WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,2002
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 5
BILL OF RIGHTS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
The NCAA prevented 10 sports programs from postseason competition at Indiana University for football recruiting violations in 1960.
"I realized that one of the biggest problems of all is a penalty system that punishes innocent student athletes," Timmons said. "That predominated things until I realized that it's not just the penalty system, there were a lot of other things involved that really needed to be changed."
Timmons said most injustices occurred because student athletes didn't have the opportunity to voice themselves to the NCAA. He said student athletes had limited access to NCAA leadership, which prevented student athletes from effecting real change. He said coaches needed a bigger voice as well.
"Student athletes and coaches are not members of the NCAA, the institution is," Timmons said. "They're in a position where they can't do much about rules and policies and planning, although for them it is getting better."
He said he was referring to the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, established in 1989. The program grew from 28 members in an association-wide committee to 79 members in three separate Division I, II and III committees in 1997.
Timmons said coaches and student athletes should have a bigger collective voice because they were the people personally affected by problems.
Timmons proposed eight more student athlete rights, ranging from problems he had seen since 1964 at the University. Tim-
mons recommends a national level of safety for dangerous sports, a right to practice longer than allowed for outside competitions like the Olympics, a right to quick decisions on infractions and, on a larger scale, every right all other students at a university receive.
Timmons said he respected the work of the NCAA and that without it intercollegiate competitions would not be possible but the NCAA could do more to protect student athletes. Timmons said the mission of the NCAA should be to educate and protect the student athletes at member colleges.
Timmons said the bill of rights was a proposal for the NCAA to examine more fully. He said he didn't want his proposal to be taken verbatim and didn't expect a phone call from any college presidents. He sent the proposal to every Division I, II and III school two weeks ago. He said he wanted presidents to look at his proposal and, if enough agreed with it, he would take it to the NCAA for a vote.
"My hope is that there will be enough schools that would decide to present this for a vote of the NCAA presidents, or whoever makes the decision," he said
Several chancellors and Presidents in the Big 12 had no comment or were unavailable for comment. Chancellor Hemenway was unavailable for comment.
Timmons started coaching for the University in 1964, and became head coach in 1965. He continued his career until 1988, when he retired. Now, Timmons works at Rim Rock Farm, the location of the University's cross country course.
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Bill of student athletes' rights summary
Right #1 Student athletes have the right to participate in intercollegiate athletics if the athlete has the talent to compete
at the level desired by his team, is in good standing with his school and team, follows all rules and regulation, and is academically eligible.
Right #2 Student athletes have the right to be governed by a penalty system that protects their participation opportunities when they have done nothing wrong.
Right #3 Students athletes have the right to receive benefits and privileges generally available to all other students.
Right #4 Student athletes have the right to be protected by national rules, regulations and policies designed to protect their safety.
Right #5 — Student athletes have
Right #7 — Student athletes have the right to work and receive earnings.
Right #9 Student athletes have the right to a surveillance system that monitors unfair rules imposed upon them.
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Right #6 Student athletes have the right for the NCAA to review, in a timely and regular fashion, the number of scholarships allowed per sport.
Right #8 - Student athletes have equal rights across individual sports.
Right #10 — Student athletes have the right to periodic reviews of all NCAA rules regarding student- athletes and the elimination of those determined unconstitutional.
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