Sports Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1982 The Michigan Daily University presidents want more control of intercollegiate athletics A 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. I I 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.