Two Special Committees Appointed for New NCAA Projects
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Two special committees appointed for new NCAA projects Two special NCAA committees recruiting contact rules and the finan- will oversee the development of a by both the NCAA Long Range Plan- ogy, will chair the committee on ath- have been appointed to begin work on cial aid legislatron. program that would mcasurc and pro- ning Commtttee and the NCAA Pub- letics program success. two projects approved earlier by the That project was part of the seven- vide recognition to successful ath- lic Relations and Promotion Commit- Appointed to the Special Commit- point program to enhance institu- tee on Deregulation and Rules Sim- Council and the Administrative Com- See reluted article, page 2 tee mittcc. tional integrity and compliance with NCAA Secretary-Treasurer WIIJ plification in addition to Bailey were The Special Committee on Dereg intercollegiate athletics policies and l&s programs on bases other than ford S. Bailey, faculty athletics repre- Clayton Chapman, Eastern College ulation and Rules Simplification will rules that was approved by the Coun the won-lost record. sentative at Auburn University, was Athletic Conference; Prentice Gautt, consider the feasibtltty of possrble cil in its April meeting (April 24, That program, approved earlier by appointed to chair the commrttee Big Eight Conference; Donna A. “deregulation” or modification of 1985, issue of The NCAA News). the Administrative Committee, was dealing with rules simplification, Lopiano, University of Texas, Aus- some NCAA rules in certain areas, The Special Committee on Mea- developed initially by the nattonal while Homer C. Rice, director ofath- tm, and G. David Price, Pactfic-IO including the transfer rule, the suring Athletics Program Success office staff and supported m concept letics at Georgia Institute of Technol- See Two. page 9 V-1I ne NCAA News May 29,1985, Volume 22 Number 22 Official Publication of tional Collegiate Athletic Association Durant, Ingram appointed to Division I Council vacancies Della Durant, assistant ducctor of athletics at Pennsylvanra State Unr- versity, and C. W. “Hootie” Ingram, director of athleticcs at Florida State University, have been appointed by the NCAA Administrative Committ tee to fill two vacancies on the NCAA Council. Durant replaces G. Jean Cerra, University of Missouri, Columbia, as a Division I attlarge member of the Council, while Ingram replaces Hindman Wall, Tulane University, as the representative of Division I-A South independent institutions. Ccrra and Wall resigned. Durant has been assistant athletrcs director at Penn State since 1973 and a member of the institution’s staff since lY56, when she was hired as an instructor m physical education. She now 1s an associate professor in the Della Durant C. W Ingram college of health, physical education and recreation in addition to her ath- for the past four years. high school coach and then was an letics administration duties. Ingram has been athletics director assistant football coach at Wake For- Durant holds a master’s degree at Florida State since January 1981, est University; Virginia Polytechnic from Penn State. She was a member taking that position after serving as Institute; the llniversity of Georgia, of the faculty at the University of associate commissioner of the South- and the llnivrrsity of Arkansas, Fay- Delaware for five years bcforc bcmg eastern Confcrcncc. Hc joined the etteville. Hc was head football coach appointed at Penn State. SEC staff as assrstant commissioner at Clemson University until joining She serves as chatr of the NCAA in 1973. the Southeastern Conference staff. Women’s Fencing Committee and A former football and baseball He has served as a member of the has been a member of the Special player at the University of Alabama. NCAA Nominating Commrttee for NCAA Commtttec on AIAW Rules Tuscaloosa, he began his career as a the past two years. CEOs seek athletics budget control in special Convention legislation Top ‘dog [Editor’s Note: This IS the third in least two-thirds of all delegates present side” organizations. 7&e University of tieorgia ‘s Mikael Pernjbrs captured a second a series ofarticles expkining the leg- and voting. The results of the CEO survey sup- straight singles title in the NCAA Division I Men $ Tennis Cham- ishtion to be considered at the spe- Even before the Commission sur ported the Commission’s intent and pionships. See story on page 4. cial NCAA Convention June 20-21 in vcyed all CEOs in the NCAA mcm- resulted rn drvelopment of two scpa- New Orleans.1 bcrshtp rcgardmg Integrity and eco- rate proposals - Nos. 6 and 7 ~ to Chief cxccutive officers of NCAA nomrc issues, the Commission answer the questions raised in Janu- Athletes help Fiesta Bowl member institutions clearly believe sponsored an amendment at the Janu ary while achicvmg the same goal. that they should have control of their ary 1985 Convention to rcquirc that In the survey, 96 percent of all institutions’ athletics budgets, and all funds used for or generated by a respondents (94 percent m Dtvision I in fight against drug abuse they will have the opportunity to real- member institution’s athletics pro- and 95 percent in Division 1-A) said it ize that control if Proposal Nos. 6 and gram be controlled by the institution is a major necessity as an institutional- Eight football players and five has- Ohio State University’s Keith 7 arc adopted at the special NCAA via Its regular accounting, budgeting control factor that the athletics ketball players joined University of Byars, the nation’s leading rusher Conventron June 20-2 I. and auditing procedures. The Com- budget be subject to final approval by Iowa football coach Hayden Fry in last year, was one of eight football The two proposals, sponsored by mission withdrew that proposal, institutional administrators and/or Phoenix, Arizona, May 20 for the players who attended the banquet. the NCAA Presidents Commission however, when questions arose the mstitution’s governing board. Other football players were Steve 1 lth annual NCAA-Fiesta Bowl ban- and cosponsored by the NCAA Coun regardmg Its appltcation to moneys Later in the survey questionnaire, Beuerlein, quarterback, University quet to combat drug abuse. cil, would establish requirements for from foundations and other “out- See CEOs. page 9 The I3 student-athletes taped pub- of Notre Dame; Robbie Bosco, quar- athletics budget control and audrt lic-service announcements to urge terback, Brigham Young University; procedures in the NCAA constitution. I-A summer meeting unlikely the nation’s youth to choose sports Kenneth Davis, running back, Texas Both will be voted upon by roll call, instead of drugs. The announcements See Athletes. page 16 and each will require approval of at The Division I-A members of the schedule the meeting in any given will be shown on college football and NCAA Council have voted 1 l-l not year. basketball telecasts this fall. In addi- to conduct the Division 1-A summer tion, Boys and Girls Clubs of Amer- In the News legislative meeting this year if Pro- The I-A vote was taken by mail ica will be using the public-service The text of a speech by Ohio State University President-Emeritus Harold L. posal No. IO is adopted at the special ballot so Convention delegates will announcements. Enarson, who urges governing-board support for CEOs in exercising control Convention in June. know prior to the vote in June Gary Bender, CBS sportscaster, overathleticsprograms.................................................3 If that proposal ~ which makes the whether that subdivision would have served as master of ceremonies for Legislative Assistance.. .3 annual I-A and I-AA summer legisla- a summer meeting this year. The the event, which is a partnership Championships Highlights . .4-8 tive meetings optional rather than Division I-AA Council members between the Fiesta Bowl and the A New Jersey Democrat introduces legislation in the U.S. House of mandatory - is approved by the voted unanimously in April not to NCAA. The Samaritan Medical Representatives designed to force schools to improve the graduation rate of Convention, a two-thirds majority conduct a summer meeting for that Foundation also was a sponsor of the student-athletes on grants-in-aid . _ . I6 vote of the Division IfA Council subdivision this year, if Proposal No. event. members would be necessary to 10 is approved 2 May 29,198s The NCAA C omment Won-lost record is not a true gauge of success By John 13 Swofford success at the intercollcgiatc lcvcl. It The six spcclfic critcrla arc these: acter of the university of which it IS a Director of Athletics should not stand alone, howcvcr, In A successful mtcrcollegiatc athletics part and rcahzcs its appropriate place University of North Carolina, determining whcthcr or not a umvcr- program: within the educational community. Chapel Hill sity’s athlctlcs program IS dccmcd (5) Enhances the college experience It is time to rcdctlnc success in successful. WC must go beyond the (1) Consistently competes to the best of its participants. intercollegiate athletics. WC need a obvious in dcfmmg success. of its abilities. First and torcmost, sports should rebirth of appropriate values and a Our universities and those in Winning is a part of this, but not be for the partlclpant. and he or she new and more appropriate perspec- charge of athletics programs must only winning. should be better for having hecotne tive of the role that intercollegiate broaden their perspcctivc of what I atn a firm believer that one involved in athletics. Athletics are athletics should play in our collcgcs success truly is if WC arc to deal pro- doesn’t have to talk a great deal about often difficult bccausc ofthe commit- and univcrsltics. The obvious and winning ~ not because it is unim- ment involved: the training, the prac- most commonly heard definition of Six criteria listed that portant (it obviously is), but because ticing, the losses, the personal disap- success in intercollegiate athletics is in reality, it is a byproduct of reach- pointmcnts, and the fact that personal a simple reflection of the won-lost can be used to ing individual and collective poten- as well as team hopes and expecta- record of a team or total program and tial.