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Show March 14, 1988 Forum Page 4 sports College Organizes Club Volleyball Teams by Bill Godwin Westminster College is organizing two new volleyball club teams to compete in the County Recreation League. According to intramural director Eric Krentz the school has helped in the establishment of the teams by providing the funds to buy new volleyballs, uniforms, and coach for the teams. hire a part-tim- e About 15 men tried out for the men's team before last Tuesdays cut to 1 players. The womens team, however, only had about eight players try out and is currently lacking in depth. I know there are other women on this campus that can play or that have played volleyball, said Krentz. "We just cant seem to get them out. Sue Holloway, the new coach for the two teams, is optimistic that once the teams are established and more people hear about them then more people will come out Holloway played on the University of Utah volleyball team for two years and has coached at Skyline High School. 10-1- f At last Saturdays practice she was standing on a table rapidly hitting volleyballs over the ftet while giving instructions and encouragement to the players during one of the drills. Dig! she says as she hits a ball and sends it speeding straight for the floor, quickly followed by Good! if the player manages to get under the ball and pop it up so it could be played. Then in quick succession she hits over seven more balls Dig! dig! bump! bump! block! block! set! good! Another player quickly steps up to the line and then the drill starts all over. The first couple of practices didnt run as smoothly as last Saturdays. Holloway said it was "jungle ball when the teams first got together for their practices. She had to begin with the basics and teach the players how to run the various drills and have an organized and efficient practice session. There is potential there, it just needs to be directed in the right way, Holloway said. She said that if the teams win half their games for the season they will be doing great considering this is their first year. I - - . 1 ( , i. 4 Many Westminster students enjoy volleyball; now the Intramural Department is organizing club teams. The womens team will have their first match Holloway feels thatonce Westminsters teams on Tues. March 25 at Valley Jr. High in West start playing against teams that have played Valley City. The men will play their first together for a while and know the game it will match at the East Mill Creek County Rec. Gym do a lot to help them improve their own game. on Wed. March 26. - Presidents Tighten Control On Sports brethMuch like their ren, presidents of small colleges say theyll try to exert tighter control over their sports pro(CPS) big-camp- us grams later this month. A committee of presidents, of course, has been trying to wrest more power from athletic directors over the operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the last two years. Now a number of presidents of relatively smaller schools that' belong to .the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) are trying to wrest power over policy from their athletic directors. The NAIA, when it meets later this month, will vote on reform proposals that would give more power to the presidents and, some say, eventually lead to stricter academic requirements for athletes and fewer games per season. While critics fear the presidents may unnecessarily complicate life in the NAIA, the presidents themselves apparently fear that the grade-fixinand illegal payment scandels now plaguin the NCAA could filter down to the NAIA unless they act to prevent it. y In the past, the NAIA largely has of school the attention administrators. escaped And some NAIA executives say they like it Wed rather have change come from the Ferris also says the proposed power shift isnt a threat to sports personnel. grassroots level, from the people were servfrom We need to find ways to talk together, to ing, she says. This feels like directives men the at the top. combine our expertise," he says. Sure we need checks and balances, Sisam says. But I hope the pendulum doesnt swing too far and negate the good things the NAIA stands for. big-scho- ol While saying they welcome the presidents input, many athletic directors fear it could bog down the NAIA in regulations. The NCAA has regulated itself to death, says Wayne Dannehl, a vice president of the NAIA Executive Committee and athletic director at the University of Wisconsin in Parkside. While welcoming the honest debate presidents have brought to the association, Dannehl hopes they will leave present rules alone. For instance, NAIA baseball teams are free to play as many games as their budgets afford. And teams in warm regions usually play longer seasons than those restricted by weather. If Arizona wants to play more than we do in Wisconsin, we shouldnt be telling them, you can only play 40 games, Dannehl says. Many presidents, however, fear such lax rules can lead to the same kind of exploitation of students that has been scandalized many NCAA schools in recent years. If you have a kid playing 80 to 100 baseball games, when are they being students? wondthat way. ers President Thomas Feld of Mount Mercy Presidents arent going to be current or College in Iowa and vice chairman of NAIAs Presidents Council. have expertise in athletics, says Phyllis Holmes, a NAIA Executive Committee vice You can exploit athletes whether ' at a president and director of womens athletics at big school or a small one, he said. youre 111. We Greenville College, (athletic directors) If presidents direct the associations future, are involved every day. Feld predicts sports will take more of a back The new proposal, which would relegate the seat to studies for NAIA athletes. Executive Committee to supervising cham-- . Presidents generally feel limitations are pionships, came out of the NAIA Presidents necessary to preserve the student status of Council, which is now only an advisory student athletes, he says. committee. But more stringent academic requirements The Executive Committee, though open to administrators and faculty, is composed mainly may cut off some of the most needy student of athletic department personnel. athletes, some athletic directors fear, echoing a recent criticism of tougher NCAA rules. Presidents need to watch over our athletic For the past 31 years. Ive recruited players programs more closely, says Jeff Ferris, president of Central Arkansas University and a from disadvantaged families, says Dave member of the Presidents Council. "Weve felt Sisam of Grand View College in Iowa. Many dont graduate, but theyre able to go out in the our obligation has not been met world and to do better than they ever Ferris thinks the NAIA can use the adminis- cculd have perform, without college. trators perspective. 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