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I ’ -. Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association April 20, 1994, Volume 3 1, Number 16 Young to chair I-A playoff committee Supreme (hulrs E. Young, rhanccllor of mending for or against legislation Football Championship are athlete, LJnivcrsity of Notre Dame. Court lets the LJllivcrsity of California, Los Ihal would crcatc a Division I-A McKilllcy Boston .Jr., director of Also, Vim rllr J. Doolcy, direc- Angrlcs, will chair the N(:AA Football Championship. men’s athletics, LJniversity of tor of a~btctics, LJIlivcrsity of ruling stand Special Coniniittcc to Study a For the last three months, a Minnesota, Twin Cities; Derrick (AWrgiiI; Donriic DuIlcall, clirrr- Division 1-A Football Champ- rcsrarch group ~ also chaired by Brooks, studrnt~athlete, Florida Ior Of iItlIlCtiCS, University of The U.S. Suprrmr (~:OlJI~ ionship. Young ~ has hccn compiling State Llniversiry; Eugrnr F. Okl;lh[>llla; LaVell ~dwartts, brad April 1X refused to rrin- ‘l‘he 24-pcrsoii committee will information rclatcd to a possible Corrigan, cornmissioncr, Atlantic football coarh, H~ighiirll Young Starr ;I So-t ;IffCd “dIJC meet for the tirsl linir May 5-6 ill championship. .I‘hat group’s Coast Conference; John .J. Llniversity; Prcntirr Gautt, associ- process” law in Nevada Ir~cli;~n Wells, California. A sec- reporl is cxpcrtcd to bc complet- Crouthamcl, director of iltlll&CS, ate c.olnrrlissioncr. Big Eight that had prevenrcd thr ond meeting will bc conducted ed hy April 25. $TXllSe UIliVerSity; f<iff (:IJJTy, Collfcrcnce; I%arb:lra Hrdgcs, Association from applying June 2-3 in Kansas City, Missouri. Mrmbers of the Special head football coach, LInivcrsity of rIlfOr~eJllC1l~ prOCCdlJrCS ‘The group is charged with IXCOIII~ Committee to Study a Division I-A Kentucky; Lake I):~wson, stuctrnl- See Football, page 16 b ill that state. The court, without crml- menr, Irr stand ii Frdcral Pilot workshop raises diversitv awareness judge’s ruling that the state d tiIW itriconstitutionally I interfered with interstate I ‘*i ” d:, -‘4 , II ,/, , . ,‘., , ,,I .,‘. ..t, I By Ronald D. Mott commcrcc by preventing THE NCAA NEWS STAFF the NCAA from employing the same rules in Nevada Participants in the recent NCAA pilot diversitytrain- as in other states. ing workshop came away from the session believing The decision ends a they took a step toward overcoming the biases, prej.u- case that began in No- dices and stereotypes that interfere with the achicvr- vember I!)!1 I, when the ment of diversity in intercollegiate athletics. Association sought relief The workshop, conducred April 11 and I2 in Kansas in Nevada from a statute City, Missouri, primarily was attended by members of romprlling the NCAA to the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests meet a variety of ullattain- Committee as well as members of the NCAA Committee able requirements in pur- on Women’s Athletics. In addition, two memhers of Ihe suing infractions cases in p NCAA Presidents Commission and represrnlativcs of that state and providing $ the N<XA’s managemenl team and other staff men- for exrremr niollrtary g brrs arrrndcd the workshop. damagrs if rhc Association <)nc of the workshop’s objectives was to enhance wcrc found iii violation of ~ cinch p; lrt’ lclpant’s understanding of diversity and why !j ttlC St;ltlJtC. It strcngthcns ~ rather than weakens ~ organizations. g U.S. District <:OIJJ-~ JIJ+C g That rllessagr gcneratty was well rcccivcd, said Howard McKibbrIl over- 2 Charles Whircomb, chair ofrrcrcation/lcisurc studies turned the law in June and facuky attiterics representative iIt SiIJI~JOsC State Hmvey J. Coleman of Coleman Management Consultants of‘Atlanta assists in See Ruling, page 24 b pmenting the NCAA pilot diver&y-training workshop. See Workshop, page 19 b Comfnittees review latest academic-performance reports When five new reports from indexes with wider ranges (400 did 11o1 ctuatift under the initia- Committee used dala from Ihr the NCAA Academic Perfor- n Academic Requirements SAT/3.250 GPA and 670 eligibility tegistation. study when new standards wrrc Committee meets: Page 5. mancc Stucty are submirted for- SAT/2.400 GPA) result in gradua- .I‘hr nrw rrporrs wcrc dis- being discussed in l!t!tl for thr mally in .Junc, it will mark the end tion rates that are slightly tower cussed rccenlty by the NCAA 1992 Convention. The conimi1tcr of data collection for the t O-year reports show lhal standards Crcilt- than for Proposal Nos. 16 or 48, Academic Krctuir~rncrlts, Minor- rccommcnded to the NCAA study that has measured the ed by Prop 4X and 1992 but they decrease “false nrga- iry OpporIunitirs iirld Intrrcsts, Presidents CommissioIl thr effects of the Proposirion 48 ini- (:onvention ProI>r>s;ll No. IS (iin tives” and decrease dispropor- and Kesrarch Committees as part implementation of i111 aft-iIlCllJ- tial-eligibility Icgislation that was index with SAT scores ranging tionate impacts on minority vadm of rhc rcvicw of Proposal No. 16 sive initial-rtigibitity itidcx adoptrd by Division I institutions from 700 to 900 and grade-point uates. bcforc it takes effect in Augusr (400/3.250), but the Commission at the 1983 N<:AA Convention. averages from 2.000 to 2.500) lead “False negatives” arc students 1995. Among other things, the new to higher graduation rates. Two who WOlJld have graduated but The Academic Kequirements See Study, page 16 b n In the News w On deck Briefly Poae 3 n In a guest editorial, former NCAA Division Ill Vice- April 22-23 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, New Orleans Committee notices 3 President Alvin J. Van Wie urges institutions to review legislation governing the transfer of Divisions I and II April 23-26 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Rules Comment 4 studentathletes to Division III programs: Page 4. Committees, Scottsdale, Arizona Compliance briefs 6 n Baseball coaches, players and umpires appear to April 26-27 Basketball Officiatina Committee, Chicoao Basketball trends 8 be adapting more easily than expected to a new rule h4ay 2-4 Legislative Review Committee, Baseball/softball stats 11 requiring batters to keep one foot in the batter’s box Hilton Head Island, South Carolina while at the plate: Page 6. Basketball hlay 3-5 Executive Committee, Indian Wells, California postgraduate scholarships 13 n The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics rec- Moy 5-6 Special Committee to Study a Division I-A ommends that two former members of the NCAA Infractions case 14 Football Championship, Indian Wells, Gender-Equity Task Force be appointed as consultants NCAA Record 18 California to the committee following a meeting with task-force The Market 20 representatives in Atlanta: M 24. Page 2 The NCAA News April 20, 1994 TheNCAANew s r in-n-1 r A weekly summary of major activities within th e Association the 2~l~mcml~er N(;M Spc( ial <:olnlnittcr to Srudy a Division T-A Football Ch:lml’ionship. Tllc committee will nirrl for the first time Special committee creates Schedule of key dates for May 5-6 in Indian Wells, (:alil?)rIli;l. A see- set of recommendations and meeting is planned for June 2-J in May and June 1994 Kansas City, Missouri. The committee will The NCAA Special Committee lo Review rrcommcnd for or against whcthcr the As- Student-Athlete Welfare, Access and Equity sociation should pursue legislation that has created a set of preliminary recommen- would crratc ;I Division 1-A foorball playoff. dations that have been reviewed by the In a related matter, the report of the re- NCAA Presidents Commission and the starch group that studied the issue of a Di- NCAA CZouncil. 91 101 11 vision IA playoff is to be c.ornpletcd by April recornrnrrldations will be published The 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 in the April 27 issue of The NCAA News. The 2s. 19) 201 211 221 231 241 25 see page I ol’rhis membership will he asked to comment on For more information, thrm, and revisions will he made accordingly. 261 271 281 291 301 1 issue and the March 23 and March 2 issues The committee anticipates rhac its final rc- of The N<:AA News. port this summer wilt recommend scvcral Staffcontact: Thomas W. Jcrnstcdt. legislative proposals for the 1995 Conven- Next meeting: May 5-6 in Indian Wells, tion, in addition to recommendations for var- May 20 -Checks to be mailed for Division California. II fund of the 1993-94 NCAA revenuedistri- ious NCAA committees. Men’s Division I baskehall bution plan. For more information, we the April 13 is- l-3 1 ..._I_.__._______._..__. ..Quiet period. REGIONAL SEMINARS SUK of Thr NCAA News. Women’s Division I basketboll’ 11-13- NCAA regional seminor in San Staff contact: John H. Leavens. l-3 1 ____._______._.____._._............Quiet period. Francisco. Shelton to chair committee Men’s Division II basketball 25-27 - NCAA regionol seminar in Ark l-l 6 _._._._......................I.. Contact period. lington, Virginia. examining ethical behavior 17-3 1 _._._.......... _________Quiet period. Women’s Division II basketball’ JUNE l‘hr NCAA Presidents (:omtrtisGou has DeLauder, Peck selected l-1 6 _. _________._._._............. Contact period. RECRUITING designalrd William E. Shelton, prcsidrnt 01 17-3 1 _. ._.__._._._.__.___........... .Quiet period. Men’s Division I basketball Easrer-n Mic hipan University, as ( Il;lilm of a to head review committee Division I football l-30 . ..____._.______._..... Quiet period. Twenty consecutive doys (excluding Sundays Women’s Division I basketball’ special commillre lhal will fo~ir 011 “111~ William II. I)eL~;iudcr, prcsidcnt of Dela- and Memoriol Day) during May selected ot l-30 _.__._._______________ _._____.___ Quiet period.

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