LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily -- Friday, November 5, 1999 -- 7 Taking a deep bet 'Final Four' renamed to avoid sex discrimination By Marta Brill Daily Staff Reporter The term "Final Four" will no longer be used to describe the men's portion of the NCAA basketball tour- nament due to the increasing popularity of the women's final four tournament, NCAA officials recently decided. Traditionally, the athletic world has used the term "Final Four" as shorthand for the men's basketball cham- pionship tournament. The women's equivalent was called the "Women's Final Four," suggesting that it was sec- ondary to the men's tournament, said Percy Bates, a fac- ulty representative to the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics at its monthly meeting yesterday'. Although there was opposition from officials outside the University to continue calling the men's tournament the Final Four, the University was strongly behind the NCAA's decision. "The men's final four will be referred to as the Men's Final Four. The women's final four will be referred to as the Women's Final Four," Bates said. In situations where the reference to the tournament is not related to gender, the generic term "Final Four" will be used, Bates said, addressing trademark and merchan- dise concerns. Board members discussed this NCAA decision and several other issues regarding gender, including the University's progress on Title IX requirements. Title IX is the federally mandated act that has forced universities and other federally funded institutions to enact gender- Law schoolh panel ofgradu equal practices. "Our position as it relates to gender is to take a lead- ership role and make opportunities available f 0r, women athletes at the University of Michig~an," Athletic Director Tom Gloss said. The University is using the maximum numer ofCV scholarships provided for women's athletics. (Go> "said But the University needs to continue making progres s in the way of paying women's athletic coaches a salary equal to men's athletics coaches. The disparity between the salaries of men's sports coaches and women's sports coaches, (Goss said, is i result of the high market price for mecn's football atnd- basketball coaches. All salaries are based on tenure. pcr-M formance and the market for the sport. The travel budget, facilities, tutoring opportunities,. publicity and recruitment budget.,(loss said, are appro-, priated in equal amounts for men's and women's sports. The Athletic Department requires each team to hate at goal number of players. This practice is called roster management and women's teams have a higzher /per article or. Stois 'URITY GU~ARDS io ss ork onit fM 'Vihins Ipattitle or 1full-tuneC.(Good drivic iccid. faiiliarity wsiih camnpus a plus. Apply ,it Staic Scurnst Sers ,ices,. 55Church. Ann \rbor. 668-0444. WE SHOW ROOM ASSIST. 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The discussion is part of the Law School class of 1974's 25th reunion celebration this weekend. The alums want to tell their class members and University students about what they have been doing in their careers. The discussion will include five pan- elists, all members of the class of 1974. Among them wvill be former "Newshour with Jim Lehrer" national correspondent Phil Ponce, who will act as moderator for tomorrow's discus- sion. "We want to share our experiences of what led each of us down a certain path," Ponce said. Ponce was asked to moderate the discussion because of his current posi- tion as host of "Chicago Tonight," a nightly news analysis program that airs on WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago. While the discussion has been planned for the alumni, the panel will open the event to current University Law and undergraduate students. "We feel law students and under- grads could benefit from this. 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