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■ 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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