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Prop. 16: Harder to make the grade in '95

Full court press...For the first time in its
85-year existence, the NCAA has
moved off the playing field and into the
courtroom in a contest against a state.
In a suit filed Nov. 12 in Federal District
Court in Reno, Nev., the NCAA asked
for exemption from a Nevada law
which prohibits the governing body of
college athletics from completing an
infractions case against the U. of
Nevada, Las Vegas, basketball progam.
"Injunctive relief was, in part, sought to
complete a current case against
UNLV," said Stephen Mtorgan, NCCA
associate executive director. "UNLV is
interested in putting this chapter
behind them, and the NCAA is not
interested in violating state laws."The
law requires the NCAA to follow a
series of procedures in infractions
cases involving U. of Nevada
institutions. . Joel Shangle, The
Sagebrush, U. of Nevada, Reno
Still on the edge...Football fans at
Auburn U. spent last season on the
edge f their seats, hnt the final scsre
they were awaiting had ntthing to dtt
with the opposing team. Instead, they
watched a clock controlled by Eric
Ramsey, a former Tiger cornerback,
who has released a few of the 70 tapes
that he says link coaches and at least
one alum to cash, gifts and a bank loan
he received. Tapes released on "60
Minutes" show Ramsey asking a AU
head coach and athletic director Pat
Dye about a bank loan. He is then
directed to a local bank owned by a
prominent booster. Lawyers for Dye
and AU boosters indicated they saw
nothing incriminating in the report. .
Paige Oliver, The Auburn Plainsman,
Auburn U.
The Fighting orax?... Notre Dame has
the Fighting Irish, and if a movement to
change its mascot is successful,
Dartmouth College may soon be home
to the Fighting Lorax. The Lorax, a
walrus-like creature, is the creation of
Dartmouth alumnus Theodor Geisel
(a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) who died in
September. Described in the Seuss
story as "shortish," "oldish" and
"bossy," the environmentally minded
Lorax is anything but typical mascot
material. Currently, Dartmouth's teams
are called the "Big Green," a name
some students con-sider too vague .
Steve Larson, The Dartmouth,
Dartmouth U.

ByJOEL SHANGLE
The Sagebrush, U. of Nevada, Reno
For student athletes, making the grade
just got harder.
At the NCAA convention in January, the
Presidents' Commission adopted Prop. 16, a
measure which requires incoming athletes
to have a 2.5 grade point average in 13
college preparatory classes and a minimum
of 17 on the ACT and 700 on the SAT before
being allowed to compete. The measure will
be enacted in 1995.
A 1986 measure, Prop. 48, required
incoming athletes to have a 2.0 GPA in 11
college preparatory courses.
Prop. 16 allows students with low GPAs to COUE ofNARSI
compensate with higher test scores instead. Georgetown's John T
"Research indicates that 2.5 GPA opponent.WilProp.1
correlates closer with a 700 on the SAT than And it's these test
a 2.0," said Jim Marcioni, a spokesman for some to call Prop. 16d
the NCAA. "The President's Commission "Basically, these te
was interested in weighting the GPA more used as a bottom lii
toward the test scores." education because th
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By KEVIN BROCKWAY
The Miami Huricane, U. of Miami
Probation.
The word makes athletic administrators, coaches and student
athletes cringe. Loss of scholarships, television coverage or
postseason play caused by it can ruin even a stable athletic program.
In college basketball, 17 Div. I teams are on probation for
violation of NCAA rules. Of those 17, four will be ineligible for post-
season play, including the U. of Nevada, Las Vegas, which reached
the Final Four the previous two seasons.
UNLV head coach Jerry Tarkanian understands the problems of
NCAA violations. He's been through them all his life.
"I really don't want to talk about it anymore," Tarkanian said.
"I"ve been through it more than any coach in history. I've got better
things to do, like get my team ready for the game. I don't want to talk
about (the NCAA)."
Evidently he's through talking. Tarkanian, who will resign at the
end of this season, has filed a counterclaim againt the NCAA
alleging "fraudulent, malicious, and oppressive" conduct to force
him outof coaching.
The NCAA charged UNLV with 29 violations, many of them
stemming from the recruitment of Lloyd Daniels in 1985-86. Daniels
suffered a series of substance abuse and personal problems and
never played for the team.
Tarkanian challenged the NCAA review process in a case that
landed in the Supreme Court. In U.S. v. Tarkanian (1977), the Court
ruled the NCAA could impose sanctions on the UNLV program.
Those sanctions were lifted due to the lengthy appeals process.
At the U. of Missouri, the basketball program is in its second year
of probation due to recruiting violations. The team will be eligible
for postseason play, but Norm Stewart, head coach, said that will not
make a big difference in motivating his players.
"We play the games as they occur," Stewart said. "We want to be as

to women, minorities and low-income
groups," said Sarah Stockwell of Fair Test, a
group which promotes objective testing.
Georgetown Athletic Director Frank
Rienzo agreed. "The scores on the SAT are
based a whole lot on socioeconomic issues,
which is educationally unsound and unfair
to the socio-economically deprived groups
whose home life and financial status
prevent them from having access to
education," he said.
Frank LaPorte, boy's basketball coach at
St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in
Alameda, Calif., said Prop. 16 would be
more beneficial if it were based solely on
GPAs and not test scores as the tests are, he
said, discriminatory.
-Some, however, said raising the standards
will benefit schools as well as athletes.
"If we set a higher standard, both the
schools and the students will rise to that
standard," said U. of Nevada, Reno,
PresidentjJoe Crowley, who voted in favor of
Prop. 16.

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Missouri beat Kansas to win last season's Big Eight Tournament
championship, but the infractions may hurt the program's future.
Under the guidelines of the penalty, Stewart had only two
scholarships to offer this season and was designated as the only
coach able to make recriting trips. The school attracted one player.
Probation does not always spell the end for a program. For Rick
Pitino, head coach for the U. of Kentucky, probation was a time to
rebuild and recruit top high school players. The team will be off
probation in May and will be eligible for postseason play for the first
time since 1989.
Stewart said the investigation process is stressful. "It took two years
for the NCAA to investigate (Missouri), and then our school hires
attorneys," he said. "The media bashes you because that's their job.
You receive the penalty, and now you have to overcome it. It's about
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