European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 25, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 25 just Don t get caught cheating by John Nelson a p sports writer in 1986, inc Mississippi football team had its bes season in 15 years eight victories including the in dependence boat. Then the Mcaa Hammer fell an the rebels were 3-8 he next year. The lesson was Clear. Gel caught cheating and life gels rough. The loss of television and Bow Money alone i enough to cripple some programs. When scholarships and recruiting ability arc taken away it gets  reputations go Down the Drain and in inc worst cases the Mcaa can simply say Stop playing like it did to Southern methodist in commentary 1987. It s called the death Penally the Mcaa s mos powerful teaching tool. The Mcaa told us we could have played seven games this year,1 said Forrest Gregg who has coached sum Tor almost a year without playing a game. But we did t have enough people left to  at one Lime or another schools like Texas Christian Clemson Florida and Southern cat also have been on football probation. In the past two months Cincinnati Houston Texas am and Oklahoma have been punished for cheating As the Mcaa seems ready to enrol More delinquent schools in its class there s hardly a Day went by that 1 was t thinking about it Mississippi athletic director Warner Alford said. Once you go through something like that you Lido anything in your Power to make sure it does t happen  the first and most obvious Cost to a school comes i dollars. Not Only Are schools often prohibited from sharing in conference bowl and to Money they also can be prohibited from playing in a howl or appearing on television themselves. In this Day and age 62 percent of All division i schools Are running deficit budgets thu athletic director Frank wind Gocr said. Anytime they hit you inthe pock Lbook it  How much you d need a Crystal Ball to Tell that Windegger said. And the thing about those Crystal balls is people who read them All have Crummy  when Oklahoma was placed on three Yean Proba Tion on monday school officials estimated it would Cost Between 1750,000 and �1 million taking into account loss of television and bowl Revenue. For example the Orange bowl which draws the big eight conference Winner pays j2.75 million per team. Other bowls Range from 5180,000 Tor the Californi bowl to 56 million for the Rose bowl. Bowl Money usually is shared among All conference teams. Sum being a private school won t release estimates of he Money it has lost while unable to play football for the past two seasons. Alford estimated the Cost at Mississippi which came off two years probation this month at 1700,000, or sum v Forrest Gregg is ready to begin new program. One tenth of the school s annual athletic budget of about $7 million. Take that amount of Money out of our budget an that s a pretty big chunk Alford said. Maybe out of s is million it might not be so bad but our budget is Only half the size of seven of the other schools in our league Southeastern conference. H cripples  Southern Cal was prohibited Only from appearing on television in 1986 and 87, and that was enough to Hurt. Ii hit during a Lime of deregulation when Cost were continuing to grow at a double digit rate South Ern Cal athletic director Mike my acc said so it Madea Tough problem even  thu is on probation until May 1989, but it kept it losses to a minimum by cutting a Deal with the Mcaa. We did something that was pretty unique wind Egger said. We talked to the infractions committee and told them we wanted to return television and Bow Money from the years in question. They agreed to that so the Money 3343,203 went into an inca scholarship Fundin turn we were allowed to be on to our thinking is that we did not want to severely damage the Confer ence television  it s impossible to accurately estimate full Dollar losses. How could a school know what bowl if any it would have gone to while under Sanction How badly does the stigma of probation affect recruiting then performance and in turn ticket sales you can make up some of it with donations Al Ford said but Bow much one thing seems Sun. Probation hurts performance and that costs Money. After going 3-8 in 1987. Ole miss went 1-6 this Yea Rand May be on the mend. Florida was 9-1-1 both in 1984 and 85, then went on probation becoming the first school to lose scholarships under Mcaa Sanction. The gators went 6-5 in 1986/6-6 in 87 and 6-s this past season Oci Mon had consecutive seasons of 12-0, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 in i9bi-s3 before going on probation for two years. The Tiger were 7-4 and 6-6 in those seasons then bounced Back to 8-2-2 in 1986.the loss of scholarships and limitations on the num Ber of coaches who May recruit off Campus probably Are the most serious cripples of football programs. Oklahoma Tor example was Cut from 25 annual scholarships to 18. Mississippi was Cut from 25 to 15 scholarships in 1987, besides having two coaches barred from recruiting for two years. Texas Christian was allowed to give Only 10 scholarships in 1986 and15 in 87, you can t Ever really replace the scholarships olcmiss1 Alford said. You can t go Back and catch up. You lose one scholarship in one year and it affects you for four maybe five years. When they won t Lei you have your full 1 0 coaches recruiting that does t sound like much but it cuts Down on he territory you can Coyer and it puts a real Strain on everybody else to pick it  while banned from football in 1 987, sum lost allies scholarships. Although sum decided not to play this year either it was allowed is scholarships. Gregg Dow has 65 players but 50 of them Are balloons. We won t be thin on numbers but we re going Zotack size and experience Gregg said. We got in tale and just sort of took what we could get this year and we got some pretty Good players. In three years maybe Well be Able to play pretty Well but to gel Back to where the program was i think that la probably take at least four  now Well at least we be got numbers and Well be a Leto  since he was hired in january that s All Gregg has been Able to do practice. He s coached for almost a year without having to scout an  feels very strange he said. We work out four Days a week and scrimmage on Friday and that gave them something to look Forward to out i think they were getting a Little tired of beating in each  is optimistic that sum s reputation can be restored. "1 think people understand that our problems were from the past and we Don t intend to repeal them Gregg said. "1 think we will regain our reputation if it was  it s a prerequisite for effective recruiting. When you re being investigated and All the Rumor Sare circulating even before you re put on sanctions you Start to fight the recruiting problems Alford  recruiting against you use it. It scares Oft athletes. " it All contributes to the lesson the Mcaa is trying to your program gets Hurt and you Start losing and that hurts at the Gale Windegger said. There s noway you can estimate what it s going to do to you. You just Nave to wait until everything is Over and Don with and in Hindsight maybe assess the damage fear or respect players up All out for he Ltd coach Lou Haiti. Complex individual by Thomas p. Wyman South Bend ind. A respect often includes a generous element offer. And to inc extent it docs notre dam football coach Lou Holtz is highly respected by his players. Holtz manages to Combine a volatile temper the humor of a corny Amateur magician and a perfectionist s Zeal. He has used the mix to scare cajole and drive his players into delivering 11 Victo Ries without a loss this season. Now he s poised to Send his Tea against West Virginia in the fiesta bowl in quest of notre Dame s eighth National championship. J /. Despite his much examined Success in three seasons with the Irish Holtz volunteers few insights into what makes him lick y --.-. I Don t think i can describe myself because i m a very Complex individual he said people Don t really know  even some of his Star pupils including All America linebacker Michael Stone breaker Are reluctant to Analyse their coach "1 Don t know him Well enough Stonebreaker said. I Don t want to touch  -. Holtz s outbursts on the practice Field have become Well known at least Amon the victims of his temper although Only about 5-foot-6, barely Iso pounds an shouting with a Lisp he nevertheless intimidates players twice his  once tackled quarterback Tony Rice following a failed pattern an grabbed the face mask of Tim Grunhard a 6-3, 2ed-Poundcr, after the guard missed a Block. He pulled me Down and i m thinking Why am i letting this Guy do this to Mer " Grunhard said. He s such a   Early on tailback Mark Green found Holtz too intimidating even to approach during practice. I could not stand to talk to him Green said. If i had a question i d group after practice and talk to him one on  f ". _ when he chooses to be Caw going Holly can be disarming and  Todd Lyght remembers Holly performing a magic trick during recruiting visit cutting a newspaper to shreds then putting it Back  s just to break the ice Lyght said. He s just presenting himself As a Good Guy.".-. But Holly does t care to be remembered As a Good Guy. I d like to be remembered As inc Luck isl coach at Noire Dame Ever to win a couple of National championships he said. " he s convinced that Only strict Tea discipline can Breed that kind of Success and no ayin who Don t Telic pc that Are i trouble. When flanker Ricky wallers and tailback Tony Brooks were late for team dinner at los Angeles Holly sus Pended them for the game against South pm California and sen them Back to South Bend before the  and Brooks Haven t talked publicly about the incident but none of their teammates second guessed the to.   -.". Whether his play talk about Holtz with fear or admiration or both the acknowledge his Success in bringing a team from mediocrity 10 the Edge of greatness in barely three years. Raghib Rock i ismaili a freshman wide receiver who has known Only the Good times said i can never imagine losing with coach Holtz i la Tell you thai. "