Sports
Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1982 The Michigan Daily
University presidents want more
control of intercollegiate athletics
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)- University presidents
should have more power to control-and possibly
reform-intercollegiate athletics, say the presidents
of the University of North Carolina and 11 other
schools.
UNC president William C. Friday said he met last
weekend with the 11 chief executives. He said they
discussed the recruiting of athletes, academic
eligibility requirements and standards for athletes'
progress toward college degrees.-
ORGANIZED BY the American Council on
Education, the group will meet again next month
with other university presidents before suggesting
policy changes at the National Collegiate Athletic
Association's convention in January.
Friday wouldn't predict what specific reforms the
group would advocate. But he said many UNC of-
ficials agreed that "recruiting practices have got to
be looked at."
"... Some of the people I've talked to favor the
elimination of freshman eligibility to play varsity
sports, going back to where we were," Friday said.
THE NCAA HAS permitted freshmen to play on
varsity teams since 1972, and critics say student-
athletes shouldn't be subjected to that kind of
pressure in their first year of college.
Also discussed was the adequacy of NCAA enfor-
cement sanctions, which are applied to institutions
that break rules instead of the responsible in-
dividuals.
"The question is, what happens when willful and in-
tentional violations occur?" Friday said. "What hap-
pens to the status of the student-athlete, the coach
and the institution?"
OTHER OFFICIALS who attended the meeting in-
cluded the presidents of the University of Miami,
Fla.; the University of Washington; Michigan State;
Boston College; Penn State; the University of
Nebraska; the University of Indiana; Florida State;
Brown; UCLA and Harvard.
"This was a meeting of big jock school executives,"
said Robert Atwell, vice president of the American
Council on Education. "I sensed a sense of urgency
on their part, a shared view of the nature of the
problem and a sense that chief executives must sim-
ply get more active in the solution of these
problems."
J.W. Peltason, president of the council on
education, said many university executives had lost
control of athletic programs to alumni and other in-
terests.
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KELLOGG AND PACERS FAR APART:
Ex-C
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)- Contract
negotiations between the Indiana
Pacers and 6-foot-7 Clark Kellogg, their
No. 1 choice in the National Basketball
Association draft, have so far produced
no results.
Pacers General Manager Bob
Salyers says Kellogg's contract
demand, reportedly a five-year pact for
$1 million, plus other bonuses, is "just
not in the cards."
SAN FRANCISCO attorney Everett
Glenn, who is representing the ex-Ohio
State forward, says the Pacers are
"trying to steal him."
Salyers, who is also waiting for
possible offers from other clubs for
Pacer free agents Johnny Davis, Louis
Orr and Don Buse, said there is a "wide
gap" between what Kellogg, most
valuable player in the Big Ten Con-
ference last year, is seeking and what
the team is willing to pay.
Kellogg
first round draft choice
ISU cager unsigned
"But it is not one that can't be
bridged," he told the Indianapolis
News. Elo ra
"I ANTICIPATE signing him,"
Salyers said. "He may not get as much
as he wants, but I do think we are going
to sign him. I don't think he can sit out
the season."
Kellogg, 21, decided to skip his senior
year at Ohio State. He average 16 points
and 10.5 rebounds a game for the
Buckeyes last season, and he was the
eighth player selected in the draft. A
year earlier, the Pacers' No. 1 pick was
Kellogg's former teammate at Ohio
State, center Herb Williams.
"I think the thing that stands out
about our contract offer of five years is
that it is fair based on what people with
skills like Clark are getting," Glenn
told the News in a telephone interview.
"IT IS FAIR not only in terms of
players drafted in the last five or six
years, but on the fifth year he is giving
up his right to become a free agent.
They are offering him $125,000 for the
first three years and then $175,000."
Glenn called the Pacers' offer "just
ridiculous." He said he "agrees 100
percent" that NBA salaries are too
high, but not for the top-notch talent.
"They've got to stop paying marginal
players like James Edwards, Bobby
Wilkerson and Coby Dietrick huge
salaries," he said. "This is an enter-
tainment business, and the stars get big
money.
"Bobby Wilkerson never stood out in
his career. He's just an average player
and he's getting $500,000. Clark is not
responsible for the league salary
average today and there is no reason he
should suffer," Glenn said. "The
Pacers are an example of a team not
committed to the whole thing. They
have to spend money to make money.
There has to be some indication they
are willing to pay more. Clark is not a
piece of real estate."
CLARK KELLOGG ATTEMPTS to lay the ball in the basket during his
playing days at Ohio State. Kellogg is passing up his senior year at Ohio
State to play professional basketball. He was the Indiana Pacers first round
draft choice this year, but he and the NBA clubs are currently having dif-
ficulties in agreeing what he should be paid for his talents.