Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Sports Wednesday - January 9;1991 NCAA Continued from page 8 "We need these coaches on the field, but more than that off the field to help with (the players') social lives, to help with their motivation towards going to school and gradu- taing and also helping with prob- lems they have at home," Perles said. "If money is more important than the athlete, then it's good to cut the personnel. If we're looking for more help for our people, that's my platform, that we need all the help that we can get for these young men." Even though it isn't a popular position, Mackovic agreed with Per- les. "I feel like I did last Tuesday at this time when we were being de- feated by Clemson," Mackovic said. "The restricted earnings position will not encourage young people to get an advanced degree. Many of our= graduate assistants come in with some intentions to be a coach, but with many intentions just to get an advanced degree." To eliminate the restrictions against formal negotiations between universities and representtives of post-season bowl football games. This was passed because the rules have been largely ignored in recent years. Ironically, this came after a decision on Monday by bowl repre- sentatives to abide by the third Sun- day in November before negotiating with prospective candidates. Other- wise, the bowl would face a $250,000 penalty. The bowl officials did this in re- sponse to a formation of a three-man panel by the NCAA to look into the idea of a post-season bowl draft of teams in the order of most to least money offered by the bowl. The committee will also examine other ways to improve the bowl system to enable better competition. The two proposals that didn't pass were attempts to limit the number of financial aid awards to football and ice hockey players. Iowa delegate Hunter Rowlings III was pleased with the direction of the conference thus far: "I think in many cases the presidents have said to their athletic directors, 'We're go- ing to get it done this time.' I think the athletic directors have come aboard. To me, that's the most promising thing that I've seen so far." WOLVERINES IN HAWAII Swimmers all work, no surf by Ken Sugiura Daily Sports Writer Like Greg Brady before them, the Michigan men's swimming team traveled to Hawaii with plans for more than rest and relaxation. Fortunately, the Wolverines fared significantly better than the ill-fated surfer in competition with the islanders. Michigan took breaks from their training to compete in a dual meet with the University of Hawaii and in the Rainbow Invitational, whose 13- team field included Big Ten rivals Wisconsin and Iowa. The Wolverines faced off with the Rainbow Warriors December 30, and despite a weakened roster, the maize and blue swam away with a 130-103 win to run their dual meet record to 2-0. Mike Barrowman, Eric Wunderlich, and Eric Namesnik were among the missing, as they were off in Perth, Australia fine-tuning their strokes and focusing on the World Championships being held this week. Early results from Down Under include a second-place finish from Namesnik, breaking his own American record time, and a fifth- place from Wunderlich in the 100 breaststroke. The divers were left to guard the fort in Ann Arbor, so Hawaii was spotted a sizable advantage, scoring all the points in the two diving events. Even the coaching ranks were depleted, as head coach Jon Urbanchek accompanied the trio to' coach the American squad down under. Junior Brian Gunn went three-for- three on the day in leading the Wolverine attack. Gunn hit the wall first in his two individual events, clocking a lifetime-best 9:19.04 in the 1000 freestyle, 1:51.60 in the 200 butterfly, and anchored the victorious 800 freestyle relay of Scott VanAppledorn, Eric Bailey, and Rodney VanTassell to a time of 6:54.75. At the Rainbow Invitational, Michigan competed in only the first half of the two-day meet, and trailed Wisconsin after day one by a score of 118 to 87. The Wolverines copped four first places, led again by Gunn. With victories in the 500 freestyle and 100 butterfly, Gunn was the high scorer for the first half of the meet. In addition to Gunn, the 200 medley relay team and Rodney VanTassell in the 200 freestyle took home first places. However, the primary purpose was not to compete but to train. And train. And train. With the bulk of the season still yet to come, including dual meets with No. 3 Stanford and No. 9 Cal-Berkeley and the SMU Invitational all in January, the Wolverines looked to get plenty of yardage under their belts. "It's going to be tough training. That's the whole purpose is to get a base for the final push of the season," senior Jirret Winter said before departing to Hawaii. "It'll be Wunderlich really tough." Winter was expecting to put in around 4 hours of practice daily including Christmas and New Year's Day. w4 p I Get Ready, GetSet, Book Rush! We're ready whenever you are at the corner of North University and State Street ! 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