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THE BATTALION
Page 8 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 11, 1965
FROM THE
Sidelined
By LAN I PRESSWOOD
At precisely 8 o’clock Tuesday morning - , Dr. Chris H.
Groneman passed out several dozen forms which, when
properly autographed, will greatly determine the course of
A&M football in the next several autumns.
These documents are called letters-of-intent and their
distribution heralds the renewal of the annual recruiting
jamboree in the Southwest Conference.
Coach Gene Stallings and his aggressive young staff
scattered immediately from the campus to the four corners
of the state in search of heavy-handed signatures from
teen-age athletic prodigies. Results of their talent search
will gradually filter in but by the end of next week most
of the prep stars will have made their college decision
known.
From all indications Cadet recruiting is going exceed
ingly well thus far. Announcements from top prospects,
unofficial though they are, have been greatly encouraging.
The crop of Texas high school seniors now being sought
after will form the nucleus of the SWC championship clubs
three and four years hence. Estimates have run as high
as 90 per cent on the value of recruiting to a winning college
team.
Thus, college coaches here and all across the nation
spend valuable time, money and energy in a frenzied effort
to stock their cupboards for future campaigns. It is a fact
of life in intercollegiate athletics but in many ways it is
a regrettable one.
The flagrant under-the-table offers and high-pressure
tactics used by some coaches smacks of overemphasis and
professionalism. More and more universities are having to
decide between a big time athletic program and academic
integrity.
Nevertheless, the albatross of recruiting has been firmly
draped around the collegiate neck and no alternative accept
able to a majority of the colleges has as yet been presented.
At their winter meeting the SWC fathers adopted two
new measures concerning recruiting. One places a two-year
limit on athletic scholarships, though they may be renewed
at the discretion of the individual coach.
The other sets a ceiling of 50 on the number of football
scholarships each league school can hand out in any one
season. Both statutes will go into effect next year.
The moves are beneficial in that they should serve to
equalize strength in the circuit and thus keep attendance
high at eight schools instead of two.
They could backfire on the conference, however, if
non-SWC schools begin to siphon off schoolboy talent that
would have otherwise been channeled into league schools.
Oklahoma and Houston are the two institutions which im
mediately come to mind as most likely to benefit from the
changes.
But for the moment at hand, it’s time to sit back and
watch the first returns come in on the 1968 football season.
SEC May Integrate Soon
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Coach
Charlie Bradshaw of Kentucky
confirmed Wednesday he is inter
ested in one or more Negro foot
ball players for next season.
If a Negro is put on the team,
he would be the first in the South
eastern Conference, the only major
college conference without racial
integration.
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