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The Battalion
Thursday, September 16,1993
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NCAA penalties on A&M
players inconsistent, unfair
W hen Texas A&M and
all of its students, fac
ulty, alumni and con
cerned others learned
of the prenalties that
the NCAA levied on
five A&M football
players on Friday, a
clear message was
sent out to the nation.
Beginning in De
cember of 1992, the
world learned of
what now is referred
to as the 'Warren
Gilbert Booster Af
fair.'
We all know the
players involved and
we all know that
head coach R.C.
Slocum suspended
two of the five play
ers for the Cotton Bowl, the
most important game a Texas
A&M football player can play
in. Not only that, but the Cotton
Bowl, at the time, would have
had national championship im
plications.
As it turned out, the game
did not have such implications,
but months later, the drama of
the NCAA investigation has fi
nally come to an abrupt and
very shocking end.
Unfortunately, the NCAA,
after delaying nearly eight
months, finally decided that
A&M's penalties were not
harsh enough.
Linebacker Jessie Cox will
miss the entire season, Greg
Hill will miss four games, and
the other three players involved
- Brian Mitchell, Billy Mitchell
and James Brooks - will miss
four, three and two games, re
spectively.
On Tuesday, Slocum ex
pressed anger in the NCAA's
ruling. He' point;Ai tJou ' t that
Texas A&M did a thbrough and
fair investigation and repri
manded its players accordingly.
Slocum then asked rhetori
cally why all five players,
whom he considered equally
involved in the pay scheme, re
ceived different penalties.
"We thought we had a fair
and equitable punishment and
every kid was going to have to
pay back all the money they
were not entitled to," Slocum
said. "They were all going to
have the same suspension.
"The NCAA gave them two,
three, four, five (games). They
saw it and acted on it totally
different than what we did."
A&M athletic director has
said there is "no doubt" that
A&M will appeal the NCAA's
decision, and interim president
E. Dean Gage and Slocum have
expressed their displeasure
with the results.
But as Coach Slocum pointed
out, the appeal will more than
likely be a moot point. The
NCAA will undoubtedly take
its time re-ruling the case and
by the time they do decide the
fate of the five players, four
games could easily have passed
Matthew J.
Rush
Sportswriter
by.
In that time, running back
Greg Hill, if the appeal is in
deed accepted,
whether Hill is sus
pended or not for
the four games is
meaningless - Hill
will have already
missed those games.
The NCAA has
again tarnished its
highly-regarded
name (yeah, right)
by this ruling. Tak
ing eight months to
rule on this case
(that was clear cut
from the beginning)
was both unneces
sary to college foot
ball and Texas
A&M.
The NCAA has also made a
fool of itself with its uncanny
ability to be inconsistent.
Several years back, for exam
ple, Southern Methodist's pro
gram had similar problems, but
with a more serious conviction.
Several Mustang players
were caught taking school is
sued credit cards to which
friends and girlfriends subse
quently used to buy books and
supplies for classes. The NCAA
gave all players involved a two-
game suspension.
Coach Slocum and the play
ers involved were planning to
receive a similar penalty; they
did not.
Slocum also pointed out that
by suspending the players for
the most coveted game that a
Southwest Conference player
can participate in, he did more
damage to them than a two-
game regular season suspen
sion could ever do.
Regardless, the coach's in
tention was to give the players
a four-game suspension, inde
pendent of the NCAA's deci
sion.
Furthermore, ABC commen
tator Keith Jackson carried on
about the unfairness of the
dragged-out NCAA investiga
tion of Texas A&M, noting that
the investigation did not fit the
crime.
In my mind, the NCAA has
disregarded all and any actions
taken by Texas A&M Universi
ty. If they didn't like what the
school had as means of punish
ment, then why didn't they say
something six or seven months
ago?
The players know they did
something wrong.
That, coupled with Greg Hill
and his teammates missing the
opportunity to showcase their
talents in the Cotton Bowl is
penalty enough for these ath
letes.
If the NCAA wants the cred
ibility that it needs to have and
hopefully wants to have, it
should start punishing crimes
equally and the appeals process
should take into account the in
vestigations that the school had
already completed.
Matt/ Macmanus/Thc Battalion
Texas A&M freshman Sunny McConnell, goalie, knocks an attempted shot away during soccer practice on Simpson Drill Field on Wednesday.
A&M soccer team building early confidence
By David Winder
The Battalion
On campus, not many people know the Texas A&M women's soccer
team, but outside of College Station the Lady Aggies are making quite a
name for themselves.
In last weekend's St. Edwards tournament, A&M captured the title
by outscoring their opponents 10-1,.while compiling a three-game win
ning streak. Freshman midfielder Jamie Csizmadia was named the most
valuable player after scoring three goals and dishing out two assists.
"Right now, we're actually ahead of schedule," head coach G. Guerri-
eri said. "Our biggest obstacle is our youth and our lack of time togeth
er. The team has really come along way in both those senses."
The Lady Aggies (3-2) would be undefeated if it were not for two
narrow losses to ranked teams.
"We lost to Washington St. (2-0), who's eleventh in the nation, in a
game that we outplayed them," Guerrieri said. "Then we lose to the
University of Arkansas (2-1 OT) who has risen in the rankings to eighth
in the region.
"In botFj games we could have won except for our youth. I would
say the team is an impressive group, they have really done well."
The only senior on the team Rennie Rebe has been impressed with
the way the underclassmen have played.
"Since our team is pretty young, I thought this was going to be a re
building year," Rebe said. "But we're having a successful year and
we've really come together as a team.
"Our losses I consider wins because we should have won both of
those games. The freshmen have adjusted well to college and just
jumped in since the first game."
Guerrieri pointed out his team's speed and aggressiveness as its
strength.
"It's difficult for other teams to get things built up against us because
we're flying all over the field," Guerrieri said. "More or !• -s, ma e our
youth could be our strength in that sense because they are very enthusi
astic in what they're doing."
Csizmadia, Yvette Okler, Tina Robinson, Anna Whitehead and Alli
son Buckley could also be counted as strengths for the Lady Aggies.
"Jamie has really stepped up to each challenge that we've given her
so far," Guerrieri said. "Yvette had done a good job up front along with
Tina and Anna.
"I think that Allison Buckley has also done a great job as another
freshman. We've given her several different roles and she's filled them
all really well and recently has gotten involved in scoring."
Guerrjeri said he has three goals he would like the Lady Aggies to ac
complish in thifs&asoiv' '
"Ojuqfjrst goal is we want 100 percent intensity 100 percent of the
time," Guerrieri said. "The second one is to win all of our home games.
"Then our third goal is to learn from any mistakes that we have. We:
know we're going to have mistakes, we just don't want to make mis
takes."
Volleyball winning streak broken in Austin
iaty Macmanus/T
Karen Richards of the Lady Aggie volleyball
team spikes the ball over her defending
teammates during practice as Page White
waits for the return.
From Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M women's volleyball lost their
match with fifth-ranked University of Texas
in Austin Wednesday night, dropping three
straight games - 7-15,12-15, 5-15.
The Lady Aggies' overall record dropped
to 7-2, ending their seven-match winning
streak, as tine Lady Longhorns improved to 7-
1 before a crowd of 1,956 at Texas' Recre
ational Sports Center.
Texas out-hit A&M in each game, scoring
15, 20, 14 kills, respectively, to A&M's 10, 17
and eight.
The Lady Aggies' hit percentage paled at
.092 compared to the Lady Longhorns' .216
winning percentage. A&M hit only .065 in
the third game.
Senior outside hitter Sheila Morgan led
the Lady Aggies with 11 kills, and sopho
more setter Suzy Wente recorded 31 sets.
A&M's first home game comes this Friday
at 7 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum against
Florida State, and the Lady Aggies will play
again at home Sunday against the University
of Florida at 2 p.m.
Granger nominated for
'93 Golden Spikes Award
From Staff and Wire Reports
Former A&M baseball pitcher Jeff Granger
was named a finalist for the 1993 Golden
Spikes Award along with eight other players
from around the country.
The award, presented by USA Baseball, is
given annually to the country's most out
standing amateur baseball player. Selected
from 20 million players, the award is based
on athletic ability, sportsmanship, character
and overall contribution to the sport.
Granger, who was drafted by the Kansas
City Royals this summer, compiled a 14-3
record with a 2.72 ERA and struck out 143
batters last season. On April 2, Granger set a
Texas A&M and SWC record against Lub
bock Christian with 21 strikeouts.
Granger was also awarded all-Southwest
Conference honors and named Most Out
standing Player at the Central I Regional
tournament.
Third baseman Phil Nevin from Cal State
Fullerton received the award in 1992.
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