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Show I. Tuesday, April 9, 19S3 Ttw Patty Herald NCAA opts AmKolnaStia course of reason Tor By BOB VEROi Chicago Tribune By CATHY HARASTA Dallas Momtng News Today. Goat Island, a school play. Tomorrow, The 18th Angel, a mov ie about supernatural phenomena, to be filmed in Italy this summer. Darnell Autry. Northwestern' standout running back and a theater student, starred in his univerno relation to sity's production Gilligan s Island. And. th;inks to an increasingly reasonable approach by the NCAA. Autry wiil be allowed to act in an unpaid role in the cinematic thriller, with a Rome location. The NCAA's Administrative Review Panel, created in 1993, waiver granted Autry a one-tim- e Friday of an association rule that appear- prohibits student-athlet- e ? Not quite. The rule still stands, as do millions upon millions of NCAA rules. But what is changing for the better is the NCAA's growing awareness that one interpretation of "commercial" does not necessarily make sense in all contexts. The movie-makeintend to make money, but Autry. last seen scoring three touchdowns in the Rose Bowl, will act for free in his Roman debut. That seemed like a hard act for the NCAA to dispute. But in a conspicuously commercialized world, the NCAA must move toward more rs case-by-ca- considerations. Flexibility must become the rule when an athlete has a chance for a big break on a stage. And the NCAA must get a better grip on how some of its non-athlet- interpretations of commercialism can backfire. Critics frequently charge the NCAA with hypocrisy for its apparent focus on making life miserable for small-fr- y programs. The association ordered the Tennessee Tech women's basketball program to destroy its media guides last season because its 'cover photo offered a double-dos- e of Nike. The picture contained the players' feet, shod by Nike, as the team posed in front of a display that included the manufacturer's easily identifiable store-windo- "swoosh" symbol. "If they were in their stocking feet and the picture show ed the shoes in a pile, it would have been OK." Tennessee Tech athletics publicist Rob Schabert said from Cookeville. Tenn.. on Monday. "The problem was that the players were wearing the shoes." As opposed to.. .what? L'sing i. them for bookends? Schabert said Nike picked up jhe $2.(XX) tab to reprint the media guides. Call me commercially clueless, but I fail to see how the guide cov er jeopardized the innocence of any student-athletor how any party other than 'Nike capitalized on an advantage. The shoe giant stepped in and helped the program make ends '.meet, making Nike look like a hero and the picky-pick- y NCAA look like a petty etail-monger. Charles Howard. SMU's assistant athletic director for compliance, said he gets calls from local companies that want a handful of .athletes to show up in the back- ground of TV commercials. Howard said the callers often sound surprised to learn that, to ,be safe rather than sorry. SMU turns down such requests. The NCAA and the camera do not consistently see eye to eye on ; matters of student-athlet- e exposure. Kathryn Reith. the NCAA . public information director, said TV has been a touchy subject. She .said student-athlete- s are allowed lo appear on television but not for "pay and not to endorse products. Autry introduced a novel angle ' with his acting aspirations. ' "The Administrative Review ' Panel was created for unique situations." Reith explained. "It is basically a chance for common iense to reign. But what they jfiave to be careful about is not to set up a blanket exemption." That means that the next Heis-Uha- n contender w ho wants to appear in a supernatural flick in Jjaly must not assume that Autry' student-athletegaiver covers all One might assume, however, that !the NCAA will consider more Realistic roles for itself and play a Jfliore reasonable part in ruling the 'aHudent-athlctc cast of thousands. e, s. w eye of Robert Tyre Jones Jr., the stopped here out of curiosity. A ultimate gentleman in this sport They returned, again and again,, with manners. Bobby Jones, a Jones died in 1971. He left superlative player, had won all Masters in good hands.' " ' VJ there was to win in golf by 1930. "Bobby Jones was courtly? reserved, graceful." says Cren He retired as an amateur to his sucshaw, a student of golf s traditions cessful law practice in Atlanta. "What they've done here is carry-- ' But Bobby Jones did not abanhis original wishes from then to1 don the game he loved. He sought to build the ultimate course close now. The Masters has kept pace to home. It was recommended to It's on cable TV. the purses are in. him that he visit this plush keeping with other majors, they; sell shirts with that precious logt$ a property, nursery originally n by the thousands. developed by a Belgian nobleman. other in so "But. many ways Jones brought along Dr. Alister MacKenzie. the revered British the Masters is still a flashback to calmer time, like a time warp. IV course architect. The rest really is history. Jones not commercialized, the patron are of utmost concern and putting invited friends for a friendly compeon the very best tournament is wfut tition in 1934. and the Masters was I'm sure they make plenty matters. bom. Jack Nicklaus is not incorrect But think of how mucij; of money. media when he says the helped could make if they com thev more make this event. Many of the most promised' their standards." famous on their Most Mootero Tournament wins AUGUSTA. Ga. They cut no corners, but they do cut every blade of grass. Even after all these years of celJack NickJaus ebrating spring at Augusta National Golf Club. Ben Crenshaw came Arnold Palmer upon that realization just recently. ! When the 60th Masters begins " Jimmy Demarct Thursday, he w ill be the defending champion. So last month, he came Gary Player here to tape some promotional ads SamSnead for telev ision. with even "And no tournament going on then. I was over- L whelmed." Crenshaw was saying Soute Aoousil National Goft OuO AP Ed De GasfO Monday. "Every thing is so perfect, so immaculate, so manicured, even looking around between shots while Beyond the ropes, up at those tall where it doesn't have to be. That's I walk. Spectating. Normally, your pines, at the flowers. What you have, field of vision is the hole itself, above all. is an unbelievable piece of what's so unique about this place. "Even if vou don't follow golf, where the pin is. where the trouble land. If there were no golf course here, it would still be special." you could come here and enjoy is. where you want to hit the ball. "But here, you're looking all over. nature. As a player. I find myself Surely, that is what captured the 2 -- 34 365-ac- re way sports writers, north from baseball spring training. (See AUGUSTA, Page C7) ipyrs hand Jazz 1 setifoaek Zladysic ances in commercial films. Arrivederci. NCAA bureaucra-cy- fflifeiTfi BinilnnlillnKolS Wlffldlllvfldl9dl 92-91- By ANTON GARRITY Special to The Daily Herald SALT LAKE CITY In a contest that was decided in the final seconds, the San Antonio Spurs v ictory ov er squeaked out a 92-9- 1 Utah, sending the Jazz to their third consecutive home defeat. Utah's David Benoit took an inbounds pass with 1.4 seconds left in the game and threw up a wild shot that went way left of the rim. That ended any chance the Jazz entertained of catching San Antonio in the NBA standings. With seven games left in the regular season. Utah now trails the Midwest Division-leadin- g Spurs by four games. San Antonio also wins the tiebreaker by taking the season series 1 . Even though Utah made four more field goals than the Spurs and shot an incredible 9 from the free throw line, the Jazz's downfall came from beyond the arc. Utah was a dismal from range while the Spurs were For the first time in seven games, the Jazz came out of the blocks with more intensity than their opponents. But much to the dismay of Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, that intensity wasn't maintained throughout the game. "The game came dow n to taking the last shot." said Sloan. "We might not have been in that situation if we hadn't let them score the last five points of the first half. Those five points were critical. Our heads weren't in the game and that turnaround gave the Spurs the momentum to start the second half. Some of our shots were looking really casual. It looked like a diving exhibition where you get points for difficulty." Karl Malone led the Jazz with 21 points, but had only five rebounds. John Stockton scored eight points on 9 shooting and handed out assists. Antoine Carr and Adam Keefe added II and 10 points respectiv ely. The player w ho 3-- 18-1- 6. 3-- 1 1 really killed the Jazz was Chris Morris, who came off the bench to shoot just from the field including 0-- 6 from range. "We don't usually shoot a whole lot of 3s. but we usually make a pretty goinl percentage of them." said Utah's Jeff Hornacek. "When it comes down to a one- - or two-poigame and we hit two or three of those, it's our game easily." San Antonio was led by Sean Elliott w ith 2 points. Avery Johnson had 17 points on 9 snooting to go with his eight assists. Chuck Person and David Robinson each added 14 points with Person hitting four treys and Robinson grabbing 12 rebounds. ' Early in the game. Avery said lie was going to try to get me involved and he did. he came right at me and he was just spoon feeding me so I had to make something happen." Elliott said. "I couldn't just let those guvs down, they wanted me to create something. This win is huge, because we've been struggling because lately we haven't been playing as w ell, kind of in a funk. To come in here and make a statement like this really helps." These two'di vision rivals always play each other tough and the games are usually close. This one started no different as the lead went back and forth in the early minutes. Johnson tied the game at 15 w ith a running jumpshot. But then the Jaz used an 2 run to go on top for the remainder of the stanza. Howard Eisley came off the bench for Stockton and answered by scoring the final three points of the quarter to give the Jazz a 26-- 2 advantage. Spurs coach Bob Hill went w ay down his bench to start the second period. Rookie point guard Cory Alexander tied the game at 26 w ith two free throws. Then the ' Rifleman." Chuck Person, nailed his first trey to give San Antonio the if 3-- LAUSANNE. Switzerland (AP) May be Jessica Foschi isn't off the hook after all. Although the American swimmer has been cleared by the American Arbi- 5 if 1 7-- i ; swimming's world governing body. FINA. said today it was launching its own investigation. Foschi. who failed to qualify for this summer's Olympics in Atlanta, tested positive al Ihe U.S. national championships in Pasadena. Calif., last August. While the rules say a steroid finding automatically brings a two-yesuspension, a U.S. Swimming review panel said she may have been sabotaged and voted instead lo s' place her on probation, allowing her lo swim while subject lo strict drug monitoring. Foschi maintained she never took a banned substance and wanted her name cleared. ' S3 7J NL - , V six-fo- 8-- - o 1 (See JAZZ. Page C7) San Antonio t David Robinson, center, is double teamed by Jazzmen Fetton Spencer (50) and Adam r 1 iCL-.- A Keefe (31) white WiU Penjue handed the Jazz their third -. v strth92K - By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Wnter Maybe the Chicago Bulls grueling scliedule finally caught up w ith iliem. Maybe the Charlotte Himets didn't care for the "SeventySome-thing- " on sale in the United Center. Or maybe, the Bulls are tired of being on national television. Whatever the reason, the Bulls had their regular-seaso- n ts ' , 44-ga- sum San Antonto (41) watches. Hornets saddle Bulls with first home loss t jr wrongdoing for a positive test steroids, 0 nt tration Association of any for J :,4 FINA to investigate swimmer " Jim JVe Wns nwded rJlj J f , lfc) home winning streak snapped loss lo Monday night with a H 66 9 88ft the Hornets. "We lost." Dennis Rodman L 7 vs. Charlotte said. "Thai's w hal happened. Now Games remaining: 7 we go for 70." fifth their in Playing game sevApril 11 at New Jersey f en nights against a team they April 12 vs. Phlladefphis f destroyed by 34 points only a r Ctevetend April 14 earlier, the Bulls were denied a 67th victory in their drive to April 16 at Miiwaukee become Ihe first learn to win 70 Apr 11 vs Detroit games in a season. April 20 vs. Indiana ' After beating the Magic in April 81 Orlando on Sunday, only Char loite. New Jersey and Philadelphia stood between the Bulls and 69 No. 70 in Milwaukfv w ins. Ii looked as if they would hit The Bulls hadn't 1 ' 1..1 a. 70 in Cleveland before a nationalseaMtn game at the Uniied Otntir ly televised audience on Sunday. Bui Ihe Hornets changed (hat una nme camesaftr juiuun and undoubtedly upset a lew television executive in lite process. coming tmt or reiirenKnt. Al ihe earliest, ihe Bulls could win 98-9- 7 98-9- few-day- s ar at.ttiC. two-year- AfPho Charlotte's Kenny Anderson dives for the basketball In front ol Chics- wo bwis, irom isn, Hon rtarper, cm wenntngton and Tonl Kukoe. n |