DOCUMENT RESUME ED 343 525 HE 025 393 TITLE Intercollegiate Sports: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session (June 19, 1991--Overview; July 25, 1991--Academics and Athletics; September 12, 1991--Historically Black Colleges and Universities). INSTITUTION Congress of :he U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. REPORT NO ISBN-0-16-037396-4 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 220p.; Serial No. 102-70. Some pages contain small/light print. AVAILABLE FROM U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Achievement; *Black Colleges; Broadcast Industry; *College Athletics; Educational Finance; Federal Legislation; Federal Regulation; Higher Education; *Intercollegiate Cooperation; State Universities IDENTIFIERS National Collegiate Athletic Association ABSTRACT The Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce met on three occasions to hear testimony on intercollegiate sports and in particular on proposed legislation to regulate college sports, to assure due process in investigations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and other issues such as college sports at historically black colleges and universities, and treatment of women's athletics. All three hearings were held in Washington, D.C. The first hearing included witnesses Creed Black. President of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, David P. Roselle of the University of Delaware, head coaches from universities in Nevada and Louisiana, a writer and sports investigator Dan Yaeger, and various legislators. This hearing touched on broad issues of abuse within college athletics and the regulation of athletics. The second hearing concerned academics and athletics, particularly with regard to how well or poorly institutions served the students they recruited to play athletics. Witnesses included university administrators, a spokesman for Senator Terry Sanford of North Carolina, Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran, the chairman of the NCAA Presidents Comic:ion, head coaches from state universities, and officials of the Knight Commission and the Center for the Study of Sport in Society. The final hearing addressed issues of the historically black colleges and universities and their participation or lack of participation in the national sports scenq as it is broadcast on television. Witnesses included officials from the NCAA, coaches, university executives, Education Department researchers, Renaissance Foundation executives and others. Included are the prepared statements of the witnesses and supporting statements and documents. (JB) INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMERPROTECTION, AND COMPETITIVENESS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SECONDCONGRESS FIRST SESSION JUNE 19, 991OVERVIEW JULY 25, 1991ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS SEPTEMBER 12, 1991HISTORICALLY BLACKCOLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Serial No. 10240 Printed for the use of the Committee on Energyand Commerce U.S. ODARTMINT OF IOUCATION Office or Educationsi Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CE NTE R ERIC) Phis document hes been reproduced se received from the person or organizatiOn originating it 0 Minor changes haw been made to improve reoroduction quality Points of view Or 00inionsstatisd in th4 POW. rnsnI Po not r4C4Narily ropressnt 0441 OERI position or policy. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE . WASHINGTON : 1992 l'or sale 11the 1 '.S. ( iovernment lkinline 01 ice Sopermlendenl of Docomen1s, tonFressomal Sales Office. Washington.DC 20402 I SBN 0-16-037396-4 2 REST COPY AVAILABLE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY ANDCOMMERCE JOHN D. DINGELL,Michigan, Chairman JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York NORMAN F. LENT, New York HENRY A. WAXMAN, California CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusem WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California AL SWIFT, Washington DON RITTER, Pennsylvania CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois THOMAS J. BLILEY, JR., Virginia MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma JACK FIELDS, Texas W.J. "BILLY" TAUZIN, Louisiana MICHAEL G. OXLEY, Ohio RON WYDEN, Oregon MICHAEL BILIRAK1S, Florida RALPH M. HALL, Texas DAN SCHAEFER, Colorado DENNIS E. ECKART, Ohio JOE BARTON, Texas BILL RICHARDSON, New Me /deo SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama JIM SLATTERY, Kansas ALEX McMILLAN, North Carolina GERRY SIKORSKI, Minnesota J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois JOHN BRYANT, Texas CLYDE C. HOLLOWAY, Louisiana RICK BOUCHER, Virginia FRED UPTON, Michigan JIM COOPER, Tennessee TERRY L. BRUCE, Illinois J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia THOMAS J. MANTON, New York EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York C. THOMAS McMILLEN, Maryland GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania RICHARD H. LEHMAN, California CLAUDE HARRIS, Alabama JOHN S. ORLANDO, Chief of Staff JOHN M. CLOUGH, JR., Staff Director MARGARET A. DuseiN, Minority ChiefCounsel/Staff Director SURCOMMVITEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMERPROTECTION, AND COMPETITIVENESS CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois, Chairwoman PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania ALEX McMILLAN, North Carolina HENRY A. WAXMAN, California MICHAEL G. OXLEY, Ohio RICK BOUCHER, Virginia MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida JIM COOPER, Tennessee JOE BARTON, Texas TERRY L. BRUCE, Illinois FRED UPTON, Michigan J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia NORMAN F. LENT, New York THOMAS J. MANTON, New York (Ex Officio) EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York C. THOMAS %MILLEN, Maryland JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan (Ex Officio) DAVID SCHGOLER, Staff Director/ChiefCounsel DONOVAN GAY, Specuil Assistant ANGELA JACKSON, Counsel DOLIGIAS F. BENNEIT, Minority Counsel MARY-MOORE HAMRICK,Minority Counsel 3 CONTENTS Page Hearings held on: June 19, 1991 1 July 25, 1991 79 September 12, 1991 151 Testimony of: Adelman, Clifford, Director, Division of Higher Education, Office of Re- search, U.S. Department of Education 173 Black, Creed C., president, Knight Foundation 9 Brody, Burton F., professor of law, University of Denver 61 Brown, Dale, head coach, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA :17 Cochran, Hon. Thad, a U.S. Senator from the State of Mississippi 84 Farrell, Charles S., president, Sports Perspective International 193 Free, Kenneth A., commissioner, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 155 Friday, William G., president emeritus, University of North Carolina, and co-chairman, Knight Commission 86 Gaines, Clarence E., coach, North Carolina A&T University 157 Humphries, Frederick S., president, Mc,.'a State A&M University 162 King, Hon. James E., Jr., Member, Florida House of Representatives 58 Lapchick, Richard E., director, Center for the Study of Sport in Society, Northeastern University 126 Mitchell, Albert, business director, The Renaissance Foundation 173 Pace, Anthony, executive director, The Renaissance Foundation 203 Phelps, Richard "Digger", former head basketball coach, University of Notre Dame 131 Raveling, George H., head basketball coach, Uni versity of Southern Cali- fornia 1:12 Roselle, David P., president, University of Delaware 12 Sanford, Hon. Terry, a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina, statement presented by Sam Poole, Administrative Assistant to Senator Sanford 85 Tarkanian, Jerry, head coach, University of Nevada, at Las Vegas, NV 31 Turner, R. Gerald, chancellor, University of Mississippi, and chairman, NCAA Presidents Commission 90 Walker, LeRoy T., chancellor emeritus, North Carolina Central Uni- versity 102 Vinter, Hon. Wint, Jr., Member, Kansas State Senate 54 Yaeger, Don, author, Tallahassee, FL 52 Material submitted for the record by: ABC Radio Networks: Letter dated September 12, 1991, to Chairwoman Collins from Howard Cosell 217 Bilbray, Hon. James H., a Representative in Congress from the State of Nevada, statement 8 Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois professor of humaniti;m: State ment entitled "Modest Proposal" 211 National Collegiate Athletic Association: Letter dated October 9, 1991, to Chairwoman Collins 214 University of Illinois: Statement of Kenneth R. Boyle, trustee 77 4 INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS Overview W ,DNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1991 HOUSE Or REPRY,SENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMME 'CE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECU. N, AND COMPETITIVENESS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., inroom 2226, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Cardiss Collins (chair- woman) presiding. Mrs. COLLINS. Good morning. This hearing of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Pro- tection, and Competitiveness will come to order. Nearly every observer of collegiate sports has founda system that is rapidly getting out of control. What beganRS a high-spirited complement to college academics has now becomean increasingly dominating force at universities. College sports have become big business. The victims of this transformation are inevitably the students. Athletic seasons are stretched, cornersare cut, and academics take a back seat to the drive for championship. Even when sanctions p.rP applied for bad conduct, the victims areonce again innocent stu- dents. The saddest victims, in particular, come from the poorest neigh- borhoods in ot. r country. Lured by dreams of being the next Mi- chael Jqrdan, many leave their university after 4or 5 years, unem- ployed, without even a decent education. That is really