European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 31, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 21commentarycolleges won t kill Golden Goose by Melvin Durslag the los Angeles times it is a sad Day in intercollegiate ath. Fetics. University presidents Are aiming to clean up football and basketball. This distressing action seems to have been triggered by the Knight foundation commission on intercollegiate athletics which recently issued a report that sports conditions on the campuses Arentt sanitary. Gad what a Shock. The next thing you know someone is going to whisper that pro wrestling Isnit on the up and up. Father Theodore m. He Burgh president emeritus of notre Dame agrees with the Knight report. He Burgh says efforts must be made a to Clear the scum from the swamp of College  that would represent a lot of Clearing. All the equipment deployed for Clearing scum from the persian Gulf might not be enough. That Job is supposed to take five years. Of course colleges have been talking about cleaning up athletics for More than 50. In 1938, in fact presidents of what was then the Pacific coast conference now the Pacific 10aghast at stories of football violations hired an Fri agent named Edwin Atherton to conduct an investigation and file a comprehensive report. It was agreed that All schools would cooperate on an amnesty basis the Atherton report As it came to be known took a year and a half. When the presidents read it they decided on two things 1 to hire Atherton As conference commissioner and 2 to Burn the a Therton report still unpublished. Quot you can imagine the scam that went up in flames. Atherton was one Tough dude impressively incorruptible. As a Young reporter eager to Rock the establishment we remember dealing with him. He drafted a stringent code aimed at controls on subsidization and recruiting. His policy if a player was found guilty accepting anything beyond that allowed he would  ineligible. It was Atherton a View that if the ath coast has t Chew on hts to Weug anymore not since toe Knight commission letes career were jeopardized coaches and alumni would be More reluctant to Lead him astray with unauthorized offers. A a a a a a a a the plan did no to last Jong it Vas plainly in restraint of crooked recruiting. The presidents threw it out claiming that a boy 17 or 18  be held responsible for yielding to temptations of his elders. A a a instead the presidents instituted a fines system whereby schools getting caught violating the code would be assessed in Cash. Nailed $500 for illegal contacting Souter in California paid off readily figuring that when ones coaches get a first hand took at 60 prospects 500 Bucks is a bargain. It soon appeared in the Pess that one could pick the forthcoming Rose bowl team by checking the fines of the year before. Red faced the presidents threw out the fines system. They replaced it with a new concept called a institutional integrity in which each University was responsible for cleaning up its own dirt. Obviously this failed. As red Sanders late coach of Urcla explained a if the penal system in this state were based on self examination san Quentin would be  so the presidents returned to making the athletes responsible for their actions and All the foregoing comedy serves merely As a fragment of what has been going on during the last half Century. F and the Knight foundation report those jaded by previous reports Guffaw. Everything said by College presidents related to the subject you have heard before. A this new pious rally is guaranteed to fail because it Isnit intended to succeed. And the presidents know it what happens in football and basketball especially in recruitment a essential to the system the presidents themselves have allowed to be set up. Football and basketball Are 1% business. They involve big revenues from television. The two sports at Esq i universities carry the rest of the athletic program. What Money is left up sch Taio the general fund. And most important the two sports serve As major rallying Points for Afasa and boosters from whose pockets ceo tribute on Are dredged. Coaches Are expected to a a to carry out this Mission they need Talent. The scramble for Talent is wildly Cosa pet Tive. And baling it requires the kind of sleaze the Knight report tafts about. Star game takes Hometown twist Purdue s Oliver named map Indianapolis a local favorite Jimmy Oliver of Purdue scored 25 Points and earned map honors Friday night As the West beat the East 122-113 in the Nab All Star game. The 6-foot-6 Forward was 9 for 13 from the Field to Lead All scorers in the annual game involving College seniors and sponsored by the coaches association. He also grabbed seven rebounds. The West coached by Arkansas Nolan Richardson led 6145 at halftime and stretched the advantage to 113-90 before the East closed with a flurry. Greg Sutton a guard from Oral Roberts had 19 Points for the West including five three pointers. Randy Brown of new Mexico state and Ron Coleman of Southern Cal each had 15 Points while Elliott Perry of Memphis state had 12 and Ron Huery of Arkansas added 11. The East coached by Bobby gremlins of Georgia tech was led by Alabama a Melvin Chea tums 22 Points. Rich King the 7-2 Center from Nebraska had 17 Points and nine rebounds Eric Murdock of Providence had 16 Points and Leron Ellis of Syracuse and Perry Carter of Ohio state each had 15. Sutton was 5 for 10 from 3-Point Range to Lead the West a 11 for-20 shooting. The East was 2 for 12 from Long Range. Keith Jennings of East Tennessee state won a 3-Point shooting contest prior to the game and Louisville a Labrad Ford Smith won a dunking contest. Smith twisted his left ankle with 1 36 to play in the first half and never returned. He said the injury was minor and that he stayed out the game As a precaution. Oliver said being a local product had advantages. A i did no to have Jet lag like some of the Guys a said Oliver who had to make a one hour drive to the game. A the crowd was into it for me and that always Means a lot. A i just went out and played a he said. A some Guys go out and try to do too much. Even with top Competition like this pm going to play the Way i play and i think i played pretty Good tonight in the Way i m used to. A this trophy Means a lot to me because not too Many times a person from Menifee Ark gets something like  Jimmy it War a a 30 Jet