Show Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday June 28 20--The 1987 NCAA calls convention 6Gun pointed Football budgets likely to stir debate at our head’ By Mike Rabun sports writer also a member of the powerful NCAA Council “The presidents were surprised we didn’t But we thought the game of football was pretty good the way it was “We listened to 17 different coaching associations during our meeting People said we spent two days meeting and didn’t do a thing But from my standpoint I have no gripe about where we are in college U PI (UPI) — Advocates of sweepreform those ing seeking a middle ground and those who prefer the status quo gather Monday at a special NCAA convention to debate and quite possibly change the e direction of college athletics DALLAS big-tim- administrators College football" athletic g In addition to the measures the convention will include the opening of the “Presidents Commission National and directors faculty representatives coaches essentially will be addressing economic issues Although a number of substantive decisions will be made during the y NCAA Special course of the Convention another key issue will likely be whether presidents athletic department officials and coaches can begin to work amicably on the problems that face them Before the convention are proposals to reduce playing seasons limit scholarships cut back on the size of coaching staffs and further reduce the scope of recruiting Many who would feel the pinch of such measures contend the presidents are simply acting out of frustration brought about by drug and recruiting scandals which have recently plagued college athletics The meetings will take place only a few miles from Southern Methodist University where payments to athletes have led to the canceling of the school’s football program and even to cries for Impeachment of the governor of Texas for his role in the cost-cuttin- Forum" cost-cutti- two-da- cost-cutti- cost-cutti- ng scandal “The concern I have" said Brigham Young football coach Lavell Edwards “Is that people think football and football coaches are running amok I don’t think there is an appreciation rfbout what we have dime” There will be among the college presidents who will argue for every g proposal on the agenda but as the convention approached voices of moderation were being heard with more frequency Among them was that of Texas Christian University chancellor Dr William E Tucker a member of the presidents’s commission “Crusades without exception'’ Tucker said “run on high octane emotion are rather devoid of reason and kill the innocent as well as the guilty hard-line- rs cost-cuttin- newly-appoint- ed The forum is designed to be an discussion on the key questions in intercollegiate athletics and the initial salvos In the debate will take place Monday The proposals will be voted upon Tuesday Chancellor fra Michael Heyman of California-Berkele- y and Oklahoma University President Frank E Horton win the forum with speeches ed by the president of Shippensburg (Pa) University Anthony Ceddia and the president of Lawrence University Richard Warch At the recent College Football Association convention Penn State Coach Joe Paterno said he felt “intimidated” that four college presidents would be able to speak on the floor of the convention without a football coach being able to respond Paterno got his wish when Michigan football Coach Bo Schembechler was listed as one of the “respondents" along with Corrigan University of Texas women’s athletic director Donna Lopiano and University-of Virginia faculty representative Alan Williams “I think the general perception is that college athletics has problems” said Tucker whose school’s football team was placed on probation last year in a scandal “I think chief executive officers recognise that there are problems Otherwise there wouldn’t be a president’s commission “But I doubt the CEO’s are in a hanging mood I have a problem in concurring that athletics is amok I don’t think we need to tar every program that way What I think we have is a situation where everyone wants to address the problems — from the coaches to the presidents And that is certainly a good thing not a bad thing” th ng UPI NCAA president-elec- t "Common Dick Schultz ground can be found Athletics and academia will ultimately find harmony’’ Harmony however may take a beating on the floor of the convention Fervent rhetoric can be expected on such proposals as trimming the number of football scholarships from 95 to 90 and eliminating e a assistant football coach But a committee set up by the NCAA to ' ideas suggested that study football not be touched when it came to budgetary reduction “We didn’t touch football at all’’ said Notre Dame Athletic Director Gene Corrigan a member of the committee and full-tim- cost-cutti- play-for-p- ay 'The gun is pointed directly at our head’ — Lavell Edwards president of the American Football Coaches Association on problems fac-- t n g NCAA the - A quesDALLAS (UPI) tion and answer session with Brigham Young University Coach Lavell Edwards on the upcoming NCAA special convention Edwards is president of the American Football Coaches Association Q — What is your main concern in college athletics today? A — We have some major problems outwiththere drugs especially dealing and agents The gun is ted directly at our head concern I have is that there is an overall attitude that college football and college football coaches are running amok And that just is not true I don’t think there is an appreciation about what we have done One president I read said we have momentum to cap the Well the momentum has been capped I’ve been to every meeting of the College Football Association since the organisation was created and almost every significant recommendation coming from the coaches has been adopted The College Football Association is the only place where the coaches are heard They aren’t heard at the NCAA convention Q — What are the significant aspects of the special convention A — There is significant legislation especially dealing with the size of the coaching staff The coaches led the fight to have a workable plan concerning the size of staff and it was finally LaVell Edwards worked out that we would assise have nine tants Now we are back on the docket again and they are trying to cut that again You've got nine assistants and one head coach and you have 95 grant-in-ai-d players on your campus I don’t think there is another sport that has a ratio of 95 players for one coach And when you add a junior varsity schedule which we play that ratio is even higher So many positions are so full-tim- dissimilar in football Coaching a defensive lineman is quite a bit different than coaching a quarterback In basketball all you do is pass dribble and shoot Don’t get me wrong I’m not getting on basketball The point I’m making is that we’re a unique game and we have a higher ratio than any other sport Q — Are there any other See EDWARDS on page 24 NCAA proposals - DALLAS (UPI) Major proposals which will be voted during the NCAA Special ivention June — To establish a maximum playing season in all Division I sports and to reduce the number of playing dates in six sports — golf soccer tennis indoor track outdoor track and 29-3-0: six-mon- th volleyball To limit spring football to 20 practice in Division sessions of which only 15 may involve contact — To eliminate spring football practice in Division — To establish NCAA cham— I-- A I-- pionships in the fall for baseball softball tennis and golf and to permit schools to allow either the fall or spring as its championship season — To trim maximum number of men's scholarships in football from 95 to 90 in baseball from 13 to 12 in track from 14 to 13 in fencing from 5 to 4 in gymnastics from 7 to 6 in ice mickey from 20 to 17 in lacrosse from 14 to 12 in rifle from 4 to 3 in skiing from 7 to 6 in soccer from 11 to 10 in swimming from 11 to 10 in water polo from 5 to 4 and in wrestling from 11 to 10 trim maximum number of women’s scholarships in track from 16 to 13 in fencing from 5 to 4 in field hockey from 11 to 10 in golf from 6 to 5 in lacross from 11 to 10 in skiing — To See PLAN on page SPECIAL PURCHASE Mod In USA Tires For 85 Years! 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