European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday Augusi 8,1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 panel rips bogus issues plaguing College sports by Steve Herman Indianapolis a a trombone player Proba Bly spend As Many hours in practice As a football player yet there s no demand to make freshmen ineligible far the College marching band. And that according to the Rev. E. William Beau Champ notre Dame executive vice president is Why the question of freshman eligibility in sports is a bogus Issue. I Don t think there s anything magic about making freshmen ineligible said Beauchamp who joined lbs basketball analyst Billy Packer and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski in a National conference of slate Legislatures panel discussing problems in College athletics. If freshmen Are ineligible arc you saying they also cant practice with the team Beauchamp asked. And if they can practice but not play in the games they re still spending More Lime away from studies than they re saving by not playing two hours or four hours a week. If they re not practising you have to look at what effect a year away from the sport will  added Krzyzewski "1 think there Are certain band Wagon statements people put out one of them always is freshman eligibility. I Don t agree with that. It s up to the school to set Standard he said. If a kid Cornea in As a freshman and he s not ready i m not going to play  another phony Issue Krzyzewski said is coaches salaries. I gel paid a lot or Money. But what business is it of other if Duke wants to pay me s 100,000 or s50.000? it s my decision if i accept it i kind of laugh when 1 see that Issue raise with All the real issues what coaches get paid is fairly Low in  the overriding message delivered by the three pan lists was that although problems do exist they often Are sensationalized by the news Media. Packer even took a swipe at his own network Tor ils coverage of drug testing during the Mcaa basketball tournament last Spring. Despite a Tot of pre tourney Media attention he said. No player tested positive. And if Keith smart or Dean Garrelt both of Cham Pion Indiana had tested positive. Instead of sportscaster Bruni Musberger on the pregame show we d have had news Anchor Dan rather talking about the latest scandal in College sports. But nobody tested positive so it was t  Krzyzewski said the Media tend to focus on negative aspects often creating an impression that the entire system is faulty and should be dealt with if necessary. By legislative action. The main thing is we coaches Don t have a voice to the people like we do through this meeting Krzyzewski said. Our voice normally is through the press and they Don t elaborate on the Good things. Even More than that what is perceived to be a problem May be not As bad As they portray it. This is Amore awareness Lypp meeting. We can get changes by talking to people like  As an example. Packer asked members of the Audi urge. The implication was tha there is a perception to the Media that Many academically deficient student Are admitted to College just to participate in sports. He then offered some statistics he said refuted that idea. Of those entering the 290 Mcaa division 1 colleges in 1980. 66 percent of he athletes graduated com pared with 59 percent of non athletes. But when you pick up the headlines of the new York times or Usa today you would assume there is a Lack of academic following in College sports Packer said. It i was a College president i d be More concerned with the non athlete students  the critical thing Beauchamp said is who admits students to the University. It s not the coaches. The coaches look at the students when they re recruiting them but it s the admissions office that deter mines who gels in. Before a student Ever signs a letter of intent the admissions office has looked at his Iran Mike Knyz wild Eccli siunllon1 better Uusi in toyed. Script and Given at least a tentative  Packer told a Story of a College honors graduate who was lauded in a National Magazine. The graduate never had a science or math course in four years and had Token Only one course in English he said. As a senior the courses included comedy and film ceramics Chil Dren s literature and world religion studies. An athlete perhaps padding a powder puff schedule just to get a diploma no Packer said it was a Well known actress. If this was an athlete there would t have been a Bravo Packer said. It would have been a  Hearns list does t lock big names new York a Thom Shearns wants to become Middle to Light marvelous Marvin Hagler sugar Ray Leonard or heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson. He believes that if Tyson Hain t been beaten in the next 15 months he has the style to beat him manager train Emanuel Steward said thursday in a Tele phone interview from Detroit i said arc you kidding?1 but he said be could get up to 195-200 pounds. He does have the Frame Todo it a hams Tyson fight seems Tobe just Wishful thinking and a Heanu Leonard Light in t Likely either since Leonard retired after beating Hagler for the world Box ing Council middleweight title. But a second Heams Hagler Light could happen. The 6-fool-l Hearns has surren dered the wac Light heavyweight title in order to pursue the vacant wac middleweight title against Juan Domingo Roldan of Argentina on oct. 29 at the Lai vegas Hilton Steward said. Although the Heanu Rolda match Wai announced Tome Lime of the wac announced wednes Day at Mexico City that the bout would t be sanctioned unless Hearns relinquished the Light heavyweight title within 48 hour. Points Leader Piquet announces switch in 88 Mansell tops practice in Hungary Budapest Hungary up Brit Ain s Nigel Mansell overcame changing weather to take the provisional pole for the hungarian formula one grand prix Fri Day in a tint timed practice overshadowed by the announcement of teammate Nelso Piquet s switch to Lotus for 1988. Maid to qualifying time of one minute28.047 seconds was nearly three seconds faster than the Lap record set by Piquet on his Way to winning the race last year. Earlier Friday Brazil s Piquet a two time world Champion and Leader of the formula one grand prix standings announced he will leave the Williams team and race As the no. 1 Driver for Lotus next year. Piquet is the no. I Driver with Williams but in recent seasons he has become embroiled in a rivalry with teammate Mansell Over team standing and race tactics. World Champion Alain pros of France was second fastest in his Mclaren in 1 30.156, followed by Ferrari s Michele Albreto in 1 30.472. The Day was marred by bouts of rain and Drivers had to contend with both wet and dry conditions on the twisty 2.494 mile Hunga Roring 12 mites North of the hungarian capital City. I think this course could be difficult if it is wet Mansell said. I would certainly feel belter about the race on a dry  Mansell experienced Power problems with his Honda engine in the morning untamed practice. We got it together this afternoon he said. After the practice we were among the earliest to change to dry Tiro and that helped a  however Piquet who took the Lead in the title Chase with his win in the West German grand prix two weeks ago could manage Only fifth fastest Lime be Hind the belgian Thierry Bouls Ca. Piquet s countryman Ayrton Senna was eighth fastest though it was possible he was distracted by the news that Piquet would be replacing him at Lotus for 1988. The announcement set off speculation about a reshuffle among the other Lead ing Drivers but Senna was noncom jul about rumours he was headed to join Prosl Al Mclaren. Yes i have spoken to them but i am not prepared to make any comment at this moment he said. I am certainly finished with Lotus the 27-year-old brazilian said. That was nettled a Long time  Senna said he would consider taking dual no. 1 status within a learn Only if hews certain the team was Able to run two lop Drivers and give them equal cars something Mclaren has consistently proven itself capable  British team currently powered by tag porsche engines has reportedly acquired Honda engines for next season but that also has not been confirmed. Should Senna turn up at Mclaren i would leave current no. 2 Driver Stefan Johansson of Sweden second in West Germany out in the cold. A Boreto and Austria s Gerhard Berger have already signed to continue at Ferrari limiting the number of possible combinations in the lop teams. In the meantime Williams Boss fran Williams battling to keep the Tierce rivalry Between Mansell and Piquet under control said the brazilian s upcoming move would have no effect on his status within the  will be no change of policy concerning my Drivers for the rest of this season he said. Both Drivers will continue to have equal status Piquet world Champion for Brabham in 1981 and 198currently leads the standings Wilh 39 Points four ahead of Senna. Mansell is third on 30 Point with Prosl a further four Points Back. Aba increases clubs salary Caps new York Cap the salary Cap for Aba teams will increase to More than $6 million next season an increase of 25 percent Over the previous year the league announced thursday. As a result the average player salary i expected 10 increase from $440,000 to 1510,000 a year. Each team will be allowed to spend maximum of $6,164,000 on player Sala Ries in 1987-88, compared wilhj4,94 5,000 last season. The minimum player payroll for each team will be �5,434,606. The Alary Cap is being increased be of soaring Aba revenues. Under the collective bargaining agreement be tween the league and the players association players Mutt receive at least 53 per cent of the league s revenues. Sine the implement Avion of the salary Cap four Yean ago Aba revenues have almost doubled Laid Russ Granik the league s executive vice president