The NCAA --..~ December~~ 1,1986, Volume 23 Number 43 ~_~~ Ofkid Publication oft ational Collegiate Athletic Association Football rivals team up to run interference for school kids By Wayne Hogan was on that day that athletes from joined with 75 members of the Golden Charlie Reed, who received permis- tors. Weekly meetings were held from It’s hard to imagine anything short Florida State and Florida reached Key national honor society to hit the sion from the NCAA to ask state early September through November of a natural disaster overshadowing out and touched the lives of more streets and spread the word. universities to cooperate in the effort. 17. the annual football showdown be- than 70,000 school children in north The result was nothing short of “I applaud Chancellor Reed in “This was a great opportunity for tween Florida State University and Florida. fabulous in Seminole country. The gaining NCAA approval in sending our players to use their influence to the University of Florida. But, it Their message: “Say No to Drugs.” day went without a hitch. The teams our athletes into the schools to tell help young students who look up to happened. For that one day, FSU and Florida dispersed to visit 60 schools in four our young people to say no to drugs,” them,” said head football coach Bobby And it was the culmination of a football players took time out from counties-an endeavor that reached said FSU athletics director Cecil W. Bowden. “I think it’s great that the three-month organizational night- the intense mental preparation and more than 40,000 elementary, middle “Hootie” Ingram. “Our athletes and universities got together on this. Two mare that just may have been the very the pressures of the annual battle to and high school students. members of the Golden Key honor is better than one. Kids are searching best thing ever perpetrated by the give something back to their commu- The project was the brainchild of society are excited about playing a for heroes, and it was a great chance state’s two largest state universities. It nities. At Florida State, 75 athletes Florida Board of Regents Chancellor part in this nationwide attack on for Florida State and Florida players drugs.” to set a good example.” Virtually from the very day the From the Golden Key organization, idea came from the chancellor’s desk, the project provided an opportunity the planning went into full gear at to get involved in the community. FSU. Golden Key volunteers came “We were excited about it (the idea), together with FSU athletes and a because it was a new idea on a subject select group of athletics administra- See Foothall, page 14 Subcommittee begins work on cost issues The NCAA Presidents Commis- with the NCAA’s Xlst annual Con- sion’s subcommittee on cost manage- vention. That report will include a ment has begun its review of cost- recommendation as to whether the management and related issues in Commission should call a special intercollegiate athletics but will not Convention of the NCAA for the make public its discussions, conclu- summer of 1987. sions and recommendations until they The Commission’s decision regard- are reported to the full Commisson ing such a special Convention will be January 7 in San Diego. announced in San Diego that same Chaired by Ira Michael Heyman, day. chancellor of the University of Cali- Other members of the Commis- fornia, Berkeley, and Division 1 chair sion’s subcommittee are Lattie F. of the Commission, the subcommittee Coor, president, University of Ver- held its first meeting November 23-24 mont; Edward B. Fort, chancellor, in Denver and will meet again De- North Carolina A&T State University; cember 8 in Chicago. Eugene M. Hughes, president, North- It then will present its report to the ern Arizona University; Martin A. Commission in the latter’s January 7 Massengale, chancellor, University of meeting in San Diego in conjunction See Subcommittee, page 4 Financial and sports reports to go to Executive Committee Reports on the Association’s finan pionships. cial transactions during fiscal year l Review of allocation of excess 1985-86 and on 1985-86 champion- rcccipts. ships are among items to be consid- l Disposition of receipts returned ered by the Executive Committee by Texas Christian llniversity per during its December 8 meeting in action of the NCAA Committee on Kansas City, Missouri. Infractions. Among recommendations from l Consideration of future Associa- sports committees is a request by the tion staffing plans and office require- NCAA Baseball Committee to ex- ments. pand its tournament bracket a year Reports from all three division earlier than had been previously ap- championships committees also will proved (see related story on page 16). be received by the Executive Com- Financial reports to be reviewed mittee, which will take action on include: recommendations made by the fol- l A report by the treasurer for the lowing sports committees: fiscal year that cndcd August 31, Division I ~ baseball, women’s bas- Eric Williams, a defensive back at Florida State University, was one of a number ofplayersfrom Florida State 1986. ketball, men’s ice hockey, men’s la- and the University of Florida who visited state elementary schoolr to speak out against drugs. l An analysis of 198586 cham- See Financial, page 4 19 proposals attack recruiting from all angles In the News (Editork Note: i’lis is the third in a away at all sorts of recruiting issues ~ recruiting and financial aid propos- to Review the Recruiting Process, the Pressure mounts series of articles detailing the .leg&!ation contacts; National Letter of Intent same committee that developed the A Division 1 men’s basketball to be considered at the 1987 NCAA relationships; special “quiet periods” proposals earlier in the agenda (Nos. coach, and his players as well, are Recruiting feeling the pressure of trying to Convention. i71is article reviews the in women’s basketball, football and The first item in the recruiting 47, 48 and 49) to eliminate boosters proposals dealing with recruiting and softball; evaluation periods; official from recruiting entirely and to cut in restore past greatness to their pro- group is an NCAA Council proposal gram. Page 2. those relating tofiMncia1 aid.) campus visits; tryouts, and the type of to apply the current Divisions I-A half the permissible recruiting periods printed material that can be provided and I-AA football limitation on visits in football and basketball. Championships While the three major recruiting to prospects. to a prospect’s high school to Division The Pacific-10 Conference, mean- The University of Arkansas, proposals facing the Association’s Similarly, the two major financial I basketball, as well. while, is proposing in No. 75 that the Faycttcville, captures an NCAA 8 I st annual Convention are included aid proposals are in the Presidents For football recruiting, Division I current once-a-week high school visit cross country men’s title, while the in the special Presidents Commission Commission grouping, but that leaves institutions currently can visit the limitation in football be further con- University of Texas, Austin, takes grouping (see the November 17 issue five others- headed by a controver- prospect’s educational institution only strained by specifying that only three home the women’s crown. Page 8. of The NCAA News), there are 19 sial “modified need” amendment in once each week during the contact such visits could occur after January others in the recruiting grouping- Division I-for action in the financial period. The Council’s Proposal No. 1 during any year. Game changing Two Division I women’s basket- making it the largest topical collec- aid grouping. 74 would apply that same limitation In an attempt to treat the charge ball coaches say the game is mak- tion, other than the consent packages, to Division I basketball recruiting. that some prospects are signed to Here is a look at a few of the key mg significant strides, particularly in the Convention agenda. The approach was recommended National Letters of Intent before it is proposals in those two segments, In terms of fan interest. Page 1 I And those 19 proposals whittle followed by a summary of all 24 of the by the Special Council Subcommittee See 19 proposals. page 4 2 December 1.1986 The NCAA C oxnment Coaches, players feel the heat as Billikens try to rebound By Dave Dorr regular-season championship. we didn’t have the money or the name at St. Louis U in my years here ~ the nament appearance in 1957. Grawer St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis U. faithful, who have to recruit nationally. If we’d have attention, the talk of winning 20 was in the eighth grade at St. Francis The heat is on, and Rich Grawer is endured six coaches and two decades gone to Chicago or Denver to recruit, games and going to the NCAA. No- DeSales elementary school on the keenly aware of it. He is being intro- of waiting since the good times ground they’d have said, ‘St. Louis who‘?’ body knows what it’s like to have it or South Side. duced at luncheons around town as to a halt in the mid-196Os, believe this Luck is involved. We didn’t have the not have it. We’re going to find out. Grawer has lifted Billiken basket- “the coach of the next Midwestern is the season their ship will come in. miraculous year.” People think we’ve got it.” ball a notch by judicious scheduling, Collegiate Conference champions, Grawer’s self-imposed four-year Maybe Grawer will pull a miracle Do the Bills, indeed, have it? We without cheating and by concentrating wbowiUbeintt~~NCAADivi&nlMenS plan to dig the Bills out of a deep hole out of his pocket in March.