THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY llsa rtr w THE MICHIGAN flAtlY A -~ PAUL NQiE Michigan's Plant Elected NCAA Head By HOWARD KOHN Marcus Plant, professor of law at Michigan and faculty repre- sentative to the Big Ten board of directors; was elected president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) yesterday. Plant, attending the NCAA con- vention in Houston, Texas, could not be reached for comment. Plant succeeds Colgate Universi- ty athletic director Everett (Ep- pie) Barnes to the two-year term. Election of the bespectacled pro- fessor, who has been an active pro- ponent of freshman competition'in Big Ten sports, comes at a crucial point in the five-year-old track vendetta between the NCAA and the Amateur Athletic Union /(AAU). Where There's Smoke Another flareup in the feud is expected at the Feb. 10 track and field meet in Madison Square Gar- den. Graduate students who wish to compete in the meet, sponsored by the United States Field and Track Federation in conjunction with the NCAA, may incur AAU and possible Olympic suspensions if they do not apply for an AAU card. MARCUS PLANT Walter Byers of Kansas City, a leading figure in the feud, was re- tained as executive director of the NCAA. Ernest McCoy of Penn State was named to succeed Fran- cis Smiley of the Colorado School of Mines as secretary-treasurer. The NCAA and AAU have war- red over two basic issues since the inception of the USTFF in Octo- ber, 1961: 1) Free competition in insights and insults CHUCK VETZNER Pro Football and Capital's Capital Look! Down in the Los Angeles Coliseum. It's a football game. It's Fort Knox. It's SUPER BOWL! More lucrative than a federal housing loan. Wealthier than John Paul Getty. And able to leap Congressional monopoly laws in a single bound. And what, disguised as a mild-mannered climax to a great metropolitan sport, fights a never ending battle for profit, deceptive- ness, and the American way? Hey, Baby, it's SUPER BOWL .. . "Ten days till SUPER BOWL." "Only eight days till the greatest sports events since the opening of the San Francisco 'Mint--SUPER BOWL." In six days the whole country, including the First National Bank, will be watching the SUPER BOWL." "See who wins the world's first financial championship. See the SUPER BOWL. Only four days away." Only two days till Super Sunday. The day inflation has been waiting an eternity to see." All right everyone. Stop drooling on me. I know you're all an- xious to watch this important game which once and for all will determine whether Kansas City, Mo. or Green Bay, Wis., will become heir to the Midwest Stock Exchange. This is the battle for the Capital of our country. And leave Washington, D.C., out of it. The Redskins only finished fifth. What a battle. It's almost as good as a gas station price war. The best- player of the game gets to. have his face qn the twenty dollar bill. There's been word that Pete Rozelle is even going to write a special introduction to the next edition of Samuelson. First we had monetary policy. Then fiscal policy. Now we have rubber bladder policy. It puts Keynes back in the bush leagues. Forget about supply and demand curves. Pro football has a new theory. The more games you play, the more you make. Of course there are always a few grumblers, but people must realize that what's good for pro football is good for America. Like fli there was the time when the NFL played after President Ken- nedy's assassination. This showed how man must continue to exist even in the face of sorrow. It also showed that the NFL didn't think much about sorrow when there was money around. Football has also been clever enough to have television black outs when the game is within helicopter distance of the stadium. A few people have become so irked about this that they have decided ' to sue the pros, Undoubtedly these selfish souls will lose their case. If it weren't for these blackouts, some of the lousy teams in the league might not sell out all their standing room tickets. But ;football has really made its mark by the recent merger and common draft. Happily Congress approved the move because football isn't really a business. And it deserves special treatment. This was a wise move indeed. Football is not at all like a business. No corporation has such a great deal. The only com- petition for the NFL is with its subsidiary. You'll even hear the president of American Motors make that claim. You won't even hear the President of the United States say it. As a result the pros are getting a bit smug. They think the Trust Busters were a sandlot team led by some tubby quarterback named Roosevelt. I guess everybody still believes Sir Walter Scott's idea that "Life is only a football gamde." The only' trouble is that pro football thinks Cornelius Vanderbilt and Adam Smith knew more about life than anyone else, the country on holding track meets and 2) the right of American ath- letes to choose the organization they wish to represent after grad- uation from college. The Argument The AAU maintains that gradu- ates can compete only if they ob- tain AAU permits and that only AAU track and field champions should be eligible for the Olympic games. Vice-Presdinet Hubert Hum- phrey appointed a mediation board, headed by noted labor arbi- trator Ted Kheel of New York, in December, 1965, in an effort to achieve settlement. The board warded off an impending explo- sion last November but has been unable to extinguish smoldering undercurrents. However, at yesterday's meet- ing, NCAA directors tabled pro- posals to reply to AAU suspension threats. In addition, they also tabled Michigan State Coach Duffy Daugherty's suggestion that the "NCAA take opinination out of the football polls by establishing a post-season playoff between six major college conference cham- pions and two independents." Daugherty's plan called for a three-week tournament to deter- mine a national champion. Vic Stout of BostonAUniversity, a mem- ber of the NCAA executive com- mittee, argued that "the details could be worked out and that col- lege football could set up its own Super Bowl," but other members felt the present bowl system would be disastrously mained by the idea. On Wednesday, the NCAA re- buffed the Ivy League and other East Coast Colleges for their at- tempt to eliminate the 1.6 rule which puts a minimum on aca- demic requirements for competi- tion in intercollegiate athletics. With other proposals acted upon, they: A Defeated a move to limit scholarships to one or two years, with renewals as warranted. Grants in aid now may be given for four years. Ruled that colleges must spec- ify whether, they intend to com- pete exclusively in the university or college small divisions. In the past some colleges have competed in both. O Tabled a motion to extend the period of pre-season football prac- tice. . " Voted down a proposal that the number of football players to be suited for any game be limit- ed to 35. The number is now governed by individual conferenc- es. (Paid Political Advertisement) JERRY DUPONT, Democrat for City Council (Law '67) Register now at City Hall VOTE APRIL 3 * * * * 7* 7[ Bus/geleers Bra w Together In Defeat By JOEL BLOCK If you judged Tuesday night's Michigan-Wisconsin basketball game solely by the score, the Wolverines are in bad shape. Their 98-90 loss to the lowly-rated Badgers coupled with a 93-73 rout by Northwestern last Saturday left them in last place tie in the Big Ten. But the game proved no excep- tion to Ben Frankiin's trite adage that every cumulus has its lining silver-plated. "This is the first time we've played like a team this year," commented Wolverine coach Dave Strack. "I think the boys finally realized what its going to take to be a winning team." Sophomore One thing which drew the Wolverines together was the ab- sence of sophomore forward Den- nis Stewart, regarded by most ob- servers as the teams hottest shooter-when he's on. When you're missing yourw'Big Gun,' only a team effort will keep the score close. Stewart's suspension was, in reality, no suspension at all. At 3:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon be- fore the game in Madison, Strack found out that there were some irregularities in Stewart's aca- demic standing and he conse- quently prohibited Stewart from playing until the matter was cleared up. 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It was't that The first half saw Michigan only thing that happened was an way Dave hustled and also with they were getting position on us being whistled for 16 personal administrative mistake with Ste- his outside jumper." but rather that they would go to fouls, a condition which changed wart's academic records." McClellan took only nine shots they c u ge co the codleion ofith gae McClellan Stars from the field but made. five of the board for two c: three con- the complexion of the game.. The Tc'lellan Star from tfiel but madeefiveeofsecutive tips before finally put- Wolverines were forced to change CThe 6'6" forward will be eligible them for a .555 percentage. ting the ball in the basket or else f to play in the Illinois game at Big Weakness paing out fr other outsde from a pressure man-to-man de- Champagne o aud i epsm out for another outside Champagne on Saturday-if he The Wisconsin game pointed out shot," said Strack. fense to a 1-2-2 defense. can nudge replacement sophomore o alarin weakness which the * Dave McClellan out of a starting spot. McClellan, a 6'4" jumping jack out of Toledo, Ohio, got his first starting nod just a few hours be- fore the game and responded with 11 points and eight rebounds be- fore he fouled out with three and a half minutes left in the game. Strack praised McClellan's per- Wolverines will have to contend with if they are going to be any kind of threat in the Big Ten this year. 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