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Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association May 16,1990, Volume 27 Number 20 Three hearings set June 14 on revenue distribution report I Hearings at three locations have each hearing, and the entire com- NCAA members who plan to been scheduled for June 14 for the mittee will meet June I8 to complete attend the hearings and who plan to NCAA membership to comment its recommendations and submit reserve sleeping rooms are advised on the preliminary concepts deve- them to the Budget Subcommittee that all hotels will observe a two- loped by the Special Advisory Com- at its July 10-I 1 meeting. week cutoff and the last day to mittee to Review Recommendations The special advisory committee make reservations is May 30. How- Regarding Distribution of Re- is chaired by Judith M. Sweet, di- ever, the hearings have been sched- venues. rector of athletics at the University uled to allow attendees to arrive and The special committee presented of California, San Diego, and leave the same day if they wish. its preliminary recommendations NCAA secretary-treasurer. Following are hotel addresses and during the Executive Committee’s Some members of the special telephone numbers: May 7-8 meeting in Colorado committee also will attend the an- Stouffers Concourse Hotel at Na- Springs, Colorado. nual convention of the National tional Airport, 2399 Jefferson Davis The hearings will be held from 2 Association of Collegiate Directors Highway, Arlington, Virginia; tele- to 5 p.m. at the Stouffers Concourse of Athletics June lo-13 on Marco phone 703/4184800. The hearing Hotel in Arlington, Virginia; the Island, Florida, to receive comments will be held in the Decatur and O’Hare Marriott in Chicago, and on the committee’s recommenda- Farragut Rooms. the Airport Hilton Hotel in San tions. O’Hare Marriott Hotel, 8535 Francisco. A listing of the preliminary rec- West Higgins Road, Chicago; tele- Two to four members of the spe- ommendations will be published in phone 3 12/ 693-4444. Sleeping-room cial advisory committee will attend the next issue of The NCAA News. See Hearings, page 2 Deadline for legislative proposals for ‘91 NCAA Convention is July I Time already is running out for the preparation of proposed legisla- those submitting legislation must those interested in developiing pro- tion for the Convention. include the name of a contact person posals for the 1991 NCAA Conven- “This year, it is especially impor- who can be reached to answer ques- tion, due to a revised legislative tant for the membership to be aware tions or provide additional infor- calendar that has a July 1 deadline of the deadline, since it is four mation about a proposal.” Overpowering for submissions by the membership. months earlier than it has been.,, Dutcher said those who are not “Missing the filing deadnine has Under the new legislative calendar, sure whether they have sufficient Al&on Vi& of the Univedty of Califomla, Davis, captumd been one of the most frequent pit- membership-sponsored proposals sponsorship for a proposal should the women% singles dwmphship and teamed wtth Reagan falls encountered by participants in must be submitted by July 1, and contact the Association’s legislative SolttowinthedmhkstitkenmutetoUCDavAs’teamttttein the legislative process,” said Daniel proposals sponsored by the NCAA services department before filing tfne NCAA Divbkm II WmenS Tinis Cham~ships. Stoty T. Dutcher, NCAA legislative as- Presidents Commission or the proposed legislation. “We will be on page 6. sistant, who annually is involved in NCAA Council must be submitted happy to provide any help we can to by August 15. facilitate the filing process,,, he ex- “Technology is on our side, at plained. least,,’ Dutcher said. “Fax machines Dutcher added that the most Student-Athlete Right-to-Know Act make it possible to file legislation common reason a proposal is classi- very quickly, right up to the dead- tied as having incorrect sponsorship line.” The telephone number for comes from inappropriate signa- amended, moves to House Committee Fax submissions is 9 I3/ 339-0032. See Deadline, page 2 The Postsecondary Education ference is a provision requiring all tutions must report total revenues, “And Fax submissions are accepta- Subcommittee of the U.S. House of institutions offering *athletics scho- revenues by sport, total expenditures ble,” Dutcher added, “provided they Representatives favorably reported larships,, annually to report, on a and direct expenditures by sport meet form requirements.” Use play-ins to the full Committee on Education per-sport basis, revenues and direct derived from the athletics depart- Just sign here and Labor May 15 an amended expenses of intercollegiate athletics ment and from athletics activities; Dutcher said the most important to fill berths, version of the Student-Athlete programs and activities. This provi- institutions also must annually re- elements of that form are the signa- Right-to-Know Act (H.R. 1454). sion, drawn from a bill (H.R. 4232) port their total revenues and expen- tures of the required number of The biU, originally sponsored by sponsored by Rep. Paul Henry, D- ditures. The bill further requires the sponsors. “Insufficient sponsorship committee says Reps. Tom McMullen, D-Maryland, Michigan, is not in the Senate bill, secretary to collect and compile the and incorrect sponsorship are the The NCAA Division I Men’s and Ed Towns, D-New York, would according to Michael Scott of reported data and make it “readily other most common errors we find Basketball Committee has recom- require public reporting of student- Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, the available for public inspection and in legislative submissions. mended that six conference cham- athlete graduation rates; but the Association’s legal counsel in Wash- copying.” “This year, eight sponsors are pions participate in “play-in” amended bill differs from the Senate ington, D.C. The NCAA opposed the Henry required for proposals from the contests to determine the final three version of the act, adopted in early The Henry amendment requires proposal, essentially because no membership,,’ Dutcher continued, automatic berths in the 1991 Divi- February, in several ways. that each year, on a form prescribed hearings had been held to determine -up from the six-sponsor require- sion I Men’s Basketball Champion- Perhaps the most significant dif- by the Secretary of Education, insti- See Student-Athlete. page 18 ment that had been in effect. And See Use ploy-im, page II NCAA awards postgraduate scholarships to ethnic minorities The NCAA has awarded post- The enhancement program, es- Dawnyea M. Crider (Indiana emphasis in sports medicine. She is Antonio S. Franklin (University graduate scholarships through the tablished in 1987 following a recom- State University)-Crider received a former student-athlete and wishes of New Mexico)&Franklin re- ethnic minority enhancement pro- mendation of the NCAA Council a bachelor of science degree in mar- to use her knowledge of athletics ceived a bachelor of science degree gram for the third year. The program Subcommittee to Review Minority keting in December 1989 and is and specialize in sports medicine in physical education. Aft-r receiv- reaches ethnic minority graduates Opportunities in Intercollegiate Ath- working toward a master’s degree in upon graduation. ing numerous honors for his under- who have been accepted into an letics, is aimed at creating more and sports administration. A participant Eric R. Fleming (Massachusetts graduate work, Franklin will pursue NCAA member institution’s sports better opportunities for ethnic mi- in track and field in high school and Institute of Technology, Dartmouth a master’s degree in sports adminis- administration program or a related norities in coaching, athletics ad- college, Crider wants to coach track College) ~ Fleming received a bache- tration. program that will assist the applicant ministration and officiating. and field and eventually become a lor of science degree in economics in D’Andrea K. Giddens (Spelman in obtaining a career in athletics. The subcommittee has an- director of athletics. 1984 and will be pursuing a master’s College, Louisiana State Univer- Recipients must express an inter- nounced the following individuals Marianne T. Dait (Bryn Mawr in business administration. He cur- sity) ~ Giddens will receive a bache- est in preparing for a professional (with institution awarding under- College, Kirksville College of Os- rently is an assistant director for lor’s degree in economics and health career in administration of intercol- graduate degree and, if different, teopathic Medicine) ~ Dait will rem intercollegiate administration at Yale and physical education May 20. legiate athletics. The scholarships institution where postgraduate schol- ccivc a bachelor’s degree in University. He wants to pursue a She will pursue a master’s degree in are for one year only and are valued arship will be used) as recipients of chemistry May 20. She will pursue a career as a director or associate exercise physiology and wants to be at $6,000. the scholarships: doctor of osteopathy degree with an director of athletics. See NCAA awards, page 3 2 THE NCAA NEWS/May 16.1990 II of 1,819 athletes tested ruled Deadline Continued from page I Now is not too soon.” tures. “NCAA legislation mandates Another important change in the ineligible in NCAA fall drug tests that proposals be signed by the legislative-filing process relates to As a result of NCAA drug testing sympathomimetic amines that were pants in NCAA fall championships CEO of each sponsoring institution,” the required statements of intent involving I ,8 19 student-athletes at declared in advance of testing. were subject to drug testing, al- he noted. and rationale, according to Dutcher. 1989 fall championships and last In the NCAA drug-testing pro- though testing was not conducted “In the case of a proposal coming “We always have required spon- season’s postseason football bowl gram, student-athletes are required at ah postseason events.