European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 9, i99t the stars and stripes Page 21prep Pickin commission issues Call for action my annual visit to the National sport sters and sports rivets association awards program in Salisbury , again proved quite interesting one of the better seminars was a follow up report on the achievements of the Knight foundation cominis Sion in intercollegiate athletics an authority Costah. It shed to look into the problems of collegiate athletic is / Quot people make sports Good or bad a said Leroy Walker a commission member who also is the Trca surer of the us olympic committee. A a we cannot regulate morality but we have found that most pc. Pic involved with collage sports do what is proper. However Many people outside of athletics do not share that belief. A Walker said the commission had made Progress since its creation get. 19, 1989, interviewing and working with University and College presidents ath i tic directors coaches athletes and fans but added. A it cannot be our aim to set a  immediate approval because the problems of a program which has fallen into a rut Over a period of 100 years cannot be resolved  a Quot the commission has developed a a one plus three1�?T theme in which the a a one a presidential control a is. Directed toward the  academic integrity financial integrity and Independent certification. Under such a theme it is believed that higher education can address All the subordinate difficulties in College sports. Without such a Model it is believed that athletics Reform will continue in fits and starts its Energy squandered on symptoms the underlying problems ignored. A some features of the program. Presidential control a 1. Trustees will Delegate to the president not Reserve for the Board or individual members of the Board the administrative authority to govern the athletics program 2. Presidents will have the same degree of control ? Over athletics As they exercise elsewhere in the University. J. A 3. The policy role of the presidents will be enhanced throughout the decision making structures of the Mcaa. _ a f 4. Trustees alumni and local boosters will defer to presidential control Quot academic integrity 1. Cutting academic Corners in order to admit athletes will not be tolerated. ,. 2. A no pass no play will be the byword of College sports in admissions academic Progress and graduation rates. 1.  _ 3. An athletes eligibility each year and each academic term Wibbe based on continuous Progress toward graduation within five years of enrolment. 4. Graduation rates of student athletics in each sport will be similar to graduation rates of other students who have spent comparable time As full time students. A fiscal integrity a 1. Athletic departments will not operate As Independent subsidiaries of the University and athletic foundations and Booster clubs will not be permitted to provide support for athletic programs outside the a administrations direct control. 2. Contracts for athletics related outside income of coaches and administrators including shoe and equipment contracts will be negotiated through the University. Quot Quot 3, institutional funds can be spent on athletics  affirm the legitimate role of athletics on Campus and can relieve some of the pressure on Revenue producing programs to support non re Hemje sports. Certification a 1. Each year every Mcaa institution will undergo a thorough Independent Ben Abrams f. A 1 to. N 61 a ref athletes of the year the i Odds Spring sports programs in the Home stretch. So coaches and athletic directors now is the time to Start making your compilations on the outstanding boy and girl from your schools ail Competition will be concluded by May 25 and the in of tick deadline is june 1. A v the address is athletes of the year committee sports department the stars and stripes,.postfach 14-1137, d6100, Darmstadt ii Germany or athletes of the year committee sports department stars and stripes Apo 09211. Audit of All academic and financial matters related to athletics. A 2, univ critics will have to withstand the scrutiny  Peers. Each Mcaa institution awarding ath i tics Aid will be required to participate in n comprehensive certification. Many College athletes lament that they done to have time to commit to their studies because of the de ii Fand for that time by coaches who conduct Long practice sessions and then have after dinner meetings to go Over the details of the Day the previous games and the upcoming Competition. Walker said a i have always Felt that too much time was spent on the Field by Many coaches. When i was. Coaching track 16 years at Winston Salem state University tried to Dimit the practice session to 90 min Lites. Many injuries occur because too much time is spent on the Field. When Roger Bannister ran the first sub four minute mile the Only practising he did was for 30 minutes a Day during his lunch hour. A there is a Point Between the Laurel Wreath and the insanity College athletics has been approaching oblate a Walker added. A we must find that Point i fear that if we fail to adjust voluntarily we could be legislated out of business. What we have is too Good to give  Walker said that while the commissions task was principally intercollegiate athletics some secondary school questions have surfaced Over the past 1.8 months. A we discussed secondary sports with the College coaches and Many of them were concerned about such things As recruiting techniques outrageous awards the tremendous influx of All Star games Etc Etera perhaps the commission should think about bridging the Gap into the Scholastic  judging by comparison Between the stars and stripes Honor Roll and the Rowan county Honor Roll carried in the Salisbury Post a track meet Between Dodds athletes and southwestern a North Carolina athletes would be pretty close the North Carolina boys would dominate the Long and triple jumps their top three Marks Range from 24-4 Down to 22-6 and from 49-3 Down to 47-21/respectively. A with the exception of  top carolinians would win the running events but Dodds would take the seconds and a thirds in most of them in a Tarsila brother head on head Shaftic. Dodds prof cd Paar �1-2-3 tit the dose second and ind m the Sfart put. The act. Relay a Wiki be a race but the Fen 1,600 relay time tre car. Otma. Are a severe see Ond faster a a a a the Dodds bus Dodds pm Profe by a Mufti fare set holy better of care a a a a a. The Fod. And �h3> a would be rep am Sadyc. But Dodds would pure. A Vail ire both Hrmz a. The 400 and Rutay Ltd the Gong lump1 and of ten Pas t �?Tarnpla�e2- or the a few i Cwick a it Ait ii fee Tex Hurt tote is Obbard 3uoo meter in seas erf the l50d Suad a Jumil m which Dodds athletes compete. Carof Nara a a amp i run the 800-meter relay instead of the surf no a Elfiky. A. Check of the a amps font to howl revealed be ski Tarshia Bronner. Augsburg a Fine athlete bettered the existing Rea it re in the shot put with As foots. Inch toss the weekend i was gone. Records count Only whirr  by colder ence or regional qualifying meets a eos Mary Chat not Pion ships or in the Central european meet but ref. Nice to Sec such an accomplishment. Congratulations Tarshia go get that record eater this month. A a # last but not least on the alphabetical Paster of state winners Sally Ann my hard Strother protu3% across the stage in Catawba cd rage Keppe a de thorium to accept her award As Wyoming is so Cist Tiger of the year in the is say a 32nd Arr Naal awards presentation program. Her work of covering sports for the 72 a Rife Scis Osifo in her state for the Casper Star Triune had Hettwe duty recognized by her Wyoming Peers. The Only female sportswriter ire Wyoming refer Lov has been covering. Wyoming High school fear j3 years for the Star Tribune although for she Wou amp a rather be coveting the University of Wyt Aming. A we Don t have any professional sports he Wyotte ing so the University is our org sports att Rae but Mich a Lov said. A Nat Raffy. To biased and cd amp a that assignment especially since my father of Fez Sli Urmer the new defensive coordinator is amp a Phoenix cardinals used to coach the cowboys few Ever. The High school beat is a pretty  , and generally i m very pleased Wichi my in Fri Quot Many spouses made the journey m Haifa Fry Ficner the awards ceremonies but Sain asst few Matt  make the trip a he was Home Brifey sitting their 8-month-ofd daughter Molly and to Yeser of. A son Joe. _ like All the other first timers. This year and to the past Sally Ann was overwhelmed by the Good per pair of Salisbury who have a rdc a career of Rof Feung Ous the red carpet for americans elite spa or writers and sportscasters. A a a. A a a a a a. A a a a a a. The so Sfa so Estt kit a a a a a. A a athletes ease into College Survey shows at Hleiss a re being Admi tied on a b Asis other than special admissions. That flies by the new York times a Survey published last week in the chronicle of higher education shows the extent of special admissions for athletes recruited to play big time sports. A according to the Survey athletes admitted at division i a universities for the 1989-90 schoo i be a r we r e of amp u r t i m e s mor e Likely to receive special consideration in admissions. Football and basketball players were six times As Likely As regular students to receive Especial treatment. Overall the Survey to which 96 of the 106 division 1-a schools responded found that 17.5 percent of All athletes and 27.2 percent of football and Basket Ball players were characterized As a special admits by the universities. While the notion that athletes receive special consideration is not new some educators said they Felt the figures proved the system was not Overly biased toward athletes. A frankly i think a number of people Are surprised that the percentage of special admissions for athletes is not higher a said r. Gerald Turner Chancellor of the University of Mississippi and chair Rhian of the National collegiate. Athletic associations presidents commission Quot what you see is that most student athletes Are being admitted on a basis than pc in the face of the Jock  even so the chronicle reported that while Many schools said they did not have a special policy for athletes Many of their football and basketball players had lower academic profiles than the general stir Dent body. A for example the Survey Points out that the University of Michigan does not have special policies for athletes. However football and menus basketball players entered College in 1989 with an average Scholastic aptitude test score of 957, 2 h Points below the average for All Michigan freshmen thac year. A my. Own sense is that whether i if. A Michigan or a us or Norw efe Roc or Harvard or Yak if you were foot. Att the average qua of if a rive a Uiese Teri ing  a Rhenis. A 5ai. Act class ranks you Wou amp of Finis prob Andy on the average somewhat lower than the mean character ring the  to onry said James Duderstadt. The 3gefif-Gan president a from my own experience at Yale s know thar characterizes the ivys does the big Tenc just aft if Dusx taoist conferences a said . Luv played football at Yale