The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, February 13,1979-Page 11 . t 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. 1 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 GO LIBELS! .prsEior.......................... ........le .xcuiv Editor. *. *''***..**...............................................................Pa lC m b l .Executive Editor. ..'* .*..'*.. ........................ .........rt .-xecutive.Edit......:M:'......,....... ...............RcMadk PLAY CUPID! 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