The NCAA Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association April 151992, Volume 29 Number 16 Certification committee issues its final report The NCAA Special Committee on Certification has issued special committee of 12 members should bc established to its final report to the NCAA Council on the committee’s facilitate the creation of four basic documents: initial work toward establishing an institutional certification l Procedures for general administration of the program. The complete text of the NCAA Special Committee on program for Division I. Cetiification’s final report to the NCAA Council appears in l The self-study instrument. The Council reviewed the report and a draft of legislation this issue of The NCAA News. Page 11. l A user’s guide for participating institutions and confer- to implement the program at its April 13-15 meeting in ences. Kansas City, Missouri. The NCAA Presidents Commission l Instructions for peer-review teams. earlier had reviewed the document at its April l-2 meeting in that the program should be sensitive to minority and gender- The report also discussed concerns from the membership Dallas, Texas. equity concerns. about the scheduling of certification visits. Although it The report cited IO general conclusions that the committee The report noted that funding “is among the most concluded that it believes “the claims of potential recruiting has reached from eight meetings and three conference calls controversial aspects of the certification program,” but the or competitive advantages may be exaggerated,” it recom- between July 1991 and March 1992. Among the committee’s committee remained firm in its earlier recommendation that mended that the full Division I membership be informed of conclusions were that special effort should be made to assure the participating institutions should bear the expense of the schedule for the first five years at least one year in that the purpose of the process is clear; that administrative campus visits by peer-review teams (estimated at $10,000 per advance of the first campus visit. Further, the committee said burdens should be kept to a minimum; that the program school). The committee reemphasized, however, that the cost it will be necessary to structure the visits in such a way that should provide institutions with sufficient opportunity to of transportation should be a major consideration in forming member institutions from a particular conference are spaced correct problems but that the consequences for failure to take peer-review teams and that training and other direct admin- evenly over a five-year period. such actions should be serious; that participation by confer- istrative costs would be borne by the Association. The legislation will be considered at the 1993 Convention, ences should be substantive, substantial and facilitative, and The committee also recommended that an expanded if approved by the Council. Partial-qualifi .er ra.te . grows in Div is1c m II The percentage of partial quali- in 1990. fiers in Division I changed little The survey revealed that the Di- between 1990 and 1991, but the vision I women’s sport with the percentage for Division I1 increased most partial qualifiers was track sharply, according to a survey per- and field with 59. Overall, women’s formed by the NCAA &search sports accounted for 174 Division 1 Committee. partial qualifiers, or 24.6 percent of The rate of overall Division 1 the whole. partial qualifiers remained at 5.6 Most Division 1 partial quah- percent from 1990 to 1991, but the fiers are black, although the per- same figure in Division II jumped centage decreased from 6X.6 per- from 14.9 percent to 16.X percent. cent in 1990 to 63.X percent in 1991. Partial qualifiers are prospective From another perspective, 86 per- student-athletes who did not meet cent of black student-athletes were the standardized-test score and/or qualifiers under Bylaw 14.3 in 1991, core-curriculum requirements ot compared to 9X percent of white Bylaw 14.3.1 but who earned an studenttathletes. overall grade-point average of 2.000 The test-score component con- (4.000 scale) or better in high school. tinued to be the major stumbling A total of 263 of 298 Division I block for most partial qualifiers in institutions (XX.3 percent) responded Division 1, with 79.3 faihng to score to the survey while 74.3 percent a 700 on the SAT or a IX on the ( 162 of 218) responded in Division ACT. II. Unlike Division 1, Division 11 In Division I, football accounted legislation permits partial qualifiers Draft talk for the largest number (2X0) and to receive financial aid during their highest percentage of partial quali- freshman year, which probably ac- In a rare appearance by a committee chair before the NCAA Council, Professional Sports fiers (8.9 percent) among men’s counts for the higher incidence of Liaison Committee chair Charles Theokas of Temple Univemity makes a point about that sports. Men’s basketball had 54 partial qualifiers at Division 11insti- panelL recommendation to pennit student-athletes to enter a professional leagues draff partial qualifiers (6.8 percent). The tutions. wlthout jeopardizing eligibility in a sport- The proposal would give a student-athlete 30 days rates were decreased from 1990 in More than one of every four after the draft to declare an intention to Mum to college. A report of highlights of the April both sports, especially in basketball, freshman Division II football stu- 13-15Councilmeetingin Kansas City Missouri, willappearfn the Aprtl22issueof The NCAA which fell from 8.3 percent to 6.8 ’ dent~athletes (26.2 percent) was a News. percent. Football was at 9.3 percent SCC Parldqualifer. pup 14 In the News In Kramer’s vast experience, Li#afWva Aaststance 2 Sutknt~Athlete March Madness stands alone Advl8oIycomm~...... 2 By Ronald D. Mott basketball tournament is an enormous under- Gdft?wtum: . ~..,~.. 3 The NCAA News Staff taking. There are endless press conferences, conference calls, site visits. This means that Genmiw baadngs.. 3 many of your normal duties are done at the &nlment . 4 For Roy F. Kramer, the past two months have early hours in the morning, and I’m a late-hour State &ylslatlon _. 5 been an incessant fast break. Such was March Madness for the Southeast- person.” Lacmaa tketum . 5 ern Conference commissioner and chair of the Kramer’s normal duties already were sub- Chtmpkmsbips~vfews. 6 Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. Jug- DatesandsKes ___.. 7 stantial, but they became overwhelming when gling the everyday duties of his job as commis- he was asked to chair the men’s basketball Baske&allaBnAm&cans. 8 sioner and helping assemble Division I men’s Adminlshatlve Committee committee after the death of Thomas J. Frericks basketball championship made for long days in January. Kramer will remain chair until his minutes 6 and nights. term ends September I. BasebrWIwKbafl stats. fi “I’m not saying my days have ever been NCAA Retard. 15 scrcne, but the last six weeks have created a The extra duties made Kramer a passing XheMafiet _._____..__..________16 rather hectic pace,” Kramer said from his guest at his home during March and early Roy F. Kramer Bdely ___..._..~._.~ __...________ 20 Birmingham, Alabama, office. “The NCAA Sre In Kmmer 1s.pag6 ’ 14 2 THE NCAA NEWS/April 15.1992 Student-athlete group News Fact Other actions taken by the NCAA Studem-Athlete Advisory Committee al irs April 10-I I meeling in Destin. Florida: File lays foundation for code l Made adjustments to Winning Ways, the proposed student- The NCAA Student-Athlete Ad- visions; those documents, in turn, athlete newsletter. The committee chose to include a “suggestion The Association spent $1,436,325 visory Committee has formulated will be used to create a National box” in the periodical and also to institute a question-and-answer in legal fees and expenses in 1990- guidelines to aid in the creation of a Student-Athlete Code of Coexist- feature on the NCAA. Also, the newsletter will include information 91, up nearly $650,000 from the National StudenttAthlete Code of ence. about financial grants of which student-athletes might not be aware (for example, NCAA postgraduate scholarships). preceding year. Coexistence. Discussion of specific ideas for *Discussed the NCAA gender-equity survey and stressed its The committee met April IO-1 I the code will begin May 3. After Snurce: 1990-91 N(‘AA Annual Rem willingness to help in this matter in whatever way possible. in Destin, Florida. that, the committee will conduct l Noted that the NCAA Presidents Committee Subcommittee on The idea for such a code came biweekly conference calls on the Strategic Planning has identified student-athlete welfare as one of its from Southeastern Conference stu- subject. The final product will be strategic issues. The student-athlete committee expressed a desire to Binders available for dent-athletes, who created the SEC submitted to the NCAA Council be involved in this process. Code of Conduct, a document that for approval. The NCAA News describes what institutions and stu- aMoved its November meeting to August in order to discuss Readers of The NCAA News denttathletes have a right to expect The committee also discussed its pending legislation with institutional representatives before decisions of one another. three major goals: are made on how to vote. are reminded that binders, which provide permanent, con Members of the committee be- l To ensure that student-athlete venient storage of back issues lieved that although the SEC docu voices are heard by relevunt policy- recommended against them being lere concerns can be addressed. To of the paper, are available from ment would work well for a confe- muking bodies.