J Pcge Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, October 1, 1970 / It's Here!. / -= -. Perfume: $8, 16,27.50, 5m- Cologne: $6.50, 10. - ToiletWater; $8.50. :r '-- '\- C ,amdeis a rus hof emotion, the hearts message oif lov. Sy a Chamade. By Guerlain. , BAY GUIDES JOCKS M athletes hit the, By JOHN PAPANEK Way back before the glory days of college sports, a football or baseball game was simply a way of relaxing on a Sunday afternoon and forgetting the academic .pres- sures of the week, for players and spectators alike. Sometimes teams' would form, made up of the school's best players, and venture 20 or 30 miles to challenge nearby colleges. EVENTUALLY, colleges began to try to persuade exceptional local high school athletes to enroll, in hopes of fielding more powerful teams. But their first responsibil- ities were to be as students, and on weekends they would become athletes. Well, times have changed. Ath- letic departments have grown from miniscule to immense bureaucratic hierarchies. Today, colleges from Southern Cal to Slippery R o c k think nothing of flying a high school star thousands of miles to. wine him and dine him and set him up with the sexiest of cheer- leaders. Often his academic qual- ifications (or lack of them) are overlooked - purposely. The first concern is to get the kid to sign a letter of intent and thehnext worry is a potential3 coaches' nightmare: keep the kid eligible to play. Hare at Michigan, that job falls upon the shoulders of Rick Bay, the head of athletic counselling who doubles as varsity wrestling coach. Bay sees the only justifica- tion for his office as being the tre- mendously heavy extracurricular schedule undertaken by Michigan athletes. One of Bay's problems is mak- ing sure that no athlete's aca- demic schedule clashes with his practice schedule, but this worry is a minor one. His two biggest concerns are making sure that players remain eligible and that they graduate. UNLIKE many of his counter- parts around the country, B a y feels thatfouryears of playing a sport are wasted if the player does not graduate,i and says, "I don't care if he has every trophy in the book, including the Heis- man; if he doesn't have that sheepskin he has nothing." He feels that since the athlete has such a huge obligation to pay to the university, his department has an equally large one to pay to the athlete. "This type of of- fice is becoming more and more predominant. The athletic depart- ment has an obligation to make sure that athletes graduate. We don't use any nickel-dime courses to get them through. Michigan is far and above anyone else in the Big Ten as far as graduating ath- letes in a four-year period." From 1966 through 1969, Michigan has graduated 70 per cent of its ath- letes. Among Big Ten schools, that figure for a single year has dip- ped to as low as 10 percent. Also, unlike many athletic coun- sellors, Bay arranges the priorities of education and athletics in the following order: "Number one is definitely education. (Athletics, come second. Even a fellow with a chance to play professional foot- ball will be embarrassed without a diploma. Look at the percent- age of college players that end up in pro ball. Just in case, we make sure they hit the books for some- thing to fall back on. That paper is a tremendous source of secur- ity and pride." Before a particular season be- gins, Bay meets with every player on the team and explains his posi- tion as academic counsellor. "I first break down the §tereotype of academic counsellor. I'm not there to lead them by the hand. If a guy comes in with one foot in the grave and going down for the third time, and has an E in the course going into an exam, there's noth- ing I ,can do. He can't expect help until he's put forth a total effort. Then we will get him a tutor; or if it's not too ate, we see if he can drop the course." unless'they take those many hours, they will not graduate in four years. Also, if an athlete takes 15 or 16 hours, he can drop o n e course if he gets into trouble and still be eligible, in addition, Michigan boasts having the strictest grade, p o i n t requirements in the Big Ten and among the highest in the country. The Big Ten says that in order to be eligible, an athlete must haver a 1.7 after his freshman year, 1.8 after his sophomore year, and 1.9 after his junior year. Michigan dictates that an athlete must have a 2.0 at all times. If a player dips below that point, his case is brought before the academic eli- gibility committee, which decides whether or not he is to be eligible on probationary status or ineligi- ble. The committee also decides whether or not the athlete m a y retain his scholarship. "The 2.0 requirement is an extra burden burt I like it," Bay con-' tends. "It is not too much of a burden. A student needs a 2.0 to graduate anyway." Bay does not like the feeling that a double-standard is applied to athletes as opposed to ordin- ary students. "Double-standard has a bad connotation. The uni- versity has many standards. They take people who can contribute to the university community in some way. The music school might take someone who is especially gifted in music but with poor grades and poor board scores. The engineering school might take a guy with a great aptitude in electronics and little else. IN DEFENDING ..the alleged over-emphasis of college sports today, Bay claims that in addi- tion to bringing fame, prestige, and money to the university, the athletic department is self-sus- taining and draws little support from the academic community. "If it wasn't for athletics, all that money would not be available," he says. "Our tutorial program is supported entirely by the grad- uate M-club. The money we use is generated by us, soI think we're entitled to it." books There has been a lot said and written about how colleges exploit their athletes, use. them only to play their sport and then virtually discarding them. Bays does not deny that this occurs in some cases, but he is also aware of athletes who exploit their colleges. "Take a guy like Spencer Hay- wood," he says. "An entire recruit- ment program was built around him at Detroit. Their schedule was beefed up, and as soon as he made a name for himself, he left, and turned pro." Cases like this one and Rick Mount, who dropped out of Purdue as soon as his eli- gibility expired, disgust Bay. "Ob- ligations go both ways, and more often than not,, it's the athlete who forgets his obligations." Apparently, Rick Bay and the rest of the Michigan athletic de- partment do a lot of work to be sure that student-athletes here remain what, they purport to be. That it, students first and athletes second. Bay is proud of Michigan's tradition and national leadership in that respect. "In terms of com- bining the two, academics and athletics, there is no place in the country that can compare with the record we have in producing student-athletes. No other school in the country can compare with Michigan." , TURN OUT STARS 4< -Assocated Press Mayo wants your bod "Just try and yfire me, you lowdown . . . ." seems to be what underdog Detroit Tiger manager Mayo Smith is saying as he points dramatically at a roving photographer. Mayo is expected to get the axe this winter after the Tigers' horrendous 'play this year. l I- East Stadium near Washtenaw 665-4471 State Street at North University 663-4121; West Stadium near Liberty 665-8841 DROPPING the course is not the easy solution, however. According to Big Ten rules, to be able to compete in a sport a player must be passing 12 hours in any semes- ter in which~ he competes. Michi- gan, however, recommends that its athletes take 15 or 16 hours a semester for two reasons. First, SmaliC By MICHAEL OLIN What college football team has sent more of its graduates on to the pros than any other team.? Notre Dame? Southern Cal? Texas? Alas, it is none of these. The team that carries this dis- tinction is a small southern school known as Grambling College. GRAMBLING is considered to be, in sports jargon, one .of the small colleges. There are liter- ally hundreds ,of such small col- leges across the country, with names like Lamar Tech, Chico State, Wofford, and of course, none other than Slippery Rock. Most of these teams are mem- bers of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and as such, follow basically the same rules as any of the larger colleges. The Associated Press even has a small college football poll in which all of the better small college teams are ranked. How does a school get to be a small college? Actually, it's more a matter of not, being a large col-, lege. The NCAA has an odd system for differentiating between t h e, I' colleges on the rise I I I ____WE D'T« WANT. O.FOOL THE ARTISTIC TOUCH IN HAIR CUTTING If you really are very particular about your hair care, experience our considerate workmanship in cutting, styling; coloring, and straightening by appointment at no extra charge. Positively no, clipper work or razor cutting. SHEARS & COMB BARBERSHOP 17s15 Washtenaw (Ypsi.) Near Dairy Queen 484-0303 STRETCH WIGS-REDKENS PRODUCTS-MUSTACHE CUPS i ( two. A small college remains so until it plays 50 per cent of its games against major established competition. The problem arises in that most "established compe- tition" is unwilling to schedule a small college.+ As a result, there are some very large universities that are still classified as small colleges by the NCAA. For- example, Eastern Michigan (ranked seventh in the 1ta t e s t small college poll) has a student body of approximately 20,000. This enrollment far exceeds that of many of the so-called major insti- tutions. In other words, the term small college is more or less an anachronism.. Some of the small colleges, like number one ranked Arkansas' State, operate on a big time level. The Indians, last year's Peach Bowl champs, have their own stadium (seating capacity 8500) and operate within a budget that allows for a total of 70 scholar- ships at any one time. As far as recruiting talent to fill these scholarships, Coach B e n Ellender feels that he does have certain advantages over the larg- er schools. "For ,o e thing," he states, "small col'e rules allow freshmen t& play for the varsity. Secondly, some athletes like t h e tempo of a small school, and thirdly, they feel they will play faster here because we have fewer, scholarships to award and there-' fore, a smaller squad." MOVING to the other side of the spectrum, we find our old favorite, Slippery Rock. They offer no scholarships, only a number? of "work jobs" which are similar to the work study program at Mich- igan. Coach Bob De Spirito offers as his prime recruiting attraction the curriculum that Slippery Rock has to offer. According to De Spirito, Slippery Rock has "thIbe largest physical education pror gram in the east." Both coaches feel that they do occasionally come up with' a real/ blue-chipper. As De, Spirito aptly puts it, "Large schoolsoccasion- ally get fooled. looking at the po- tential of a high school All-stater. He " could be at his full potential in high school and may never de- velop any further.'" Ellender adds further, "A boy may be passed over in high school because he seems a bit clumsy. Recruiters often misjudge in this manner. Often, with a little work, and a year or so further of phy- sical maturity, this prospect may develop into a fine player." 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