. National Collegiate Athletic Association Dl vision I criteria on Council agenda The NCAA Council and the Divi- NCAA Conventions and the continued sion I Steering Committee, meeting pressure by groupings of less promi- this week in Kansas City, will consider nent Division I institutions to increase additional recommended criteria for and control the bracket for the Divi- Division I membership as they refine a sion I Men’s Basketball Champion- proposed plan to restructure the ship. NCAA Council and possibly the The Division I Men’s Basketball Executive Committee. Championship provides more than 60 The Divisions I, II and III Steering percent of the total NCAA revenue Committees are meeting today and budget and, obviously, enables the tomorrow. The Council’s fall meeting Association to maintain numerous begins tomorrow afternoon and ends essential services for all of its mem- Thursday. The meetings arc being held bers. For the most part, that revenue is at Kansas City’s Alameda Plaza Hotel. the result of eligibility for and partici- In the Council’s view, additional pation in the tournament by those insti- membership criteria are needed SeeDivision I, page I2 because of the seemingly uncontrolled growth of Division I and the increas- ingly disparate program objectives of Exceptions the division membership. Eight years ago, when the three- division structure had been imple- or women mented, there were 237 active member f institutions in Division I. As of this Larry Tobin (left’) of Cornell and Dartmouth’s leading scorer John Donnelly are returning to ice hockey September I, there were 277-repre- explained competition this season with high hopes. The News previews the men’s ice hockey season in all three senting a 16.9 percent overall increase NCAA divisions on pages 7-9. and an average of five new Division I NCAA member institutions that institutions per year. conduct their women’s programs in In a memorandum to Division I accordance with the Association’s chief executive officers meeting in rules and regulations should be aware Select committee decides issues Kansas City last month, the Council of a relatively small number of exemp- - - ‘* 7 I-’ r jqfgm*.as. a &&j&t, +va&Js infinite capacity for maintaining com- November 21 in Chicago, are the fol- observed that: Division I increasingly tions for women’s programs. issues~relate8.(oathltics govmaTtck, munication on an informal basis via lowing: seems to include institutions that do “There has been some confusion in and the financing of co#lege athletics our overlapping membership.” l The athlete as a student: admis- not conduct bona tide Division I men’s this regard,” said Stephen R. Morgan, will be the primary topics discussed by The committee also agreed in its sions and academic requirements, and women’s athletic programs. That director of legislative services and liai- the Select Committee on Athletic Denver meeting to take the time neces- freshman eligibility, ways in which situation has caused heightened con- son to the NCAA Special Committee Problems and Concerns in Higher sary to deliberate and propose practical student-athletes are treated differently cern on the part of those institutions on Legislative Review. Education during the coming months. solutions to the problems in college than nonathletes, various recruiting that (1) sponsor relatively broad-based “Apparently, some institutions Established and funded by the athletics. “We will consider the factors. programs, (2) attempt to conduct all or believe there are large chunks of the NCAA but operating as an indepen- efforts and suggestions of others as 0 Athletics governance: institu- nearly all of their sports (men and Association’s legislation that do not dent commission, the select committee they relate to the overall charge and tional control and responsibility, women) successfully on a legitimate apply to women,” he said. “Actually, held its first meeting October 4 in Den- time line for our committee’s work,” booster and alumni groups, role and Division I level and (3) annually must the list is pretty small for those institu- ver. The initial session was designed Gardner said, “but the committee structure of the NCAA, complexity of make financial commitments to their tions that have chosen to conduct their as an organizational meeting to deter- emphasizes that it is seeking a cohe- NCAA regulations, authority and programs that far exceed those of the women’s programs according to mine the issues to be examined by the sive, coherent, comprehensive set of composition of the NCAA Council, institutions tnat are in Division I pri- NCAA legislation.” committee in pursuing it5 assignment. proposed solutions, rather than rush- external forces affecting governance, marily because they want their men’s Institutions that operated their wom- The committee agreed that its even- ing to treat problems in a piecemeal enforcement procedures and penalties. basketball teams eligible for the en’s programs under the rules of an- tual report to the NCAA Council, fashion.” 0 Financing: patterns and trends in NCAA tournament. other organization prior to August I, which also will be submitted to the Among the identified factors in the revenues and expenses, television The concern expressed herein has 198 I, may continue to do so until membership and to other organizations three major topics to be discussed by issues, external financial influences, been demonstrated by recent voting August I, 1985. in higher education, will include open- the committee in its second meeting, SeeSelect, page 12 patterns OR some Division I issues at See Exceptions,page I2 ing statements presenting the rationale for the sponsorship of athletics by col- leges and universities and a review of “what’s working and what is not working” in college athletics today, according to David P. Gardner, presi- dent of the University of Utah and chair of the committee. Gardner emphasized that the select committee will not be in competition 1982-83 1982-83 with other panels investigating various aspects of college athletics. Noting NCAA NCAA that several members of the committee revenue expenses also are serving on those other groups, he said the select committee has “an In the News Ray Alborn, head football coach at Rice University, gives his views on ....................................... %17,559.000 54.8 why a Division I football play-off is A. Dwislon I championships ................................. %23,468,000 73.2 A. Division I championships B. Division II championships ........................................... $2,l1O,UOO 6.6 not feasible . .2 B. Football televwon assessments ...................................... %4.531,000 14.1 C. Division III championships ......................................... bl.S48,000 4.8 Football statistics and notes on all C. Division II champlonships .......................................... $988,000 3 I D. Communications department ........................... %1,536,0oo 4.8 E. Legal .................................................................... %1,500.000 4.7 NCAA divisions .3-6 D. Marketing ......................................................... WCWOO 2.8 F, Publishing department ..................................... ........... %I .280.000 4.0 Nearly $170,000 in royalties was dis- E. Investments. .................................................... %600.000 I .9 G. Enforcement and legirlatwe services department ............... $1.135.000 3.5 ............................................................ %903,cclO 2.8 tributed to NCAA member institutions F. Publishing ........................................................ 5579,ooo 1.8 H. Committees and allied conferences that partici- I. Administration department. ......................................... $888.000 2.8 G. Division Ill championships ......................... ........ $305 ,ooo I .o pated in the joint claim for cable royal- J. Championships department ........................................ 5783,OOu 2.4 ........................... $613,000 1.9 ties related to nonnetwork telecasts in H. Television-films ..................................................... $304.000 I .o K. Development ............................ L. General ............................................................... %604,000 1.9 1978..‘......................II 6299,ooO 0.9 1. Membership dues ....................................................... M. Television-Films. .................................. ................... 5564,000 1.8 Howard “Bud” Elwell, director of ath- J. Miscellaneous. .... __._.............................................. $35.000 0. I N. Rem .................................................................. $408,000 1.3 0. Marketing ........................................................ 16325,000 I.0 letics at Gannon University, has been K. Communications ................................................. $32,000 0.1 appointed by the NCAA officers to the P. Postgraduate scholarships ....................................... $185,000 0.6 5100030 0.3 Division II Steering Committee 12 Q. Research ............................................................... -yr.: ,,I ‘,,‘,‘l) ,Y: .z:. .~; i,;‘,982.. I.~.. _ . _ . __.__ _..__.. ._. -... _. The NCAA Comment Alborn against play-offs for college football By Ray Albom chosen, and North Carolina were not among them? school is in session during October. But our finals are December Guest Columnist, The Houston Chronicle A play-off system also would add enormous pressure for IO-I I. The test dates are different at each