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Thor 5BBER, PORE, Tuesday, June 30, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5 Sports \ ested toios ICAA convention stirs controversy Scholarships and practice time may be cut P-m. inf ‘formation : Ficnosl Rudder, zed studerl (■'alendarii pring daitt ■ DALLAS (AP) — Proposals to ■it athletic scholarships and limit 01 anized practice ran into stiff f iposition Monday at a special CAA convention intended to Jit costs and bring big-time col- Ige sports under control. The vote on the proposals bmes today, when delegates con- Ider items that would trim schol- Iships in men’s and women’s Sports, shrink football coaching Taffs from nine to eight, reduce (pring football practice, and cut verall scholarship limits from 95 to 90. One of the more hotly debated jmendments has caused a stir Jithin the U.S. Olympic Commit- lee because it would limit super- Jsed training of athletes to 26 [eeks annually. Coaches in swim- ling, gymnastics and wmestling ■irrently train their Olympic |opefuls year round. “Most athletes will drop out of thool and that defeats the wdiole Jurpose of the legislation,” said left Diamond of the U.S. Swim- ping Federation. “What choice do you have if you are a world class athlete with a chance of win ning a gold medal?” The policy-making NCAA Council was wrestling with word ing in the amendment — Proposi tion 2 — to clarify the measure. “There could be so much dis cussion on Proposition 2 that we may not get to trie rest of the con vention,” Texas A&M Athletic Director Jackie Sherrill said. Another controversial measure is a proposal to restore Division I- A men’s and women’s basketball scholarships to 15. They were cut to 13 at the January NCAA con vention. However, the President’s Com mission may rule the amendment out of order since the specified reason for the special convention was to cut costs, if ruled out of or der by parliamentarian Alan J. Chapman of Rice University, a floor flight could ensue. “You’re putting basketball into jeopardy with only 13 players on scholarship,” Texas Christian Athletic' Director Frank Windeg- ger said, who is on the NCAA Di vision I-A selection committee. “With injuries, you won’t even have enough to scrimmage. It’s ridiculous.” A proposal in football would limit spring practice to 30 cal endar days with no more than 15 of the 20 practices involving con tact. It will go uncontested by the College Football Association. But the CFA and others are against Proposal 19 which would reduce overall football grants in Division I-A from 95 to 90 and Proposal 28 which would eliminate an as sistant football coach. “Why cut any more schol arships?” asked Charlie McClen don, executive director of the American Football Coaches Asso ciation. “You just weaken the product. And all getting rid of another coach is going to do is hurt the teaching process with the kids. Assistants don't make that much.” Coach Vince Dooley of Georgia said that reducing the permissible number of football scholarships would be “flirting with the possibility of reducing the caliber of the game.” And Joe Paterno of Penn State added: “The coaches have been very responsive to cost-containment, but it’s getting to where we may have to decide what kind of game we want — do we want to de-em- phasize like the Ivy League?" A proposal cutting financial awards to such sports as women’s tennis, swimming, soccer, golf and track, was also sure to cause a storm. Donna Lopiano, Texas wom en’s athletic director, said the per centage of proposed cuts is a roll back of Title IX, the educational amendment that gave women’s programs a step toward equal footing with men. “It’s patently discriminatory and puts women’s programs be hind the 8-ball where they’ve been anyway,” said Lopiano, who brought charts and graphs to the convention to prove her point. (evolutionary action suggested for college athletics DALLAS (AP) — Abolishing Bjotball bowl games and post-sea- basketball tournaments might e the only way to end corruption [college athletics, a key figure at Bspecial NCAA convention sug- |ested Monday. The revolutionary action was Imposed in remarks prepared fin delivery by Chancellor Ira Mi- ■iael Heyman of Gal-Berkeley, a ■ey member of the N( 1A Vs Piesi- |dents (’.oniniission. The two-day convention was felled as a springboard for an 18- lonth debate leading to far- ■adiing legislation at the 1989 |NCAA convention. Frank Horton, president of the ll'niversity of Oklahoma, was to Ike the opposite position in the Rebate. Horton did not make a ■ipy of his remarks available prior to the scheduled start of the forum. Heyman also suggested that athletic scholarships be based on financial need rather than ath letic prowess and proposed re scinding the 1973 rule that made freshmen eligible for varsity com petition. He prefaced his remarks by outlining his contention that cor ruption has become so much a part of intercollegiate sports that both high school and college offi cials have become calloused and cynical towards it. “We have seen recruiters who bribe high school students, staff who alter transcripts and test scores, admissions officers who admit athletes who are func tionally illiterate,” Heyman said. Then he outlined the alterna tives. “We could call for the creation of minor-league farm systems for professional football and basket ball and sever what has been called the ‘unnatural link’ be tween academics and athletics. By creating alternative paths, we could stop insisting that all aspir ing professional football and bas ketball players become college students. “We could change the way we distribute revenues from football bowl games and the NCAA bas ketball television package. We could do the unthinkable and abolish bowl games and post-sea- son basketball tournaments. “What would happen if we took these steps? What would the world of intercollegiate athletics look like? I believe that athletics would be strengthened.” Heyman acknowledged that change would be difficult. “We are working against pow erful cultural and market forces,” he said. “If we are to be effective, we will have to learn a great deal of detailed information about our athletic programs. During these next 18 months, we will sponsor a series of studies and forums.” He said by adopting schol arships based on need, “we would communicate that we are inter ested in recruits not only as ath letes but also as students.” As for the calloused nature of the system, Heyman acknowl edged that the majority of admin istrators and coaches are honest. Connors keeps hopes alive at Wimbledon WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Jimmy Connors battled his way into the fourth round and kept alive the hopes of American men at the Wimbledon tennis championships Monday. He was joined by Australia’s Peter Doohan and three young Swedes, led by crewcut Mikael Pernfors. Per- nfors came from two sets down to eliminate tired, lOth-seeded Tim Mayotte of the United States 2-6, 4- 6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 to end the long day. “I’m like a pretzel out there,” Connors said after beating New Zea land’s Kelly Evernden 6-1, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, “twisting and turning and jump ing, lunging and diving, doing what ever it takes to get the ball back in play. “I don’t need to win Wimbledon, but I’d like to win it. I’m 34 and I’ve still got the opportunity to win it. That’s a pretty good feeling.” One other seed fell in the men’s singles, Sweden’s Anders Jarryd eas ily downing No. 5 Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. That left just Connors and South African expatriate Johan Kriek as the only American men left. Kriek plays top-seeded Ivan Lendl today. Also posting third-round victories were third-seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden, No. 11 Pat Cash of Austra lia, No. 14 Emilio Sanchez of Spain, France’s Guy Forget and Slobodan Zivojinovich of Yugoslavia. Defending titlist Martina Navrati lova and three-time Wimbledon win ner Chris Evert of the United States led nine women into the fourth round, Navratilova zipping past fel low American Peanut Harper 6-2, 6- 2 and Evert stopping Japan’s Kyoko Okamoto 7-5, 6-0. Yet another seeded player was ousted from the women’s ranks, South Africa’s Rosalyn Fairbank eliminating No. 9 Bettina Bunge of West Germany 7-6, 6-4. Two other American women ad vanced to the fourth round — No. 5 Pam Shriver and Mary Joe Fernan dez — along with No. 8 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch of West Germany, No. 11 Catarina Lindqvist of Sweden, Gigi Fernandez of Puerto Rico and Australia’s Dianne Balestrat. Jackson: boycott stopped in major league baseball ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson said Monday that a threatened boycott of major- league baseball had been called off because owners had shown signs that they were dedicated to hiring more minorities in the front office. “There will not be a boycott, in part because the process is in mo tion,” Jackson said at a meeting of Operation PUSH, the volunteer self- help organization he founded. Jackson said there have been seve ral encouraging developments since he threatened a boycott last month. He cited the promotions of for mer players Garry Maddox in Phila- dephia and John Roseboro in Los Angeles. Jackson also mentioned the hiring of a consulting firm headed by former Army Secretary Clifford Alexander to develop affirmative ac tion plans. But Jackson also claimed that some losing teams have failed to change managers this season so they could avoid the issue of minority hir ing. He said the teams haven’t fired their managers “because they would have to make this big public judgment under the scope or scru tiny.” Repeating a threat he has made several times in the past, Jackson said there will be “litigation in the courts” and “demonstrations in the streets” if baseball doesrt’t hire more minorities. Ed Durso, executive vice presi dent of major-league baseball, re minded the PUSH gathering that the 1987 season has been dedicated to Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in 1947. 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