Th e April 9, 1986, Volume 23-- Number Offkial Publication oft ntional Collegiate Athletic Association Commission discusses freshman eligibility,- financial issues Freshman eligibility and financial The Commission reaffirmed its to resolve in the April 2-3 meeting the cially in comparison to the aid availa- decide to propose such legislation. three major topics for the year, as question of moving the NCAA tinan- ble to students in general.” 0 The Division Ill subcommittee rccom- issues promise to be major topics for mended P stronger statement of prmaples the NCAA Presidents Commission determined earlier by its executive cial aid legislation from the constitu- At the other end of the array 01 regarding that dwsmn‘s llnancial ad cntcna, this year. committee: financial issues, academic tion to the bylaws or the matter of financial issuesconsidered at the meet- citmg problems with varying inlerprelalions of those cntena from ~“st~tutm” to ~“st~tutm”. Those topics attracted considerable integrity, and enforcement and com- exempting more or all of the Pell ing, the Division I subcommittee will attention in the Commission’s first pliance. It asked the executive com- Grant from the Association’s grant develop a set of options designed to Academic integrity full meeting of 1986, held April 2-3 in mittee ~ the four Commission offic- limitation. The Divisions 1 and III reduce institutional costs of conduct- Commission Chair John B. Slaugh- Chicago. Many of the discussions in ers-- to present specific alternatives subcommittees, however, favored mov- ing athletics programs. Included will ter, chancellor of the University of . that meeting will result in the devel- in each of those topics for considera- ing the aid legislation, while the Divi- be possible reductions in si7e of coach- Maryland, College Park, volunteered opment of information for the next tion in the fall meeting. sion II subcommittee was opposed. ing staffs, numbers of grants in various to develop a documel?? reviewing the meeting, scheduled September 30 and Financial issues The Division I subcommittee sports and length of playing seasons. freshman-eligibiiity question for re- That subcommittee also will review October 1 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Commission did not attempt agreed to examine all components of view by the full Commission and the cost of attending a college or the arguments for and against basing especially the Division I subcommittee university and will attempt in the fall athletics aid, all or in part, on demon- prior to the October meeting. meeting to formulate a recommenda- stratcd need of the student-ath!aie. “Chief executive officers continue tion regarding the amount of aid a In other financial issues: to express concern regarding the de- student-athlete should be able to rem l The Dwisio” I suhctjmmtttee did not mands on freshman student&athletes, ceive. favor rrrubalttl”g 1986 Co”ve”tlo” Proposal especially in the high-pressure sports “It was clear that the Division 1 No. 25. which would have permitted aId past of football and basketball in Division members do not favor any form of the five-year eliglblllry period. and did not bclicvc that questions regalding one-yeargrants I,” Slaughter said. “We are aware, of outright ‘pay’ for student-athletes,” a\ opposed to towyear grants were appropriate course, that a survey of Division I said 1. M. Heyman, chancellor of the Cummissw” considerations. chief executives last year did not University of California, Berkeley, 0 The Dlvicio” I suhcommlttee %ld not support freshman ineligibility, but and Division 1 chair of the Commis- choose to propose kElSlatl0” to require report- those attitudes may be changing and sion. “What we are interested in de- ing and/or control of coaches‘ oulsidc i”c”mc it seems appropriate 10 revisit this but did concludethat it probably would support termining is whether the amount of legwlation to require each head coach to report issue.” aid available for actual educational all outside t”c”me to the institution‘s chief In another matter under the head- expenses needs to be increased, espe- executive officer, if the Council or others Ser Commix~ion, page 3 Defeated and referred amendments scheduled for review bv Council J The NCAA Council will review in agenda. The committees scheduled to session for an open discussion of any its April meeting the Council-spon- report are the Academic Require- topic requested by a member of the sored legislative proposals that were ments, Insurance, Long Range Plan- committee. not adopted at the 1986 NCAA Con- ning, Postseason Football and Re- Meanwhile, the Division II com- vention, as well as those amendments search Committees; the Committee mittee will consider possible academic that were referred to the Council by on Infractions; the Council Subcom- requirements for initial eligibility in the Convention. mittee on Eligibility Appeals, and Division II, possible modification of The Council convenes April 14-16 three special committees: Deregula- transfer rules for that division and at the Alameda Plaza Hotel in Kansas tion and Rules Simplification, Ice concerns dealing with multidivision City, Missouri. In addition, the Hockey Developmental Funding, and classification. NCAA Administrative Committee Measuring Athletics Program Suc- Division 111members also will look will hold a special meeting beginning cess. at possible academic requirements at 2 p.m. April 13. Another major topic during the for initial eligibility in that division. Included among the unsuccessful meeting will be enforcement and com- That committee also will review in- or referred propositions on the agenda pliance efforts, including progress formation regarding conference play- are the Southwest Athletic Conference reports on those activities in general, ing-season limitations in Division III, proposal to ban noninstitutional per- the self-study requirement and the as well as a clarification of the Division sonnel from all recruiting contacts, external-audit requirement. The Coun- II1 financial aid criteria. the Big Sky Conference amendment cil also will be asked to approve the NCAA President John R. Davis, to permit five years of eligibility for certification of compliance form and assisted by Secretary-Treasurer Wil- intercollegiate athletics participation the student-athlete statement for 1986- ford S. Bailey, will lead the Council instead of four, calendar limitations 87. meeting. The three new division vice- on playing and practice seasons, and In an annual April activity, the presidents will be chairing their first the Council’s desire to move the As- Council will make appointments to full meetings of the division steering sociation’s financial aid legislation vacancies on the Nominating Com- committees: Lewis A. Cryer, Pacific from the constitution to the bylaws. mittee and the Men’s and Women’s Coast Athletic Association, Division Other Convention-related business Committees on Committees. I; Asa N. Green, Livingston Univer- Jim Ruppmhr phoro on the agenda are a review of the 1986 In addition to their customary busi- sity, Division II, and Judith M. Sweet, All-around champion Convention and initial planning for ness,each of the three division steering University of California, San Diego, the ‘87 gathering, including a look at committees has topics of special in- Division 111. Jon LourS of Stanford won the all-around championship in the the first possible legislation for that terest on its separate agenda. Highlights of the Council meeting National Coikgiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships held at Convention. The Division I committee will re- will be reported in the April 23 issue Arizona State University. The host school won the team title. It Reports from the NCAA Presidents view concerns regarding foreign-stu- of The NCAA News, with a complete was the first team title .for the Sun Devils, who twice finished Commission and IO standing or spec- dent eligibility. It also will set aside a summary of all voting actions ap- second. For details. see page 5. ial NCAA committees also are on the period at the end of its April IS pearing one week later. Women’s basketball will have coaching box In the News The use of a coaching box in all as that used in men’s competition. All change,” said Marcy Weston, secre- one affecting the administration of a Three-pointer intercollegiate competition has been bench personnel must remain seated tary-rules editor. “The coaching box technical foul prior to the start of a The adoption of the three-point approved for the 1986-87 season by on the bench when the clock is run- allows better visibility for the table period. Under the new rule, such play in men’s basketball comes as the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules ning and the ball is alive, except to personnel to communicate with ofli- technical fouls will result in a free a jolt 10 some coaches. Page 2. Committee. report to the scorer’s table or to cials, it opens up the sidelines for the throw and possession of the ball for Scholarships The coaching-box rule change was react spontaneously to an outstanding movement of officials, and it puts the the offended team. The NCAA awards postgradu- one of three changes made by the play. The head coach may be up but is focus of the game on the players ate scholarships in men’s and wom- committee when it met March 30 to confined to the coaching box except rather than the bench Dersonnel.” Conferences may- request- .Dermis- en’s basketball. Page 6. April I in Lexington, Kentucky. The to get information from the scorer or sion to experiment with a three-point The women’s committee also voted committee also approved the experi- timer during a timeout or intermission field goal. The distance is 19 feet, nine Preview to adopt the men’s rule for alternating mental use of a three-point field goal or to request a timeout for a correct- inches from the center of the basket, A preview of the Division I possession of the ball on held-ball by conferences for the coming season.