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Thursday, February 18, 1993
SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NFL scouts look at four Jayhawks
By Blake Spurney
Kansan sportswriter
Four former Kansas football players were invited to the National Football League's National Scouting Combine Feb. 11-15 in Indianapolis.
Defensive tackles Dana Stubblefield and Gilbert Brown, offensive tackle Keith Loneker and linebacker Hassan Bailey were run through about 30 tests of strength, flexibility and agility. Talent scouts from the 28 NFL teams evaluated their results. The NFL drafts in April.
Stubblefield, who is projected by many experts to be drafted in the first round, said he was pleased with his performance.
"Right now, it's a big waiting game to see which teams call me," he said.
Lonerek said scouts were present everywhere the players went, regardless if they were eating or using the rest room.
"They play mind games to check out your attitude." Loneker said.
Have Razzano, a scout for the Los Angeles Rams, said that the many psychological evaluations were to determine the players' characters and personalities.
However, the most important part of the combine was the extensive medical exams, he said. Physicians from each team examined the prospects, and the players were asked to bring every X-ray that was taken of them in their college careers.
Razzano said he could not answer specific questions about players because it could affect their draft position. However, he did comment on two Jayhawks.
"Hassan Bailey looked pretty good," he said. Razzano also said that Brown was one of the strongest defensive linen there.
Loneker was another that stood out in the strength tests. He said he was one of only two or three offensive linemen to bench press 225 pounds at least 30 times.
The average lineman bench presses that amount 20 times. Razzano said.
Players that made good impressions on the scouts will be evaluated personally by an NFL coach in the next couple of months.
Bob Moore, public relations director for the Kansas City Chiefs, said that this year's evaluation process will be much more difficult because the number of rounds in the draft have been reduced from 12 to seven.
Football Team Awards
The Kansas football program celebrated an 8-4 season and its first bowl victory in 31 years at Tuesday night's annual banquet. At the banquet, special team awards were announced. A list of the awards and the players who won them follows.
Most Valuable Player — Chip Hilleary, QB
Defensive MVP — Dana Stubblefield, DT
Offensive MVP — Maurice Douglas, RB
Special Teams Award — Dan Eichloff, P/K
Wille Pless Award — Kwamie Lassiter FS (most tackles)
Rookie of the year — Ronnie Ward, LB
Defensive Scout Team — Derek Fairchild, LB
Offensive Scout Team — Mark Sanders. RB
Playoff could answer colleges' money woes
Ray Evans/Arthur Weaver Award — Dave Marcum, C (top senior grade point award)
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The No. 1 problem in college athletics could lead to a new system of determining the No. 1 team in college football.
The problem is money, and one of the possible solutions is a Division I-A playoff that could generate $60 million for financially troubled athletic departments.
Although most coaches and college presidents remain opposed to a playoff, NCAA executive director Dick Schultz thinks there will be one by the end of the decade. He said Tuesday that economic pressures will force schools to seriously consider the idea.
"There are a lot of things outside the control of coaches and presidents and athletic directors that might take place that could have some impact on what happens in the late '90s," Schultz told the NCAA College Football Forum.
At last month's NCAA convention,
Schultz asked members to consider a
one-game playoff as a major source of new revenue. While he concedes there has not been much support for his proposal, Schultz thinks that will change as more and more schools struggle to fund their athletic programs.
"We could do a lot with $60 million," he said.
Most coaches are against a playoff because they believe it would destroy the bowl system. But Schultz pointed out that the bowls are already being hurt by the NFL's extended season, which has led to a glut of games on New Year's Day and hard times for late December bowls that must compete with the pros.
"Most of those non-New Year's games have gone to syndication or cable," Schultz said. "And the post-season bowl committee, which had a plan to continue to raise the payouts, has had to hold the line for the last couple of years or we would have lost a couple of bowls."
ketball programs generally make money, almost all other sports do not. The financial strain could get even worse as the NCAA tries to increase opportunities for female athletes.
Football coaches are worried that cuts may have to be made in their sport in order to fund women's teams. But Schultz said the goal is to increase opportunities for women without reducing them for men.
While Division I-A football and bas-
“Perhaps there does have to be some pacing of programs, but I don't think anybody wants to do anything that's going to damage football or damage basketball or damage men's sports,” he said.
Instead, college officials should consider adding new women's sports such as figure skating. Schultz said.
"It's a beautiful sport with tremendous interest in the Olympics," he said. "Maybe we have to take a look at some of these programs. Maybe we're not searching in the right areas to determine what the interests and abilities of women are."
And how will schools pay for new or expanded women's programs? In addition to a football playoff, Schultz has suggested the creation of an NCAA licensing division similar to those in the NBA, NFL and Major League Baseball.
Schultz said collegiate licensing generated $60 million last year, but only $10 million went to universities and $2 million to the companies that handled the licensing. The rest, he said, went to makers of counterfeit and pirated products.
"It has unbelievable potential if handed right," Schultz said. "We have to constantly be creative and look at new means of developing revenue."
During a question and answer session with reporters, Schultz said he was disturbed by the recent rash of firings in college basketball.
"As a former coach, I have a lot of concern about that," he said. "When we start firing coaches during the season, it gives the impression that we're getting like the pros."
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