THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14, 1976
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Sident of the American
Daches Association, said
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board views playoff system
among a select number of bowl win
ners but doesn’t think a fully repre
sentative playoff system will ever
come about.
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out-and-out playoff system,’’ Royal
said. “Personally, I’d be for a two-
team or a four-team playoff after the
bowl games but I don’t consider that
a true championship tournament.”
The plans Royal mentioned are on
the legislative agenda for the four-
day meeting of the National Col
legiate Athletic Association, which
begins Wednesday. But there were
indications that the proposal for a na
tional championship might have to
be put off for a year because of a
legislative technicality.
The AFCA, meeting in conjunc
tion with the NCAA, has not taken an
official stand on a Division I playoff,
but Royal said the majority of
coaches were not in favor of a ebam-
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pionship series in December.
A December playoff, he said,
would interfere with the final exam
ination schedule of most schools and
also would harm the bowl games.
“The present package from the
bowl games is around $12 million
and that’s a pretty healthy package,”
he said.
As for the possibility of having
more than four teams — meaning
two semifinal games and one cham
pionship contest — in a playoff,
Royal said:
Tn my opinion, you can’t have an
out-and-out playoff with students
and we re playing with students.
Even if you pick two teams or four,
teams, you’d have other teams that
almost were selected and they’d be
squawling until July.”
The NCAA begins two conven
tions in one Wednesday afternoon.
First, some 800 delegates will hold
the association’s third special con
vention to consider 79 proposals left
over from last August’s special ses
sion on economy. Then they will
consider 224 pieces of legislation at
the 70th annual convention — plus
scores of amendments to amend
ments.
Among the controversial topics, in
addition to the football playoffs, are
establishment of a so-called “Super
Division’’ for big time football
schools, sharing of football television
receipts among all NCAA members,
awarding athletic scholarships only
on a need basis and limitations on
squad size and coaching staffs.
O. J. ponders future
as player, film star
Associated Press
NEW YORK — As O. J. Simpson
ponders his future in or out of profes
sional football, his mind is inescapa
bly drawn to two well-known figures
of his trade, Jim Brown and Joe
Namath.
“I always admired Jim Brown as a
runner,” the Buffalo Bills’ record
setting ball-carrier said Tuesday,
“but the thing I most admired about
him was that he quit on top.
“It is easy for a ball player to say,
‘One more year, one more year,’ but
that can be tragic. People look at Jim
Brown and remember how great he
was. That’s what I want to happen to
me.”
Stopping in New York en route to
Miami for Sunday’s Super Bowl, O.
J. paused long enough to discuss one
of the National Football League’s
hottest questions: Will he retire be
fore next season to pursue a promis
ing movie career?
“I plan to talk to Mr. Wilson
(Ralph Wilson, owner of the Bills)
next week, ” Simpson said. “My con
tract runs through 1977 but I have to
Ags start track
season in trip
to Oklahoma
It’s look and see time for the Texas
A&M track coaches as the Aggies
open the indoor portion of their
schedule in Oklahoma City this Fri
day.
Charlie Thomas and Ted Nelson
I will take across the Red River a rela
tively young squad, one that will
have its share of problems to over
come. Top-flight hurdler Shifton
Baker, a second-place finisher in the
Southwest Conference last year, will
miss Friday’s action because of an
injured knee. The injury is not re
ported to be serious.
The Ags will also be missing
sprinter Ray Brooks who is out with
an illness. Distance man Bruce
Smith, who was figured on to carry
much of the load in that area, is lost
because of low grades.
Because of the travel-squad limit
handed down by the NCAA, A&M
will take only 21 athletes to the meet.
Besides the Aggies, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas
State, Baylor, Arkansas and TCU
will toe the line in Oklahoma City’s
Civic Center. The facility is geared
for ten laps to equal a mile.
This is the first of five indoor con
tests for A&M and will serve as an
indicator for the coaching staff to
evaluate the amount of work needed
because of the holiday layoff. In
short, it will serve as a skirmish be
fore the battle in March for the SWC
Indoor championship.
The team will leave Thursday
morning for the Friday competition
and return on Saturday.
talk to Mr. Wilson about my secu
rity. We always have had a very good
relationship.
“I would like to play another year
or two of football, but I want to quit
on top. Also, I want to get paid what I
am worth.
“Joe Namath has set the standard
in football from the time he signed
that first $400,000 bonus contract.
He makes $450,000 a year. That is six
figures more than I make.
Freshmen
spark Ag
swimmers
Last weekend’s Houston trip held
some pleasant surprises for Coach
Dennis Fosdick as both the men and
women swim squads sparkled for this
early in the season.
The men took third behind host
ing University of Houston and LSU.
The women were second to none,
copping first place honors in their
division.
“We re swimming well for this
time of year,” said Coach Fosdick.
“I’m real happy with them.
“Brad Swendig (a freshman) did an
outstanding job,” Fosdick added.
“(Bob) Leland is swimming well for
us also. ”
Another freshman, Eric Rasmu-
son from Sweden, made the finals in
each of his events, although he just
got off a plane from his home coun
try. Fosdick also singled out Jim
Yates and his butterflyers, Steve
Moore and Oran Marksbury as per
forming well.
Illustrating the youthful talent
possessed by Fosdick this year,
another freshman, this one Chris
Shipp from Michigan, posted the
third-best time in the butterfly in the
school’s history. This is despite the
fact that Shipp is primarily a frees-
tyler.
The women were paced by vete
rans Debbie Starr and Carol Hem
phill and by newcomer Jean Buckles
in their victory. Fosdick was mildly
surprised by the result since four
members of the team were absent
due to illness.
The season is early, and, although
Fosdick views this year as one for
rebuilding, he admits the team has a
great deal of potential. With the
fresh talent and lack of severe
academic problems that stripped the
men’s team of needed depth, the
Aggies appear ready to better their
sixth-place conference finish of 1975.
The women will be in action
against LSU in a dual meet at home
on Jan. 23. The men and women will
join forces the following day as they
go on the road against Houston.
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