Thursday, April 16, 1998 The University Daily Kansan Section B·Page 3 Texas Tech teams' futures shaky The Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Although Texas Tech soon will celebrate the end of a two-year NCAA investigation into its Athletics Department, this week's stern self-imposed sanctions and the potential of further penalties have left an aftermath of uncertainty. Reactions ranged from hope to pessimism after Tuesday's announcement of scholarship cuts, particularly in baseball and football. "You never know what it's going to be for sure," said football coach Spike Dykes, who will lose 14 scholarships during the next two years and was hit with recruiting-related penalties this winter. "I think what you've got to do is find a way to make it work." Tech revealed the penalties in conjunction with the release of a 1,250-page response to a series of NCAA allegations leveled last October. Tech has admitted to allowing 81 athletes to compete while ineligible, awarding too much scholarship money in four sports and having several assorted improprieties in men's basketball and football. Tech also is disputing many of the allegations, or at least aspects of the allegations. The school will present its case to the NCAA Committee on Infractions in Cleveland on April 24. Any further penalties would be handed down by late June. Losing personnel would hurt Tech's football team, said Texas A&M athletic director Wally Groff, whose program virtually was unable to recruit from 1992-93 because of rumors that an ongoing NCAA probe could result in the death penalty — temporary shutdown of the program. Groff and coach R.C. Slocum attribute the Aggies' 6-6 record in 1996 to the investigation, which resulted in a one-year probation. "Probably before the ruling came down, it was tougher," Groff said of the recruiting problems. Tech's men's basketball will lose two scholarships for each of the next three seasons. However, like the football team, basketball is entering the probationary period with a strong cast of young talent. Baseball could be where Tech sufers the most because the team will lose about 25 percent of its scholarship money during the next two seasons and a lesser amount in the 2001-2002 school year. According to school documents, former administrator Taylor McNeel miscalculated the number of scholarships Tech could award. "Several people noted that they didn't think Tech was counting its (baseball) scholarships right," Groff said. "I think a lot of us thought that." Tech baseball coach Larry Hays repeatedly questioned McNeel about the scholarship i process and was told the school was handling it properly, according to Tech's voluminous responses to the charges. Hays said he would essentially lose up to nine players each year who would have shared the partial baseball scholarships each of the two years, a speed bump for a program that has won 40 games in each of the past three seasons. Men's track coach Greg Sholars also bemoaned losing 20 percent of his scholarship budget next season, saying it could crimp an emerging program. Men's golf and women's basketball will receive lesser cuts. NCAA outlines Louisville violations Officials to consider 'major' infractions in volleyball, hoops The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Calling possible infractions major, the NCAA outlined eight charges against Louisville's women's volleyball program and one against the men's basketball program yesterday. Although the university reported most of the violations last summer, the use of the word "major" in the NCAA's report opened the way for various possible sanctions against the programs when the governing body rules as early as August. The university must respond by June 8. University officials refused to speculate about likely penalties. However, Ray Nystrand, assistant for athletics to Louisville president John Shumaker, said the NCAA could revoke scholarships or television broadcast rights. Afterward, Nystrand acknowledged the so-called "death penalty" as a possibility for the basketball program, which already is on NCAA probation for allowing athletes improper access to vehicles. Shumaker said he considered all violations major, even those the NCAA classified as secondary. However, he said the university was working diligently to correct the problems and had hired someone to monitor rules compliance. "I want to make it clear that for a university of this stature, and for a university with aspirations of the sort we embrace, being on probation of any sort, whether it be for an academic program or an athletic program, is unacceptable," he said. "We are determined to see to it that the culture and the climate within this university make a repeat of these incidents impossible." The citation against the basketball team involves arrangements made by assistant coach Scooter McCray in 1996 to keep player Nate Johnson's father from being evicted from a Louisville hotel. McCray admitted giving his personal credit card to the Wilson Inn "I want to make it clear that for a university of this stature, and for a university with aspirations of the sort we embrace, being on probation of any sort, whether it be for an academic program or an athletic program, is unacceptable." John Shumaker Louisville President to assure Fredrick Johnson would not be evicted. However, McCray said he never intended to pay the bill himself. In addition, the letter alleges that McCray asked about special rates for the elder Johnson before his Sept. 18 move into the hotel. However, university officials argue that Johnson already had moved in when McCray made the inquiries. "While we recognize there is conflicting information around this, we are unable to at this point, on the basis of what we know, to substantiate any claim that Mr. McCray did this before Mr. Johnson was there." Nystrand said. After those violations were detected last June, Shumaker put McCray on a one-year probation with his salary frozen. He also required coach Denny Crum to hold a monthly meeting for the basketball staff on NCAA regulations and compliance issues and also required Crum to attend every Athletics Department compliance meeting. The allegations against the volleyball team are more serious. In addition to the six violations that were part of the university report released in July, the NCAA added two. 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