European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday March 4, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Tifnie is right for a methodist revival a grand Opportunity for Southern methodist University the cynical people who made to one of the most blatant football foundries in the country have dipped away leaving behind an institution with some choices to make. Given the abuses hat led to six penalties in recent Yean and a one year suspension by the National collegiate athletic association last wednesday Whynot i Hank about going without football at smut football and basketball have always seemed to Meto be a giant obstacle to the studying the creativity the recreation at a College Campus. Even at the most conscientious Powers the head coach becomes the most prominent adult on Campus the players the most notorious undergraduates. What started As exercise among amateurs Bat become professional entertainment the Core of identity for Many schools. That lesson was driven Home in our House hold few years Back when no. 1 daughter chose to spend her Junior year abroad in the Midwest thatis she transferred from a Small Eastern College with no sports program to a Large midwestern University with a Fine writing program. In mid november she called Home and reported you Are not going to believe this. Everybody is running around Campus chanting Coin to Pasadena in a Winnebago " nobody staged a Pep rally when the school literary Magazine came out. In the Highland Park Section of Dallai nobody ingoing to football games in a Winnebago next season at least not to games involving the College built upon the pietism and perfectionist methodist Fervour of John Wesley. Because of recruiting will be no sum team in 1987, a curtailed schedule in 1988 and probation for four years beyond that. For a denomination that once encouraged withdrawal from secular society and later developed a Strain of social activism that endures to this Day the penalty is undoubtedly a Public disgrace. Things were not going Well on the morality eligibility granted to transfers Dallas map the Southwest conference Council voted to waive a Rule that would have required Southern methodist football players to wait a year before playing at any of the other eight league schools Sec officials said monday the Sec Council met Friday by conference Call and decided to allow sum Playan to immediately Transfer Tony of the other schools Sec commissioner Fred Jacoby said. Council members voted to follow then Caa special Transfer Rule that waives the one academic year residence requirement for sum student athletes in the football program Only. The Mcaa last week suspended Mats 1987 football season because of recruiting violations that occurred while the school already was on Proba Tion for previous violations. Front says Leray Howe the president of the faculty Senate and a professor of pastoral theology at the Perkins school of religion. The University i getting what it a committee has been studying the Long term options for football and win make recommendations by the Middle of March i do not detect any sentiment for abolition Howe said but i do hear a lot of people talking about a scaled Down program Howe recalls pleasant undergraduate Days a Miami of Florida having fun rooting for our team even when they lost a lot he watched this year fiesta bowl for the National title and found himself rooting for Penn state against his Alma mater. Because he teaches graduate courses to motivated students Howe cannot say whether football is a major impediment to education. He says the social demands of a Large fraternity and sorority system May Cut More into studying time but he favors Cut Ting Back on football for moral reasons. The football program was sealed off from the res of the school he says. The recent athletic director was answerable to the president both of who have left along with the football coach. With scholarships and Revenue limited for year by the Mcaa penalty sum would be sending unprepared teams onto the Field in 1938, Tike the Czar army sending military school cadets out to fight revolutionaries. Throwing the christians to the Lions Howe suggested. I m concerned about the Well being of the walk on cannot compete with highly recruited and possibly illegally subsidized players at other powerhouses not Tor 60 minutes not for a full sea son. In football the penalty is More than lopsided scores. The penalty is pain and injury to exhausted and outweighed Young men. What is
