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Call NOrmandy 2-3231 or Stop at any Greene's Plant for Information By TERRI FOUCHEY and BETSY MAHON Daily Sports Analysis Second in a Series The athletes' awareness of the basic context in which they are functioning extends into a deep insight regarding the specifics of behaviors encountered in and out of the athletic world. Today the athletes explain and define the roles in which they are placed and which they meet with- in the athletic world. One of the most widely held views by the average student is that athleties are a pampered, but highly restricted group. A sophomore baseball player of- fers this view. "For most teams, the restrictions should be left up to the coach, but the players should know them when they sign a tender. Also, a lot of guys feel restricted during their seasons because practice and games cut down on studying and social life, but baseball players don't be- cause school isn't in session." A former basketball player ex- presses the opinion that restric- tions aren t really the problem,- but what is behind them could constitute one. One states, "If you don't do what's expected then you can't play. That's the whole threat behind the rules- to play or not. You keep the rules because sitting on the bench only makes you more uptight." The restrictions on outward ap- pearance are accepted for the most part because the reasoning behind them has been made evi-. dent. A senior football player explains, "The public's view of hair influences Bo, so he just says, 'Let's not go to extremes."' Concerning the whole matter of restrictions another junior notes, "Football takes up at least two and a half hours per day. So it's ridiculous to say we're not re- stricted concerning the time ele- ment. Nobody likes to practice, but it's worth it when you win." A junior teammate summarizes the attitude. "It's not really re- stricting, but just asking that we make football the focal point of our attention." "We feel somewhat-restricted because they're giving us money. We can't quit or not show, be- cause it's equivalent to a job since we are getting paid in a way," a junior swimmer re- marks. "However, we almost de- cide what we want to do. So they're sort of natural restric- tions." This comment underlines the differences between a team and an individual sport. A junior trackman also points out this difference. "The coaches find out who they can trust to work out and whose back they have to keep on. Time restrictions for the most part, outside of practice, not set by coaches, but probably create some of the biggest problems. A junior hockey player attests to this fact. "Since we play in tour- naments over the holidays, we usually have to stay here for Christmas, which is when you really want to go home." Another view of the same situ- ation is presented by a junior football player. "After practic- ing, all you want to do is relax physically and mentally so there's a problem with loss of initiative regarding school." The attitude stated above un- derscores the whole position of the coaches as perceived by the players, concerning non-athletic views and activities.BAnother junior puts it into Bo's own words. "He tells us, 'Do any- thing you want as long as it doesn't interfere with football." Basically all the coaches ask is that a tendered athlete fulfill his part of the bargain. A junior sums up the preva- lent perception among the play- ers. "Bo sort of encourages us to be individuals. He only asks that we think the same as him in foot- ball. The rest of it is up to us." Some may think that athletes should have no problems with po- litical leanings, since they don't have any. A senior football play- er expresses the reason this con- ception has been built. "We may be apolitical, but we're not anti- political. A lot of us would have liked to have gone to Washing- sity, something could come up." The swimmer notes, "You are representing the university and you can't blatantly criticize the thought behind it." If restrictions become too over- whelming, boycott or strike is the first thought to enter the minds of some students. The athletes present several opinions regard- ing this method of combating oppression. Most are reasons why they do not think this is the proper tool. A junior football player states, "As far a strik- ing practice, it would be unfair to Bo, because it would be charg- "At first the coaches do give the guys on tender a harder look, because they've invested in them. However, after freshman ball, we even ourselves out and the coaches have seen what everybody can do. After that being on tender doesn't have much bearing on playing or not. -A junior football player ton for the moratorium, but we had a game, a responsibility to the university." A junior adds, "The coaches impress upon us to watch what we do and say because it could be misconstrued." The limits athletes themselves place on political expression are stated by a senior hockey player. "The coaches should not inter- fere if you're involved politically as long as you're playing to the best of your ability and not hurt- ing the team in any way." A junior football player and a - junior swimmer offer some other reasons why athletes are apoliti- cal. The football player says, "The university doesn't feel too good about having mistakes pointedaout and they're the peo- ple who make the rules govern- ing scholarships. If you protest Vietnam, they'll probably over- look it; but against the Univer- CAMPUS 1213 S. University NO 3-3016 WESTS IDE 1940 W. Stadium NO2-2543 I For the student body: LEVI'S CORDUROY Slim Fits..... (All Colors) Bells .........$8. P.S. BY THE WAY, we notice that some other shops around town are offering the Greene's Handi-Hamper i d e a. 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Concerning internal matters, another junior explains why a strike isn't likely. "There hasn't been one because the demands on us aren't that great to put up a drastic protest. They're not abusing us in any way." "I imagine most people would quit the system first," says ano- ther junior player, "if it got to the point that a boycott was necessary." Three seniors emphasize ath- letic solidarity. A black basket- ball player notes, "We realize the power we have. If the foot- ball team sees something'wrong, we'll back them up, just as all black students will." A white football player com- ments, "On the day after Martin Luther King was assassinated the blacks wanted to boycott practice, and went to talk to Bump about cancelling it. Bump cancelled it, but if he hadn't, the white guys would have boycotted, too." The topic of athletic solidar- ity and black-white relations is summed up by a black football player. "Here blacks and whites go their own ways, but that's becaues we grew up in dif- ferent places and have differ- ent interests. However, we us- ually could get together to do something." Be that something winning a football game or the coach over to the players' view- point. Another possible area for con- flict between teammates is the fact that not all team members are on tenders. A senior foot- ball player tells how this situa- tion is viewed by athletes on and not on scholarships. "We know fa u its there are really no differencs between ourselves. Usually on the field you strip away all bias- es or protections people have. We take the attitude, 'It's just you and me out there and you've got to talk to me like a man.' " A junior describes the basic position most walk-ons encount- er when they first try out. "At first the coaches do give t h e guys on tender a harder 1 o o k, because they've invested in them. However, after freshman ball, we even ourselves ou t, and the coaches have seen what everybody can do. After t h a t being on tender doesn't have much bearing on playing or not." The attitude of the walk-ons is expressed by a former basket- ball player who started out as such himself. "As far as walk- ons go, oftentimes a person gets really psyched out. He already has an image of the scholarship athlete' in his head and thinks such a person must be tremend- ous." The "scholarship athletes", on the other hand, give the s a m e assessment of the walk-on. A junior footballer explains, "If a guy's not on tender and is good, you respect him. He's putting in the time and putting out when he doesn't have to." Another junior, who was a walk-on, when asked if he would continue to play if he knew he had no chance to start and didn't need the scholarship stat- ed what is probably the reason- ing behind the walkon's venture, "I probably would keep going to practice, etc. although there's no rational reason why I should. I suppose because I like it." Perhaps one reason why ath- letes show a surprising aware- ness of their status is that for the most part they understand the factors which play a big role in determining precisely what that status will be. The problems of coaches are passed onto the players if only in the form of cognizance on the players' parts. A junior football player states what appears to be the biggest obstacle to coaches solving the dilemma mentioned previously by Schembechler. "Football is out of the hands of the players and coaches. It's controlled by alumni and others Since this is the case, we no longer go out there to play, win and have fun. It's to the point that we can't lose. We shouldn't have a sour taste in our mouths if we lose to a better team, but pressure makes it so." A fellow junior points to ano- ther form of pressure. "The alumni try to put on a lot of pressure especially regarding the treatment of black athletes. Also, they feel if a team isn't winning the number of blacks being recruited should be de- creased." A former basketball player puts this impression of coaches as master psychologists in another perspective. "Coaches aren't out to pimp someone, but his judg- ment could be wrong and he cited won't give much chance to someone he dislikes. The human factors always come into play." The human factor of listening is an extremely important one in the player's opinion as a sen- ior football player states, "We're treated as individuals. If some of us don't go for something, we feel we can tell the coach about it and all of us will see what can be done. Overall, play- ers are beginning to have more say. Coaches are realizing that just because you win one way M doesn't mean that there isn't a better way, and the players might have some ideas on a better method." When faced with the coaches' job of selecting and governing tendered athletes, the athletes put forth several suggestions for making the system of mutual ex- ploitation a little more profit- able for their side. A senior swimmer suggests the possibly easiest alternative to enact throughout all sports. "For the minor sports the sys- tem here is good. The scholar- ship money isn't concentrated on just a few stars, but is spread over several full and partial scholarships. Two junior football players present another possible addition to the "contract" between t h e athlete and the department. "The program should be set up to guarantee a degree. This might mean paying for an ex- tra term in some cases. In some ways the department is oblig'at- ed for it because of the time factor involved in varsity parti- cipation." , His fellow adds, "It's a good idea because if you don't have the extra term as part of the scholarship and are suddenly faced with footing the whole bill it's hard to make ends meet. Other scholarships are impos- sible to get because people think that if you haven't made it on a full ride . .. Bargaining for the inaugura- tion of requests is a normal business procedure, one which the majority of athletes heart- ily endorse. However, this is about the limit they would place on the adoption of business practices. A junior trackman states the prevailing sentiment. "If you have a situation where you're threatened with loss of scholarship if you d o n't produce, then the whole col- legiate athletic establishment W would really be a business." The direction aivay from be- coming nothing but a business is offered by a senior football play- er. "Concerning loss of the scholarship; there's just no way. If a guy got it, he kept it, and I just make a mistake. It all comes down to judgment and I'd have to judge a personebefore I gave it to him." Daily Official Bulletin (Continued from Page 2) Project Medusa: preliminary desigP of earth synchronous communications satellite for state of Alaska, Chrysler Ctr. Aud., 7 p.m. sch. of Music: University Philhar- monia, T. 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