November 28,1983, Volume 20 Number 42 Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
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November 28,1983, Volume 20 Number 42 Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Terry Hoage Stefan Hurnphries John Frank Dana Smith Steve Young Doug Dawson xxIre se1lected as finalists for Todav’s Top FI-* ive J Five football players and a players Doug Dawson, University of seniors during the current academic Joining the six fall finalists are Hetas earned all-Southwest Athletic volleyball player who led her team to Texas, Austin; John Frank, Ohio year to qualify. winter-spring nominees John Paxson, Conference honors twice and is a National Collegiate Championship State University; Terry Hoage, Uni- Thus, six fall finalists were selected University of Notre Dame; Anne serving as a cocaptain of the 1983 have been named fall finalists for the versity of Georgia; Stefan Humphries, to bring the total to 10. Walsh auto- Donovan, Old Dominion University; Longhorn squad. Today’s Top Five awards, which will University of Michigan, and Steve matically will be a finalist for the Elizabeth Heiden, University of A petroleum engineering major at be presented at the NCAA honors Young, Brigham Young University. Today’s Top Five awards next year. Vermont, and Randy Wittman, Indi- Texas, Dawson maintained a 3.234 luncheon during the Association’s Normally, five finalists are chosen. All of the finalists were judged on ana University, Bloomington. cumulative grade-point average and annual Convention in Dallas next It was discovered, however, that their participation in sports during earned numerous academic honors. January. winter-spring finalist Sue Walsh of the 1982-83 academic year. Character, Doug Dawson He was selected honorable mention Dana Smith of the University of the University of North Carolina, leadership, extracurricular activities A four-year starter on the Texas on the academic all-America team Southern California is the volleyball Chapel Hill, has one year ofeligibility and academic achievement also were offensive line, Dawson was a unani- chosen by the College Sports Infor- standout. Joining her are football remaining. Student-athletes must be considered. mous preseason all-America selection. mation Directors of America (CoSIDA) and received the Marvin Wright Engineering-Athlete Award 17 financial aid proposals to be considered at the university. An Endowed Presidential Scholar- championships, recruiting, member- tion the authority to determine its Edirori Note: This is the third Higher Education during its l8- ship recipient, Dawson has been article in a series on legislation to be ship and classification. amateurism, own financial aid limitations by month NCAA-authorized study. involved with the Fellowship of consideredat the 78th annual NCA A playing andpractice seasons, person- moving the current limitation on a If approved, the NCAA Council- Christian Athletes and several campus Convention. The topical grouping nel limitations, and general. grant-in-aid from the constitution to sponsored amendment would become honoraries, including Silver Spurs, treated in this issue isfinancial aid. Among the I7 financial aid pro- the bylaws. effective immediately. Phi Eta Sigma and Pi Epsilon Tau. In the remaining issues of The NCAA posals to be considered at the 1984 Offered as Proposal NO. 49, the The select committee also agreed He also has been active in the Society News preceding the Convention, legis- NCAA Convention in Dallas is a legislation was a recommendation with the intent of Proposal No. 50, of Petroleum Engineers and the Phi lation in the following topical proposed amendment that would made by the Select Committee on which would exempt up to 5900 of Gamma Delta social fraternity. groups will be discussed: eligibility, give each division within the Associa- Athletic Problems and Concerns in the Pell Grant from the NCAA aid limitation. This would permit a John Frank student-athlete who receives a Pell The Ohio State tight end has Committee developing guidelines to use averaged more than 1 I yards per Proposals analyzed reception during his career. Frank if membership decides on drug testing The NCAA News Comment page holds all records for tight ends at the does not appear in this issue. Instead, school and is fourth on the all-time Although recognizing that testing of the University of North Carolina, signed and responsible program could pages 2 and 3 contain an analysis of pass-catching list. He was named all- student-athletes is not a solution to any Chapel Hill, said the committee still be useful to the Association and its Proposal Nos. 35,36 and 39. These Big Ten Conference, and the team drug-use problems in college athletics, believes that the primary emphasis member institutions,” he said. proposals deal with involvement of captain has earned three varsity should be on education, not testing. the NCAA Drug Education Commit- The committee had opposed NCAA institutional chief executive officers letters. use “There still are too many technical, tee is developing guidelines for if involvement in drug testing but re- in the NCAA. The Comment page See Six. page I2 logistical, legal and economic uncer- the Association or member institutions cently reexamined its position. The will be resumed in the December 5 tainties involved with drug testing,” decide to &gin drug testing. new set of recommendations will sug- issue of the News. In the News Blyth said, “because there still are no Recommendations for use at NCAA gest the following limitations on test- available testing procedures for the va- Football notes and statistics in championships will be considered by ing at NCAA championships: Grant, as well as institutionally the NCAA Council and Executive riety of drugs of interest that are quick, administered financial assistance, to Division I-A and final-season statis- Committee in January. If adopted, inexpensive, and of complete and con- I. The testing should be nonpuni- receive a maximum combined total tics in Divisions I-AA and III. .4-7 testing of athletes at NCAA events sistent accuracy. tive and informational only. Blyth amount not to exceed the value of Championships results in Division 1 men’s and women’s cross country, could begin by the 1984 winter cham “Because of the high interest in noted that many college athletes also tuition, room and board, and required pionships. A second set of guidelines, NCAA involvement in drug testing panicipate in competition sponsored course-related books, plus %900. women’s soccer, and men’s water to be used at member institutions, also and the public attention received by by other agencies and should know Proposal No. 50 also is sponsored by polo. .8-9 is being developed. the subject, the committee believed what to expect in the way of drug test- the NCAA Council. Championships previews in Divi- Committee Chair Carl S. Blyth of that guidelines for a specific, well-de- See Committee, page I2 See 17, page 3 sions II and III women’s volleyball .9 Charles Alan Wright sees ‘signs of hope’ in athletics Editor’s Note: Charles Alan to obtain the views of one of the terms both of operating integrity and of competition there are those who Higher Education was a good omen Wright, professor of law at the most articulate and objective ob- the welfare of the student-athlete. In have not learned to treat triumph and and that its report has concrete sug- disaster as “twin impostors.” Even University of Texas, Austin, and servers of the current state of in- 1982 I was asked to speak on enforce- gestions for how to improve things. tercollegiate athletics. At his ment at the meeting the NCAA spon- so, the temptation to cut comers on one of the nation’s leading au- the rules and to exploit student-ath- . Do you believe that there are request, his answers are una- sored of chief executive officers. The Q thorities on constitutional law, re- meeting was divided, with the three letes is greater at Division 1-A insti- more, fewer or about the same num- cently completed 10 years as a bridged and unedited. divisions meeting separately. My tutions with multi~million dollar ber of rules violations and abuses in member of the NCAA Committee friend Don Russell, the athletic direc- budgets than it is in the more relaxed college athletics than when you be- on Infractions, serving the past Q . From the standpoint of op- tor of my own alma mater, Wesleyan atmosphere of Division III. Fortu- gan your service on the Committee five years as chair of the commit- erating integrity and the welfare of University, was in charge of the Di- nately many of the institutions with on Infractions? Are there more or tee. He also served on the Select the student-athlete, is college ath- vision III meeting. He apologized for major programs have been able to rem fewer major violations? Committee on Athletic Problems letics in better or worse condition the fact that I had not been asked to sist those temptations. than it was 10 years ago? repeat my remarks to his group, but I do not believe 1 am Pollyannaish A. I am greatly dependent on hear- and Concerns in Higher Educa- said “In Division III we don’t break in thinking that there are signs of hope. say in answering this question. All that tion, which recently submitted its A . My feeling is that things are not the rules so we don’t need to hear The new emphasis on academic stand- I know about directly are those that report and recommendations on much changed from ten years ago. It about enforcement.” ards evident at the 1983 Convention is have come before the Committee on problems and abuses in college is true now, as it was then, that con- Clearly that was an exaggeration. encouraging. I thought that the very Infractions and these must be only the athletics.