University Daily Kansan
Thursday, January 29.1976
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KU coaches pleased, perturbed by NCAA rules
Editor's note: This is the second of two stories about the Convention.
By KEN STONE Associate Sports Editor
John A. Fuzak, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), leaned against his lecturer and called upon a team from the Southeast Athletic Conference.
The delegate, one of about 1,000 who attended the 70th annual NCAA Convention, Jan. 14-17 in St. Louis, spoke into his floor and delivered with withdrawal proposal No. 7, Mr. Chairman."
PROPOSAL NO. 7 would have limited coaching staffs in the non-revenue sports—all sports except football and basketball—to only one head coach.
Sighs of relief came from assistant
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coaches like Thad Tailley and Gary Pepin, KU track assistants.
One week earlier, Talley had been quoted as saying, "I couldn't see them limiting football teams and not limiting track staffs, too."
Bob Timmons, head KU track coach, said last week that the January convention might have turned into a "scramble to do something" as had the earlier August convention—the one that had cut football and basketball staffs.
"ACTUALLY," TIMMONS said of the more recent meeting, "I have to say I was worried about it. I really didn't know what would take place. And knowing there were so many amendments—and so small a time to consider them—I had a lot of worries."
Timmons and Talley turned out to be wrong on their domine theory of NCAA behavior, just because football and basketball are two very different sports that other sports must suffer similar fates.
"I'm pleased that nothing has happened to the (track) coaches," Timmons said. "But I think it was fortunate that they did that to football and basketball.
"FOR NO JUSTIFICIALE cause, to fire a football or basketball coach—that's wrong.
It just shows the (NCAA)'s lack of concern for people. And it isn't worth the headaches and heartaches that are involved in that."
Bad Moore's football coach, couldn't bask in success.
"I was disappointed they weren't able to get some lines straightened as far as coaching changes and limitations are concerned," Moore said.
"I don't really understand it, still. I've talked to three other coaches in conferences and the interpretations (of the staff cut rule) are different in all three.
MOORE JUST WANT to know how he can avoid having to fire two of his coaches.
the maximum. The NCAA has set Aug. 1,
1976, as a final compliance date.
Cycler Walsh, KU athletic director, said he thought the NCAA would announce an induction game.
"A rule allows two more part-time association if we play four freshman or junior variety games," Walker said. That meant a way of retaining those two extra coaches.
"We have to have some clarification on what we are attacking the problem soon and find out what we can do."
Moore said, "I'm not going to do anything except for fight my coaches—just as long as he doesn't."
WOULD THAT INCLUDE telling the NCAA. "No way!!?"
Walker said, "We won't consider non-compliance. Certainly, we'll continue to comply with all NCAA rules. But this is just a general rule; you might have some possible loophole in it."
Despite the staff cuts, Moore appeared to be pleased with other NCAA actions, especially those involving squad sizes, such as recruiting visits and the "need" amendment.
NCAA's Division I voted to remove limits on the number of players a team could take to an away game or suit up at home. While that was true, the NCAA's KU "was forced to play people too long,"
which increases the chances of injury," according to Moore.
coaches were the ones they changed; the 10-men travel square, the limitation of who you would be allowed to swim.
"I think this: athletes are underpaid right now. The amount of work and dedication goes into preparing a winning team. For many, a great need situation would be extremely unfair."
The NCAA threw out all travel and home squared restrictions in all sports and all district leagues.
the idea of a "need" scholarship, an award to an athlete made on the basis of his financial situation rather than on his playing ability.
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Timmons said he thought delegates had come to the January convention more prepared. "At this one," he said, "My feeling was that people had really studied; they were really aware of what was going on.
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THE LIMIT AFFECTED the quality of KU's play, "very definitely." Moore said. I can remember when we didn't have people to put in the ball game. We had to scramble around and take some people that weren't prepared for those particular positions."
Would Moore stay in coaching if such a need amendment ever passed? It was the defiled two weeks ago, 120-112, in the NCAA's first roll call vote in recent memory.
The old limits on the number prospective athletes a team could bring in—75 in football, 12 in basketball—were upset by the convention of 96 and 18, respectively.
"OH, I THINK IT coach forever,"
"I'll love football, regardless of what scale it is."
Moore referred to the old 75-victim limit when he said, "As some of the rules were set up, it was going to hurt football. It was going to destroy us. To get (sign) better than 40 per cent of the people you bring in is almost impossible."
"THERE WAS NO WAY we could have sworn that he was dead." Moore said. Moore was just as adamant. He was not.
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"From my point of view, I can only compliment the person you met. I thought that was much better job."
"I don't think the bigger schools are going to skate in the organization if they have to go on."
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Ted Owens, KU basketball coach, said he thought the approval of the "need" scholarship would bring about reorganization. As one pundit put it, major
SOME COACHERS HAD felt the itch to leave because of the squad size limitations alone. With the 10-man limit on traveling squads in effect up until the last minute of the NCAA convention, one basketball team in Hawaii actually was forced to finish a game with two players. The others had fouled out.
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