The NCAA News Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association November 15, 1993, Volume 30, Number 41 Guiding principles to shape student-athlete welfare work Committee changes earlier approach to studying topic A spcci;d committee’s efforts IO Change in apprw& esI;~hlishmcn~ of those principles srudy student-athlctc wrlfart=, access will rrsult in considrrarion of‘slu- The move to esrahlish a set of and equity is resulting in the crca- dent-arhlrtc and N( jZA needs relat- principles marks a change in tion of a 5eI of principlrs tlliir ulti- cd IO achirving any #:c,als that may ;l[J~JrOaCh by &C ( CmlilliI~eC, WhiC h mately will shape Ihc conimittcc’s bc SUggested \Jy Ihosc piinciples, as earlier hacl formed four subcoiri~ rrcomm~iidations. well as approptiatc ac-Iivitics for Ihe minces to study Ihe following Iop The NCAA Spwial <:ommittcc to Association and mcmher institu- its: srudrnt-athlctr involvcrriciit and l&view Studcn~AthlcIr Welfarc, lions as they pursue those goals. cnipowcrin~n1, student-aIhletc/ AcclXs 2nd Equity, mrrIing Tlic committee formed whaI is coach relationships, student ath Novemhcr 4 iii IXlllas, outlined scv- rsscntia11y a “Seering” group for the lctc lifr, and apprcc iation for divrr- rr-al Iopic arcas from which those pUl~JOSe Of Cr Gihlg Chft [JIiilCipkS sit-y. guiding principles will bc derived. for consideration by the committee Thosr tcJ[JiC- arex arc: Those SUbClJmmiIieeS discovcrcd ar its nrx~ meeting. The steering n Studcnt~;lthleIe health and th;iI the lo+ ovcr];ippcd in many group also will attcirlpl to identify wt‘ety. instances, making it difficult for ne& and activities that may result H Integration of studrnt-athlrres groups to work independently. That from csIahlishmrnI of those prin- into academi;I. prompted committee members to ciplcs. W Student-athlete involvement in agree that a set of guiding princi- Possible results athletics matters. pies is needed for the purposr of’ H Diversity in intcrc~ollegiate ath- establishing a framework for dis- Committee mrmbers also iiT’t2 t letics. cussion, heighLening awareness of beghlJliIlg IO envision a few of the H Primacy of the relationship panicular issues and providing suc- eventual results of their efforts. An between the coach and student-ath- cessful alternatives. Icrc. ‘l’he committer anticipates that See Principles, page 20 b NCAA Womun qf the YearNnenna Lynch. Consent package contains Villanova star named all-time low of 10 proposals Woman of the Year Nncnna Lynch, an all- hclprd lead Villanova to four Thir U the first in a m-kc of szx arti- has keen shrinking since the NCXA proposal he removed for a srparate American cross c ounny and consecutive Division I cross tks on th kgklation that has been sub- (:ouncil was given the authority to vote. Irark standout ;uid summa cum tCJU~l1l-y titlrs. mltted for thu 88th annual NCAA C~XI noncontr<>\,ersial but IJCCCG IiiUdC graduate of VilliiflOV2t Order of business Lynch was one of 10 flnidiStS (:onvPntion,.J~~r~ll(ly R-12, 1994, m sary Irgislation between Convrn- University, was named the I!)94 for the award prcsrntcd hy San An~onm In ccddilion to announc- tions-inrludes only IO proposals Allhough thr consenI package is NCAA Woman of the Year iit an (;hampion Products. It equally ing th madug oj t/w Official Notice of this year. Previously, the 1986 and tlir first set of proposals appearing ilwilrds dinner November !I in weighs arl individual’s achit-ve- tha Convmtion, lhr arttck reviews the lc)<l:! consent packages wcrr Ihe in Ihe Official Notire, it will not be Washirqon, DC ments in athletics, academics 10 pr@osaLs in lhtz consent packogf. In smi~llrst submitted to the Conven- the first legislation considered hy Lynch, a Khodcs scholar who and C~JmillUili~y service. the the n&five i.~sua of The NCAA NEWS, tion, with 13 proposals each. the Convention. graduaIed with a 3.920 grade- finalists were sclcrted from a th o&rgroupir~ of amendment.s will Those proposals-which address For the second year, the Convcn- point average (4.000 SCiilC) in [JO01 of 51 regional winners (the hr rwimed in the ordm in which thq such issues as committee member- tiori firs1 will consider proposals sociology, won the 3,000-rnrter 50 smtcs, plus the District of appear in the Convenlion agenda. ship and Irnns, amendment proce- identified by the NCAA Presidents run at the I!+!12NCAA Division Columbia). dures for (:onvention [JrOpOS&, C~JJmIliSSioil as being of SigilifiCailt 1 Women’s Outdoor Track and The smallest consent package in limited replart=ment of coaches, and intcrcst to <hief executive officers. Field (:hampionships illId Lynch is involved with scvcr- NCAA <:onvention history heads a student-athlete transfers and eligi Sessions Monday,Janu;lty IO-des- placed third at last year’s al community outrrach pro- total of I!93 proposals appeating in hility~arr ronsidcred noncontro- ignatrd as Presidential Agenda Division I Women’s Cross grams, inrluding the Campus the. Official Notice of the 1994 versial or “housekeeping” in nature. Dily~will he devoted to those pro- Country Championships. Ministry soup kitchen in Convention, which was mailed to The group will he disposed of with POSiilS, firsr in morning subdivision She ills0 was a finalist iIt the the membership November 15. a single motion iirld a single vote, 194’2 IJ.S. Olympic ‘Trials alld See Stew, page 24 b The conscnr package-which U~CSS ii delegate asks rhat a given See Proposals, page 24 F n In the News n On deck November 2 l-22 Division I-AA Football Committee, Kansas n In a guest editorial, Diane T. Wendt of the NCAA Briefly Page 3 City, Missouri Gender-Equity Task Force says a planned source- Comment 4 book is a key to achieving equity at member insti- November 29 Committee on Athletics Certification, Division I Baseball tutions: Page 4. Dallas Committee meets 6 November 29 Presidents Commission Advisory Championships previews 7 H In 1994, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee on Ethical Behavior Championship will make its first appearance in the in College Athletics, Dallas football statistics 11 Southeast with competition at the University of North November 30- Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, Infractions cases 15 Carolina, Chapel Hill: Page 5. December 2 Seattle NCAA Record 21 H He won’t pass Paul “Beor” Bryant on the all-time December 5-6 Executive Committee, Kansas City, The Market 22 Division I-A football victories list, but Glenn “Pop” Missouri 24 Legislative assistance Warner’s record has improved by six wins: Page 20. Page 2 The NCAA News November 15, 1993 TheNCAANews lfd-l~Es~-UIIW L A weekly summary of major activities within the Association Next meeting: To be determined. Dempsey to join NCAA at beginning of year ~checlule of ICTdates for November an December 1993 Committee creating C~tlrir W. Dempsey will assume his duties set of principles as NCAA cxcrutive director January 1. Dempsey, currently athletics director at The NCAA Special Committre to Keview the Univrrsity of Arizona, will rrplare Student-Athlctc WclfLre, Access and Equity Rich;ud 1). Schultz, who is cxpectcd to COII- has outlined srvcral topic areas from which cludc his duties December 31. Drmpsey’s se- a set of guiding principles will 1)~ dcrivrtl. lection as the new cxecurive director was all- ‘l‘hose principles ullimatrly will shape the IWUIU rcl November 5. For more detail, see the November 8 is- committee’s rcc ommeIiclations. sue of ‘l‘hc NCAA News. AI its Novcmhcr 4 meeting, the group agreed to ch;nigc fr(Jm its original approach. The c~JIIlIIlitt~c had formed four sul~wrn- mittrrs, each of which would CXpkJrc ;I [Jiir- NOVEMBER ment form is sent to the member’s chief exec- titular topic. However, it became cvidcnt Illat RECRUITING utive officer with the CEO’s copy of the Official Sourcebook subcommittee many topics were overlapping, making it dif- Men’s Division I basketball Notice. makes preliminary plans 1-8 (8 a.m.) .._..._....... Quiet period. ficult for the groups to work indcpcndrntly. 8 (8 a.m.)-12 (8 a.m.) ___.________.Dead period. DECEMBER A CcJrTlpkte review of the conirUittcc’S A suhcommittcc of the NG4A Gender-Eq- 12 (8 a.m.)-30 ~~~..~~~~~~~~~.....~...Quiet period. RECRUITING mcctirig appears on page 1. uity Task Force continues to solicit ideas that Women’s Division I basketboll’ Men’s Division I basketball l-8 (8 a.m.) ____._..................... Quiet period. For more detail, see page 1 of this issue can aid in achieving gender equity. l-1 1 .______________............... Evaluation period. 8 (8 a.m.)-1 2 (8 a.m.) .______....... Dead period. and the August 4 issue of The NCAA News. 12-3 1 _____.____.___.___.______________,.Quiet period. At ;I recent meeting, the sourcebook sub- 12 (8 a.m.)-30 . ..____._____._Quiet period. Women’s Division I basketball* Staff contact: John H. Leavens. committee developed a plan for the publi- Men’s, women’s Division II basketball’ l-5 ._..................................... Quiet period. Next meeting: To he determined. cation that includes an introduction and November 1 until the date of the prospect’s 61 1 ___.________._ ..__.__ Evaluation period. overview of the history of the gender-equity initial high-school or k-year college contest: Quiet period. 12-l 3 ..~~~.~~~~~~~~.~.......~............ Quiet period. sourcehook, the I!)!)3 NCAA Gcndrr-Equity Period between the prospect’s initial and final 14-l 8 ___.___.__.___.______._______Evaluation period. Task Force report, a compilation of solution high-school or two-year college contests: 19-26 .____.___.__..__..___.._____________Quiet period.