sign a consent form agreeing to conform to and abide by prescribed inflation, energy costs, faculty raises, more scholarships because they love to play.