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Sports THE BATTALION Pm* 18 M«ONUOAY JANUARY i J, IMS Delegates’ vote favors NCAA control of broadcast contracts HOUSTON — TWe l niversity ofTesas saw its amendment giving major colleges control over their own broadcasting rights soundly I defeated at the annual NCAA con ntion. but a school official I vowed the fight to obtain indi vidual television rights was not lover. “We will not drop it," UTfacul- Ity representative Tom Morgan ■ said following Tuesday's defeat of I Texas Amendment No 36 by a I large voting block of small colleges | at the 76th annual National Col legiate Athletic Association con vention. The Texas amendment would have established each school’s right to televison money from its own football games. At least at the moment we won t drop it,” Morgan said “I haven t talked to the administra tion, but my feeling is we will move ahead . " ^ Morgan surprised the NCAA Monday by serving it with a court order blocking voting on the three television amendments — 45, 46 and 47. His school felt that passage The Corps of Cadets gets Its news from the Batt. of those amendm«*its would make It tougher for individual schools to establish television » property rights NCAA lawyers i took quick ac tion and had the <>frier overturned later in the day. i On the key television rights amendments — lisa.. 45, 46 and 47 — there were duly a handful of dissenting votes ; Tuesday. The amendments generally keep broadcasting cufitract control under the authority’ of the NCAA. Last-minute amendments ex cluding pay and subscription tele vison from the itCAA’s control were overwhelmihgly rejected * Television Coirarnttee member Cedric Dempsey^ athletic dire ctor of the University of Houston, said the televiskjn amendments which passed defined the NCAA’s powers in that area The amendments that were passed clarified > the concepts under which the television com - mittee had been forking for some time,” said Dempsey The amendments allow us to develop those concepts without fear of problems of authority " The entire association conceded some power to the major football schools by giving them voting rights over television contracts for the first time. The 900-member NCAA histor ically has been controlled by schools without intercollegiate football or with small programs. The major football schools argue that since they generate the re venue from televising football, they should also dictate policy in that area. , A secessionist group of 61 major schools formed the College Foot ball Association, which last sum mer negotiated a television con tract with NBC in competition with NCAA pacts with ABC and CBS However, CFA members last month refused final approval of the NBC deal WAMMIMC-1 a* on LOOKOUT PC*. TMK30 THmcM FWsrstM, ' last sbm* /* TV* VK/onry *0 o ^ OK HOHDAH' /V«swr jAvMkT //, /rax / : PKfrsUHfD TO HAvm L**r m 3U3 tv/nv rtxAi rm.** / if surtrrwo, rt> AA/r A**/* / ^ SHOP EARLY AND SAVE $$$! AND WE RE STILL PAYING CASH FOR USED BOOKS NOW! NORTHGATE At the corner across from the Post Office , ■ dp 1902. A&M baseball coach Chandler receives Lefty Gomez Award] By FRANK L. CHR1STUEB Texas Aft vnUsel*!! coach Tom Chandler has received the Lefty Gomez Award, given to him at the annual convention if the Amer ican Association of College Base ball Coaches. Chandler, who next month en ters his 24th season with the . Aggies, was honored at last week's convention in Houston for his out standing achievements in college baseball. The Texas A4rM coach next month enters his 24th season with the Agnes, with whom he has compiled a record of 562-266- 9. Chandler said he was pleased to receive such an important award. ’The award goes to a coach for his distinguished, meritorious achievements in collegiate base-' hall... (a coach) who, through the years, has done the most in spreading the word of baseball “I was extremely happy to re ceive the award,” Chandler said. “When you receive an award like this, you have to have the support of a lot of people. We’ve got great students, great faculty and I think I've surrounded myself with a bunch of great players. I’m actual ly receiving this award on the part of all of Texas A&M.*’ Chandler’s accomplishments include several Southwest Con-* ference championships while coaching the Aggies, and his coaching of the United States team which took part in the 1978 World Tournament Games. Chandler, as well as Texas A&M baseball standouts Mark Thur mond, Mark Ross and Kyle Hawthorne, led the U.S. team to*, silver medal in the competition. Also awarded at the^pnvention were Herbert L. Kdlemot Jr.,' and C. J. “Tex” Thornton, for their support of college baseball. , Kokemot is a former member of; the Texas A&M University Sys tem Board 4j£ Regents, while Thornton founded the Texas A&M Lettemnen’s Association. Chandler said: “Each year, the TiACJBC r jSIyl this honor to the men who got their start in collegi-' ate baseball and later went on to distinguish themselves in their field of business Both of these men have accomplished big things, since college graduation. " Thorton, an All-SWC pick; while playing for the Aggies, is the former director of the Bluebonnet» Bowl Committee. Both have ac-’ lively supported amateur base ball, with Kokemot having been a* sponsor of the semi-pro Alpine Cowboys. * Remember Your One-Stop Bookstore! J • Used Books • Calculators • School Supplies • T-Shirts • Aggie Gifts • Vet Supplies • Greek & Military Supplies OPEN DAILY 7:30-6:00 304 Jersey St. 696-2111 Prom Tha ONE-HOUR FREE PARKING BEHIND THE STORE