Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association March 18,1992, Volume 29 Number 12 Gender-equity task force to go on a fast track A proposed genderequity task force is contain nine to 12 individuals. expected to work on an accelerated timetable Diversity in order to meet the NCAA’s legislative “That would include people within the Title IX only part of gender equity deadline, according to NCAA Executive membership who represent divergent Director Richard D. Schultz. groups from excellent athletics administra- When the NCAA announced the results equity is a philosophical consideration “I want this committee to conclude its tors to strong women’s rights advocates,” of the gender-equity survey March 11, the while Title IX is strictly legal. Member work so that any required legislation can be Schultz said. “Also, I anticipate there will be question arose as to the distinction between institutions may meet compliance stand- considered at the 1993 Convention,” Schultz people from outside advocacy groups, pos- Title 1X compliance and gender equity. ards for Title IX, Schultz said, but they said. “That means by the middle of August.” sibly a Congressman. We need to be very “Gender equity is not Title IX, and Title may not have gender equity in their pro- The idea of the task force was announced careful to come up with the right group.” IX is not gender equity,” Executive Direc- grams. at a March 1 I news conference at which the The formation of the task force is on the tor Richard D. Schultz said at the news For example, Schultz cited a common results of the NCAA’s gender-equity survey March 25 agenda of the NCAA Administra- conference announcing the results of the misconception: that the primary thrust of were revealed. Reaction to the creation of the tive Committee, but Schultz said that may be survey. Title IX is a demand for dollar-fordollar task force was favorable, especially among too early to have all the appointees in place. In general. those involved with both comparability for men’s and women’s women’s rights advocates. Once assembled, Schultz said he foresees topics say the distinction is that gender See Title IX, page 18 Schultz said the task force probably would See Gender-equity, page IX U.S. district judge hears Nevada case The NCAA enforcement process legislative authority would appear cannot survive if it is forced to meet to have authority over the NCAA’s legal due process standards that enforcement process, the judge said: vary from state to state, an attorney “From a legal standpoint, it really for the Association said in a hearing belongs to Congress, doesn’t it?” before a Federal judge in Nevada. Reacting to the concern that meet- Federal District Judge Howard ing 50 different sets of due process McKibbcn conducted a 2’/2-hour standards would be impossible, he hearing March I3 on the NCAA’s said: “If you have legislation in all suit against a Nevada law that in its 50 states all with different stand- application would prevent the As- ards ~ how can the NCAA possibly sociation from proceeding with an comply with all those different stand- infractions case in that state and ards?” elsewhere. The statute imposes a The suit came about because direct burden on commerce, Asso- the NCAA cannot complete ciation attorney John J. Kitchin an infractions case involving the said. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “The NCAA simply can’t comply Attorneys for the Nevada legislature with a lot of these things,” Kitchin made a brief defense of the law said. “We can’t operate the way the during the hearing. but lawyers for Nine-time champs membership wants us to operate former Nevada-Las Vegas men’s without having uniform proce- basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian dures.” were most active in defending the The University of Atkansas, Fayetteville, joinedan elite club of Division I member institutions Judge9s comments statute. that have captured nine sttaight team titles in a sport Men it won at the D/v/s/on I Men’s It is uncertain when a ruling will “All they (the NCAA) have to do Indoor Tiik Championship Mamh 1314 in Indianapolis. Only thnve other schools have be issued, but McKibben did make is put due process in themselves, accomplished the feat- Yale University in golf, the University of Southem Catifomia in several observations during the hear- and they won’t have 50 states passing outdoor track and the Univefsity of Iowa in wrestling. Coverage of the past week& NCAA ing. different legislation,” said Terry championships begins on page 7. Addressing the matter of which See U. S. district , page 5 Poll shows improvement Citadel’s Watts joins NCAA Council Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. until his appointment as camp- in college sports’ image Gen. Claudius E. “Bud” Watts troller. A survey indicates a 31 percent ago. 111, superintendent of The Cit- After his graduation at Cita- improvement since 1989 in the Among the 62 percent of the adel, has been appointed to the del, whcrehe earned a bache- number of people who believe calf public that regularly follows college NCAA Council. lor of arts degree in political lege sports are “out of control” in sports, Harris said the number who He replaces Albert E. Smith, science, Watts attended the Lon- the United States. believed college sports was not in who has left the presidency at don School of Economics and Pollster Louis Harris, working control had dropped from 75 per- South Carolina State College. Pohtical Science as a Fulbright on behalf of the Knight Foundation cent to 49 percent. Watts, a 1958 Citadel graduate scholar and later earned a master Commission on Intercollegiate Ath- “By any measure,” Harris con- whose father and son also at- of business administration degree letics, found that 47 percent of cluded, “a dramatic decline has tended the institution, became at Stantord University. He also is those surveyed believed that college taken place in the number of adults president there in August 1989. a graduate of the Army Com- sports are -out of control,“compared and sports fans who feel that college That year, he retired from active mand and General Staff College to a 7X percent “yes” response sports are ‘out of control.“’ duty in the Air Force. He had at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to the same question three years See Poll shows. page 19 served as comptroller of the Air and the National War College, Force since 1986. and hc completed Harvard llni- After receiving an Air Force vcrsity’s Program for Senior commission upon his graduation Managers in Government. In the News at Citadel, Watts embarked on a Among the 44 awards and military career in which he flew decorations he received during 276 combat missions in South- his career are the Defense Dis- east Asia from 1967 to 1968 and tinguished Service Medal, the Legislative Assistance 2 Basketball notes 13 Lt. Gen. Claudius E. Watts Ill held commands with the 438th Air Force Distinguished Service Compliance briefs. Altitude adjustment. 3 . .16 Military Airlift Ciroup and 63rd quarters in Washington, D.C., Medal, two awards of the Legion Comment 4 NCAA Record. .20 Military Airlift Wing. from 1984 to 1985 and as senior of Merit and the Distinguished SIate legislation .._. ._.._.. 5 The Market ~. .20 He also served as director of mihtary assistant to the deputy Flying Cross with two oak leaf Championships previews. 6 Brfe fly . 24 the budget at Air Force hcad- secretary of defense from 1985 clusters. 2 THE NCAA NEWS/March l&l992 Nevada-Las Vegas players lose case A Nevada state district judge ruled March I I the 64th team that made the tournament would be against players from the University of Nevada, Las bumped because I allowed IJNLV access to the Vegas, who were seeking to compel the NCAA to tournament. If this 64th team has good merits and consider their team for participation in the NCAA is eligible to make the tournament. why should a Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. team such as Nevada-l .as Vegas ruin a chance for a Nevada-Las Vegas had been ruled ineligible for team that barely makes it into the postseason?” this year’s event as punishment in an extended Mosley said the players had little chance of infractions case involving Nevada-l.as Vegas men’s winning in a trial. basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian. The penalty originally was to be enforced in 1991. but Nevada- The players had gained a temporary injunction Las Vegas and the NCAA agreed to deter the that allowed them to continue practicing until the sanction until this season. hearing. The team finished the season with a 26-2 “My first instinct was to rush in hcrc and right a record and a 23-game winning streak. wrong,“said Judge Donald Mosley, “hut there must Earlier, Nevada-Las Vegas President Robert C. be a legal reason for doing what I’m doing.” Maxson had emphasized that an invitation to the Mosley expressed concern that the current ath- NC-AA tournament is directed to the institution letes are affected by actions that occurred when and not the players. He had said the university they were children but added: “It wouldn’t be fau if would decline an invitation if one were offered. Ruling pending in Fullerton volleyball suit The Orange County Superior dropped the women’s volleyball and fered on as nearly an equal basis as C‘c)urt 111California held a prelimi- men’s gymnastics programs in late practicable to male and female stu- nary-lnlunctlon hcarlnp March 12 .lanuary after a three-month study dents.