The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, February 13,1979-Page 11
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Tangled
Up In
~ - Blue
by Henry Engelhardt
Title IXforecast ..
..a new outlook for sports
WAS BUSY over the kitchen sink the other day when I thought of the sim-
ilarities between hockey and washing pots and pans: You can't be afraid
to use elbow power when you get in the corners.
A different other day a good friend and I got into a shouting match over
the question of whether Michigan has won a national championship in any
sport since we began school here four years ago.
The argument centered around the UPI final basketball poll of 1977, in
which Michigan was rated number one. But after the poll came out,
Michigan lost to North Carolina-Charlotte and Marquette won the NCAA
tournament. Was Michigan national champ?
Almost 90 million people watched the Super Bowl.
Don Canhan says that the average Michigan football fan'spends $20-25
in Ann Arbor on football weekends, not including the cost of a ticket.
Americans jog umpteen miles a day.
There is Wide World of Sports, Sports Spectacular, aggressive hockey,
Superstars, Challenge Cup, doubleheaders, game of the week, zillions of
shoes for running, jumping, polo, bowling, wrestling, eating, sleeping,
recreating, procreating, step right up ladies and gentlemen, participate in it,
watch it, read it, listen to it, then hurry home to catch the replay ...
Dunk it, throw it, catch it, whing it, backhand it, jam it, cram it, roll it,
whack it, kick it, score!, put it up, score!, put it in, score!, ad infinitum, ad
absurdum ...
Sports. It is millions and millions of dollars. 'It's not Arabs against
Israelis, it's people wearing funny little suits calling themselves Wolverines
or Express playing similarly attired folk called Spartans or Rowdies or
Goof ies or whatever.
You are not concerned that auto emissions increase the chances of skin
cancer when you are caught up'in a game, whether you are at it, in it or it
comes like magic via satellite from some other world.
Sports has pervaded every crack and crevice, every nook and the vast
majority of crannies in our culture. We think about it when washing
dishes, we argue about it with friends.
i is as if all those mvisile runners on third we invented as kids are
moving about, keeping us healthy on a numerical'diet from their statistical
garden that nurtures earned'runs, batting averages, golf handicaps, swim
times, horse race fractions, TV times, ticket prices, racquetball court reser-
vation phone numbers and on and on and on ...
Overshadowed amidst this vast sea comprising sports culture is Title
IX, guidelines for federal funds, a tidal wave on the horizon.
Through Title IX the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has
turned to sports to alter the mentality of a society.
Title IX is HEW's way of breaking down traditional role stereotypes.
HEW writes: "Education is expected to anticipate the evolution of
society and to provide the present generation of students with the knowledge
and skills which will be needed by the individuals and the society of the
future.
"Our education institutions have generally been more effective in tran-
smitting the experience of the past and contributing to social continuity than
in anticipating the needs of students for the future. In so doing, they have also
functioned to perpetuate existing inequities and discriminations."
Title IX involves all aspects of education, but the most controversy has
centered around equalizing women's sports with men's, in terms of par-
ticipation, benefits, treatment and money.
Part of the problem lies in the role women are perceived to fit in today's
society. HEW studies reveal that as both boys and girls progress through
school, their opinions of boys become higher and their opinions of girls gets
lower.
Another study found that"although women make better high school
grades than men, they are less likely to believe that they have the ability to do
college work." Not only are men brainwashed into thinking of women as in-
ferior, but so are women!
But this attempt at what, could be a delightful revolution is presently in a
state of chaos.
Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham has captured a number of
headlines recently over his concern with Title IX.
To set the record straight, Canham is not opposed to equalizing men and
women in athletics. "The bill itself is fine," he said. "I don't think anyone is
against Title IX."
If the bill were to stand as it looks today, Canham feels many colleges
would have to cut out minor sports, for both sexes, and cut back on revenue-
producing sports.
"HEW is saying we will have to spend equal money in proportion,"
Canham said. "Say you spend $100,000 on 100 men, well, if you have 50
women, you have to spend $50,000, ($1,000 per person) same as the men.
Eventually the numbers (of participants) will become even and then we'll
have to spend $100,000 for both."
In Canham's budget $1.5 million is expended on football, but it provides
$5 million in revenues. Canham feels he could not balance the books if he was
forced to spend $15 million on, say, women's field hockey.
Canham is also upset at the lack of consistency in HEW policy. He hears
Secretary Joseph Califano saying 'don't worry about it, it won't be a factor,'
but he reads the present regulations which say differently. "Califano can't
last forever," Canham says, eye to the future.
HEW has also released guidelines, but, due to protest, rescinded them
and brought them back to the shop for further work. The last release was on
December 6, but a new improved version is expected sometime during the
first weekstof March.
Canham really feels sorry for those schools where the revenue
producing sports are losing money. If a school is losing $50,000 on its football
program, then current rules would force it to lose another $50,000 in women's
athletics.'
As a reasonable solution, Canham would like sports to be separated:
revenue and non-revenue. Men's golf teams would get the same money as
women's golf teams, etc. But women's basketball, if it turned a profit, would
not be forced to split such profit in equal proportion with men's basketball.
My purpose in voicing Canham as sole authority on the subject is not for
his PR purposes, but to open him up, as director of the most financially suc-
cessful athletic department in the country, show his stance and .allow the
public to make their own conclusions.
The effects of Title IX may not
be immediate, but it lays the
foundation for visible evolution of
our culture.
In closing my final column as a
Michigan Daily staff member, I
hope the chaos and hitches
surrounding the funding of Title.
IX do not prevent it from servingT
its purpose. Social equality is
more important than college
athletics.
athletics.t
SPOR TS OF THE DAIL Y:
Knicks trade 'Big Mac' to Celtics
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK-The New York Knicks
have traded high-scoring forward Bob
McAdoo to the Boston Celtics for three
first-round draft choices, the National
Baketball Association team announced
yesterday.
"Bob McAdoo is a great player and a
fine person, but we haven't been win-
ning may games," said Sonny Wer-
blin, president of Madison Square Gar-
den Corp., which owns the Knicks.
"WE HAVE BEEN seeking to make a
deal for some time, but nobody has of-
fered us any players of any substance,"
said Werblin. "We also found ourselves
having no first-round draft choices. We
have now put ourselves in a position to,
rebuild the team and perhaps make
more trades this season and next."
Boston is to deliver the No. 1 choices
of Golden State and Seattle, as well as
the Celtics top pick, to the Knicks for
McAdoo, the three-time NBA scoring
champion. Boston owned the Golden
State and Seattle choices as a result of
earlier transactions. ,t
New York's own first-round choice
went to the SuperSonics in a trade for
Spencer Haywood in 1975. Haywood
subsequently was sent to New Orleans
in December in a trade for center Joe C.
Meriweather. The Knicks also owned
the New Jersey Nets' No. 1 pick as part
of the territorial compensation set-
tlement when the Nets moved from
Long Island. But that pick was turned
over to Seattle as part of the compen-
sation for signing free agent Marvin
Webster prior to the start of the 1978-79
season.
THE McADOO swap was negotiated
by Werblin and Celtics co-owners John
Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian. Word
of the trade took lower echelon em-
ployees of both organizations by sur-
prise.,
Werblin apparently decided the deal
was necessary to begin rebuilding of
the Knicks, who have drifted through a
disappointing, sub-.500 season. The
Celtics, meanwhile, have staged a spurt
in the last two weeks and are hopeful of
Although the, university delayed a
formal announcement until an after-
noon news conference, the selection
was reported earlier by other sources
and confirmed by Bellard, who
resigned as Texas A&M coach during
the 1978 season.
IN CONFIRMING he had received
Gymnasts flatten IU'
By LEE KATTERMAN
The Michigan men's gymnastics team traveled to Bloomington, Indiana
this past weekend to collect their fourth dual meet victory of the season,
beating the Hoosiers, 207.75-203.80.
The Blue tumblers started strong, taking the top three places in the floor
exercise. Senior Jim Varilek paced the field with a 9.3. All-around perfor-
mers Nigel Rothwell and Bruce Schuchard tied for second with a pair of
8.9.'s.
A weak showing on the side horse by the Wolverines put them behind by
just over a point. But Michigan regained the lead and their momentum on
the still rings, with sophomore Darrell Yee's 9.15, good for second place.
Michigan clinched the victory by going 1-2 on the last two events. Roth-
well was first on parallel bars at 9.25, followed by Gordon Higman's 9.0. On
high bar it was co-captians Rothwell and Bob Creek sharing top honors, as
each scored 9.3.
Pointing out that Indiana was one of top six teams in the country, coach!
Newt Loken said, "I was thoroughly pleased with our performance."
Next Saturday the Wolverines will be in Terre Haute to face Indiana
State.
the job, Bellard said, "I've got one staff
member for certain, Melvin Robertsorn
and he's a dandy." Robertson has been
assistant defensive coordinator at
Texas A&M.
Bellard said he would install a 4-3
defense at Mississippi State and in-
dicated he would move star outside
linebacker Johnny Cooks to a middle
linebacking post; He used the 4-3 defen-
se with success at Texas A&M.
The 48-year-old Bellard, who will
replace Bob Tyler as head coach for the
Bulldogs, resigned as athletic director
and head coach at Texas A&M in mid-
season on 1978.
Bellard had a 48-27 record in 6
seasons with the Aggies and led them to
three bowl games. He resigned after
A&M lost two consecutive games,
saying he was told he would not be
rehired for the 1979 season.
Any takers?
CHICAGO-Charles 0. Finley has
found a manager, Jim Marshall, but still
no buyer for his Oakland A's.
"There's a possibility that I may
have to operate the club myself in
Oakland and I couldn't wait any longer.
We start spring training Feb. 23,"u
Finley said from his home here in
discussing the announcement, made
Sunday, that Marshall would fill the
managing vacancy.
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overtaking the Knicks and Nets to
reach the playoffs.
Coaching change
STAR VILLE, Miss.-Former Texas
A&M Coach Emory Bellard accepted
the head football coaching job at
Mississippi State University yesterday.
The Daily Sports Staff is pleased to announce next year's newly elected
senior editors:
Sports Editor ..................................Geoff Larcom
Executive Editor...............:............ Billy Sahn
Managing Editor..........................Billy Neff
Managing Editor.........................."Dan Perrin
At the- same time, we'd like to say goodbye to the departing senior
editors, who have done an outstanding job in carrying on Daily Sports
tradition:
Sports Editort....e........... .y......'n.......wBob Miller
Executive Editor............. .........Paul Campbell
Executive Editor............. ..........Cub Schwartz
Executive Editor ..........................Henry Engelhardt
Mxecutive Editor ..............................Rick Maddock
Executive Editor ...............................Ernie Dunbar
And we can't forget the senior night editors who will be leaving their
posts at the end of the term:
Dave Renbarger, Gary Kicinski, Brian Martin, Bran Miller, Jamie
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Daily Photo by BRAD BENJAMIN
MICHIGAN GYMNASTS Bruce Schuchard on vault and Darrell Yee on rings
display finessee in their respective events in a meet held at Crisler Arenaearlier
this season. The tumblers' victory last weekend at Indiana brought their dual
meet season record to 4-2.
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