TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rAuz.N Za TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1907 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rALiL NINZ the kitchen cynic RICK STERN PHILOSOPHY OF SPORTS: I The Rightists Take Over This column is the first in a series which attempts to define and con- sider some key issues and problems in intercollegiate athletics today. Most everything in the world, say the social scientists, operates on a continuum. Thus,it seems only logical to begin a discussion of the problems, features, and structural aspects of intercollegiate athletics by discussing such a continuum. The continuum which is most generally relevant to college sports is, I believe, the line which connects amateur and professional. At one end is the time honored, idealized motto: "its not who wins, but how you play that counts," at the other end is the "win at all costs" model which seems to be becoming increasingly favored as the con- temporary viewpoint. The extreme example of one end is high school sports, once the standard bearer of non-professional "do-goodism," and at the other end is professional athletics, where it is simply worth more money to win, very literally "win at all costs." It doesn't take a sociologist either, to point out that the t trend in .our society today seems to be from left to right, in terms of college sports. Take a look at Michigan. Forty years ago there was no such thing as an athletic scholarship, there was no recruitment of high school athletes, there were no special bene- fits for athletes, the athletic department employed only 4-6 men, and there was no admission charge for collegiate events. In fact, as recently as eight years ago, Michigan students did not have to pay a single cent even to watch the football team. Take a look at today. Michigan's athletic department gives away $500,000 annually in athletic scholarships. There are 35 to 40 full time athletic department employes. Michigan coaches spend up to 50 per cent of their salaried time tracing and chasing high school athletes. Students now pay $14 to watch six football games and up to $21 more for sports like basketball and hockey. Athletes receive discounts at local restaurants and clothing stores. They also receive free tutoring and their academic load is controlled and minimized by coaches to what might be considered an unreasonable extent. (It was the job of a former Wolverine football coach to "counsel" incoming freshmen, regarding their course assignments. One fresh- man football player told me that two years ago he had been far more interested in a lit school program, but that this coach told him that if he came here he would have to enroll in (physical) ed ehool.) But before you go jumping up and down in uncontrollable rage at the above "revelations," let's take time to get a per- spective of the whole situation. Michigan, in fact, lies somewhere in the middle of the continuum as a whole. There are things going on in Tuscaloosa, East Lansing, Carbondale, and even Ypsilanti, that make Michigan's program look retarded. At Alabama, athletes live in a multi-million dollar dormitory, drive expensive cars, get extra years of eligibility almost at will, and may go four years without opening a book. True, this conception of athletics has achieved almost mythological status in the NBC era, but it is nonetheless a legend based on fact. There is also a left hand extreme on the continuum. The Ivy League plus certain notable independents like the University of Chicago are in this class. The Ivy League maintains the same academic standards for athletes and students, gives no athletic scholarships and provides athletes with no extra financial or spiritual benefits whatsoever. It cannot be denied that the purpose of such programs is to win, but the "at all costs," philosophy has been eliminated, or toned down greatly. The example of Chicago is especially interesting and use- ful because it is one of only two or three in the whole 2,000 in which the flowing from left to right has been halted, and then reversed. Robert M. Hutchins, President of the University in the thirties, decided that he did not like the influence that the Stagg field exploits were having on the academic reputation of the school. In 1939, he abolished varsity football and shortly thereafter Chicago also withdrew from the Big Ten, which Hutchins felt was becoming oriented to an unpleasant extent toward the "win at all costs" line. The result of this drastic "evolutionary reversal" is also interest- ing. The athletic program at Chicago today remains totally in the amateur tradition that Hutchins had pointed toward. Yet the per- centage of undergraduates directly- participating in the intercol-. legiate sports program is more than twice as high as at any Big Ten institution. And the program produces winning teams in sports such as track, swimming, and basketball with remarkable consistency. I don't mean to imply that Chicago is to be patted on the back for this achievement. One school's program is not "better" than another's because it is more amateur. It all depends on the philosophy which an individual school chooses or is forced to choose. * Duke is to the right of Princeton but to left of Michigan. Cin- cinnati is to the right of Michigan but to the left of Alabama, and Michigan State is to the right of Cincinnati. Minnesota seems right in the middle, comparable to Michigan while Northwestern is quite clearly to the left of any other Big Ten institution. Thus we see that even in the same intercollegiate conference there are very great differences in degree of sports professionalization. But even con- ferences as a whole seem to undergo a gradual evolution from left to right. why is a school "professional" or "amateur" in its orienta- tion? What are some of the pressures, and beliefs, which cause a school to be the way it is and do they come from the inside or outside? The next installment will examine these questions. Ii. Brow By JOEL BLOCK The Wolverines lost their grid- iron war with undefeated Indiana Saturday on a last quarter touch- down drive by the Hoosiers. They lost their war, true enough, but quarterback Denny Brown won his fight to become a starter. Not only did Brown win a start- ing job, but he also broke a couple of records to boot. His total of 61 plays broke Minnesota halfback Paul Giel's Big Ten record for uTop most plays in a single game, 53. The little guy from Lincoln Park smashed All-American quar- terback Bob Griese's single game total offense record of 317 yards which he set last year against Illinois. Brown scampered for 127 yards and passed for 211 more for a total of 338. Brown's coach, offensive back- field coach Hank Fonde, explain- ed his record-breaking perform- ance this way, "The key to Den- ny's great success was the sur- GRID Smt Total Offense prise factor. They weren't ready for the type of football he likes to play." Unlike v e t e r a n quarterback senior Dick Vidmer who started the first four games of the sea- son, Brown likes to run with the ball. "Denny has entirely differ- ent skills from 'Vid,'" says Fonde. "Dick is a pass first, run second quarterback while Denny will run the ball immediately if he sees a hole." To take advantage of Brown's I Record Pro Standings I I NFL Eastern Conference Capitol Division W L T Pct. Pts.C JECTIONS I Dallas 5 1 0 .833 127 11 Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 154 14 Washington, 2 2 2 .500 54 14 New Orleans 0 6 0 .000 74 16 Century Division St. Louis 4 2 0 .667 184 1 Cleveland 4 2 0 .667 135 8 New York 3 3 0 .500 170 18 Pittsburgh 1 5 0 .167 34 14 Wesern Conference Central Division W L T Pet. Ptsj O Green Bay 4 1 1 .800 135s7 Detroit 2 3 I .400 120 11 Chicago 2 4 0 ,333 57 10 Minnesota 2 4 0 .333 57 1G Coastal Division Baltimore 4 0 2 1.000 175 9 San Francisco 5 1 0 .833 154 13 Los Angeles 3 1 2 .750 177 1 Atlanta 0 5 1 .000 68 iE Sunday's Results Detroit 24, Atlanta 3 Baltimore 20, Minnesota 20, tie Cleveland 24, Chicago 0 Dallas 24, Pittsburgh 21 Green Bay 48, New York 21 San Francisco 27, New Orleans 13 St. Louis 48, Philadelphia 14 Washington 28, Los Angeles 28, tie OP 8 X69 44 .67 37 87 A7 The Daily Sport staff has always been one to initiate changes, and they've done it again. In case you're totally mystified by the three dots following Michigan and Indiana, it's not really a diabolical scheme to prevent last week's winner, Mark Crocker of Markley, from winning again. No it's just a style change to give everyone a place to write in the score that could decide who gets the free pizzas an'* theatre tickets. THIS WEEK'S GAMES running skills, the Wolverine coaching staff put great emphasis on two key plays in their pre- game offensive arsenal. The first was the quarterback roll-out option pass. When the Hoosier defenders stayed back to guard Wolverine receivers, Brown popped through the available holes. When they came up to stop the run, he snapped off 10 and 15 yard passes to end Jim Ber- line (seven catches) and halfback John Gabler (10 receptions). The second key offensive play geared to Brown was the delayed quarterback sneak. The Wolver- ine offensive coaching staff sus- pected that the Indiana defense would be keying on halfback Ron Johnson after his 274-yard per- formance in the Navy game, so they decided to run a play using Johnson as a decoy. On the hike, Brown took one step backward and faked the same pitchout 'to Johnson that went for two TD jaunts against Navy. "After the two linebackers were impressed out of the hole by the fake, Brown stepped right back into it for good yardage," Fonde said. Brown was not the only reserve to win a starting spot in the heartbreaking Indiana g a m e; sophomore halfback John Gabler could find solace in his 10 recep- tions for 101 yards. "John has had leg problems since the begin- OP 79 .13 102 02 91 133 08 181 1. MICHIGAN ... at Minnesota 12. ... (score) 12. 2. Northwestern at Wisconsin 13. 3. Illinois at Ohio State 14. 4. Purdue at Iowa 15. 5. MSU at Notre Dame 16. 6. Indiana at Arizona 17. 7. Alabama at Clemson 18. 8. Stanford at Army 19. 9. Baylor at Texas A&M 20. 10. Washington at California Oklahoma St. at Colorado Houston at Mississippi LSU at Tennessee Oklahoma at Missouri Nebraska at TCU Oregon at Southern Cal. Vanderbilt at Florida Duke at North Carolina St. Penn St. at Syracuse Augsburg at Gustavus Adolphus -Daily-Robert Sheffield DENNIS BROWN, MICHIGAN'S scampering quarterback, is grabbed by the jugular vein by Jerry Grecco (60) of Indiana during Saturday's game. Fortunately for the Wolverines, Brown has long since unleashed a pass. Halfback John Gabler (18) is also shown doing his part by carrying out a fake which has the Hoosier's Nate Cunningham (22 in white) fooled. ning of the season and he's just Brown has sewn up the quarter- gotten back in shape," says Fonde. backing duties, Fonde replied, "He's a very determined runner "Nothing's ever sewn up on this when he's got the ball in his team, but he's got the job until hands." somebody takes it away from When asked if this means him." AFL EasternDivision W L T Pct. 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