Golden Memories Wyatt Joins College World Series’ 50Th Anniversary Recalls Much to Celebrate
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Student-athlete view Women’s lacrosse New Manual available April 22, 1996 Volume 33, No. 16 Tanya Hughes- Nettlesome 1996-97 edition of Jones says NCAA headgear question NCAA Manual is 4 must address rep- 6 mailed to the resolved by minor 24 resentation issue change in rules membership National Collegiate Athletic The Association Page 6 Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA News Sweet: Focus should be on all parts of Title IX BY RONALD D. MOTT on meeting the requirements of the three-part of Arizona in a panel discussion on developing op must be linked,” Geiger told representatives STAFF WRITER test. a plan of action for Title IX compliance. Marsha of NCAA institutions attending the seminar. “We “I feel a little bit uncomfortable calling it a L. Smeltzer, associate athletics director/student need to improve the diversity of our programs SAN FRANCISCO — Former NCAA Presi- laundry list,” said Sweet, athletics director at services at Colorado State University, moderat- in every way. Let diversity prevail. The planning dent Judith M. Sweet has the “dirt” on Title IX, the University of California, San Diego. “It sug- ed the session. isn’t the hard part. Achieving is the hard part.” and she contends that a commitment to com- gests something dirty. Take care of the dirt.” Livengood, who also was a panelist at one of OCR confusing issue? pliance is necessary to wipe clean the slate of vio- Sweet suggested several objectives that, if last year’s two NCAA Title IX seminars, again lations of the nearly 25-year-old federal antidis- met, will help schools achieve Title IX compli- discussed his A.L.P.S. model — Attitude, Liti- Specifically difficult, many contend, is the crimination law. ance: gation, Planning and Starting. The proper atti- three-part test. Some believe it still is replete with Speaking as a panelist at an NCAA-sponsored I Increasing women’s participation oppor- tude avoids litigation, Livengood said, which confusing and contradictory standards, despite Title IX seminar April 11-12, Sweet said institu- tunities by adding women’s sports. leads to appropriate planning and imple- the OCR’s release of a clarification of Title IX tions cannot go wrong if they follow her D.I.R.T. I Increasing squad sizes of existing women’s mentation of a working blueprint for Title IX requirements in January. (Do-It-Right Things) list. sports. success. Walter B. Connolly Jr. and Jared W. Huffman, Adherence to all facets of Title IX law — not I Developing a process to gauge and assess Livengood is known for guiding the Washing- attorneys specializing in Title IX and gender- just the widely publicized three-part test admin- the athletics interests and abilities of female stu- ton State University athletics department out of equity matters, served as panelists in a session istered by the U.S. Department of Education’s dents on campus. a Title IX quagmire in the 1980s. on the three-part test and the financial obliga- Office for Civil Rights (OCR) — is critical, Sweet IGenerating increased revenues for women’s Geiger said an overall commitment to equity tions demanded by Title IX compliance. Eliza- said. A so-called laundry list — items such as athletics programs. is essential to any Title IX efforts, particularly as beth A. Alden and John V. Kasser, athletics direc- equipment and supplies, recruitment, tutors, Sweet shared the platform with fellow athlet- the NCAA certification process continues in tors at San Francisco State University and the coaching, travel, and per diem, to name a few — ics directors Ferdinand A. Geiger of Ohio State Division I. often are overlooked as institutions concentrate University and Jim Livengood of the University “The gender and the minority plans you devel- See Title IX, page 24 ➤ Delta State’s Golden memories Wyatt joins College World Series’ 50th anniversary recalls much to celebrate NCAA Council BY THEODORE A. BREIDENTHAL coaches Everett Barnes of Colgate The association’s objective was clear — STAFF WRITER University and Joseph Bedenk of Penn- to further the game of baseball in schools Kent Wyatt, president of Delta State University, sylvania State University — alarmed over and colleges and to pattern a uniform has been appointed to the NCAA Council as a Fifty years ago they traveled by train — the state of affairs in college baseball — code of ethics and tactics for players and Division II representative. one team through floods in the Midwest, decided to take matters into their own coaches. Wyatt, who also served on the Council from 1987 the other out of New York and across hands. They contacted 20 of the top colle- In 1946, the coaches organized the first to 1990, replaces Royce L. Money of Abilene Chris- southern Canada into Michigan. The des- giate coaches in an attempt to collegiate all-star game, which was played tian University. tination for both teams was Kalamazoo, revive interest and partic- at Fenway Park in Boston. Players from Wyatt has been president site of the first Collegiate Baseball World ipation in the the East and the West were selected from at his alma mater since 1975. Series. sport. 35 colleges and universities. His association with the uni- A banner hung proudly above the inter- Shortly thereafter, California coach versity dates back to the mid- section of Burdick and Crosstown Clint Evans, then the president of the 1940s, when his father joined Parkway, welcoming Yale association, organized a series of games Delta State’s physical educa- University, champion of the that would determine a national-champi- tion faculty while Wyatt was Eastern division, and the onship team. 12 years old. University of California, “This tournament was Clint’s baby,” As a student at Delta State, Berkeley, the Western divi- said Glenn Dufour, captain of the 1947 Wyatt lettered in football, sion champion. California team. “He lobbied the basketball and tennis. The best-two-of-three cham- NCAA hard for this type of a playoff. He taught mathematics at Wyatt pionship series took place June He was tickled pink when this hap- high schools in Mobile, 27-28, 1947, at Hyames Field on pened.” Alabama, and Cleveland, Mississippi, before becom- the campus of Western Michigan The association’s first move ing Delta State’s first full-time alumni secretary in College. was to affiliate its tournament 1964. Wyatt also served as administrative assistant A. B. “Happy” Chandler, commis- with the NCAA. The NCAA to two Delta State presidents and as director of sioner of Major League Baseball, agreed to assist in promoting administrative services — as well as a member of attended the opening session and con- the national tournament the education faculty — before his selection for the gratulated the NCAA on its first tourna- and appointed a tourna- presidency. ment when he addressed the crowd of ment committee, chaired Wyatt also has been a member of the NCAA 3,000 during a preseries ceremony. He by Frank G. McCormick, Presidents Commission and served as chair of the then stated, “There never was a more athletics director at the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He beautiful field on which to stage the cham- University of Minnesota, also has served as president of the Gulf South pionship.” Twin Cities. Conference. Fifty years later, the city of Omaha, Faced with selecting teams to compete After receiving a bachelor of science degree in Nebraska, and Rosenblatt Stadium are in the tournament but lacking a formal education at Delta State, Wyatt earned a master of preparing for what likely will be an excit- What selection procedure, the committee decid- education degree at the University of Southern ing and — for some — an emotional transpired was ed to pick teams in a manner similar to Mississippi and a doctorate at the University of anniversary weekend that will kick off the the American Associa- how the NCAA’s basketball committee Mississippi. He also spent a summer at Harvard 50th College World Series May 31. tion of College Baseball selected teams for its successful tourna- University’s Institute of Educational Management. Coaches. Barnes was named the first pres- ment. The beginning ident of the association, and in only three In 1944, well-known Eastern baseball years, membership exceeded 150 coaches. See Celebration, page 10 ➤ Sweet Page 2 The NCAA News April 22, 1996 Schedule of key dates for May and June NCAA News DIGEST MAY 1 2 3 4 A weekly summary of major activities within the Association 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Title IX 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Baseball participation Sweet stresses compliance with full scope of Title IX law MAY A survey by the Baseball Former NCAA President Judith M. Sweet RECRUITING and Softball Council of Men’s Division I basketball contends a preoccupation with the three-part the Sporting Goods Manu- 1-31..................................................................Quiet period. Office for Civil Rights Title IX compliance test facturers Association shows Women’s Division I basketball* may be diverting attention from other por- that by several key mea- 1-31..................................................................Quiet period. tions of the law. sures, baseball participation Men’s Division II basketball Speaking as a panelist at an NCAA-spon- has continued to prosper in 1-13 ............................................................Contact period. sored Title IX seminar April 11-12, Sweet said the face of challenges from 14-31 ..............................................................Quiet period. institutions cannot go wrong if they adhere to Women’s Division II basketball* rapidly growing activities all facets of Title IX law — not just the widely 1-13 ............................................................Contact period. such as soccer and in-line 14-31 ..............................................................Quiet period. publicized three-part test.