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Athletes who have their hearts set on starring as freshmen football or basketball players at a major university may have to hit the books harder their senior year in high school.
At its annual convention in January,
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association will vote on a proposal to
limit freshman participation in football
and basketball to students with a high
school grade point average of 2.75 or
above. A legislative assistant at the NCAA
headquarters in Overland Park.
THE CURRENT RULE, in effect since 1972, allows any freshman with a high school GPA of 2.0 to play varsity sports.
In addition to requiring a 2.75 high school GPA for freshman participation, the proposal, submitted by the Pacific 10 Conference, would require all freshmen on scholarship to have a 2.0 GPA, Morgan said earlier this week.
Prominent coaches and administrators such as Johnny Majors, University of Tennessee football coach, and Joe Paterno, athletic director and football coach at Penn State, have been instrumental in investment to college work combined with football or basketball put too much pressure on freshmen.
There were rumors that a complete elimination of freshman eligibility rule had been announced.
Morgan, the only freshman eligibility proposal was the Pac-10's.
"There was a lot of discussion about the possibility of going away from freshman eligibility." Morgan said. "I think there was a lot of interest early on in my college life, but academic problems were not caused primarily by freshman eligibility."
Morgan said that from discussions he had heard, the general feeling was that NCAA members would rather try to recruit athletes who were better prepared for professional academic responsibilities than eliminate freshman participation all together.
A STUDY DONE by the Pac-10 showed that freshmen with a high school GPA of 2.75 were more likely to move than those in the 2.0 to 2.75 range.
At the University of Kansas, neither Don Fambrough, football coach, nor Ted Owens, basketball coach, approved of the Pac-10 proposal. Both argued that the 2.75 minimum was unfair and arbitrary.
"My immediate reaction would be no," Fambrough said. "That way you would bring in a group of freshmen with a division of those who can play and teach, and then say let's raise the minimum GPA for everybody and start them the same."
Owens said that differences in individual high schools made the 2.75 percent increase.
"Some young man who makes a 2.75 at one high school may be the same as
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Owens said he thought the freshman eligibility rule was an economic necessity. Without freshmen playing, the number of scholarships would have decreased, and that was something few universities could afford, he said.
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"Maybe it would be a good rule, but it could be a tremendous handicap to our football team if we were not given time to adjust."
someone who has a 2.3 at a better high school," Owens said. "It's arbitrary to pick 2.75. I either think you should admit freshmen or not."
award a maximum of 30 football scholarships in one year and can have no more than 95 students on football scholarships at one time.
Although the KU football team has depended heavily on freshmen this year, particularly Kerwin Bell and Frank Seurer, Fambridge said he had mixed feelings about freshman eligibility.
HE SAID THAT banning freshman participation could pose problems with the number of scholarships each school was allowed.
"On the other hand, I always felt that in some cases freshmen were at a point where they should not play varsity football. I can see that it could certainly
Under NCAA rules, a university can
"I think they drop the freshman rule they would have to give schools a couple of years to get their house in order," Fambrough said. "They would like us to extend it to 30 people. It would have to be extended to some number we can work with.
"WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?"
Psalms 2:1 and Acts 4:25
"BUT MOSES STOOD UP AND HELPED THEM" — Exodus 2:17. Helped those who were being cheated out of their own rights. Moses was born with a "death penalty" on his head because of his sex and race; male, race: Hebrew. Both were determined by his Creator. He had no choice in the matters at the time of birth, but when he was born, he was able to have a FAITH MOSES, WHEN HE WAS COME TO YEARS, REFUSED TO BE CALLED THE SON OF PAHOARA'S DAUGHTER: CHOOSEING RATHER TO SUFFER AFFLICTION WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD, THAN TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF SIN FOR A SEASON: RICHES THAN THE TREASURES OF EUPPY; IN HE HAD RESPECT UNTO THE RECOMPENSE OF THE REWARD." — Hebrews 11:24-26.
Though the death penalty was on his head at birth, his Creator never "slumbered or sleepa" and took good care of these dangers and problems by arranging for him to become an Egyptian male by adoption, and a royal prince besides, and then for good measure God gave him his own mother to nurse and raise him!
Pharah wanted his death penalty law to strike down while a babe, this child was adopted into the royal family, protected and provided for by the King's power and care. He was called 'Abbas' to the king, him, and teach him the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and God's exceeding and great promises to them and their offspring! "EYE HATH NOT SEEN, EAR HATH NOT SEEN, EAR HATH NOT SEEN," MAN THE THINGS GOD HATP PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM!" — 1st Corinthians 2:8.
WATCH GOD WORK IN BENHAIL OF HIS PEOPLE! The very man who was to break up the King's plan to destroy the Hebrew race by killing off the males and taking the females, would have conquered mongrelize the two races; this man above all others
this great business God had human help, "FAITH"
in produced it! "BY FAYTHE MOSES, when he was born, was
hid three months of his parents — and they were not
afraid to the King's commandment." Hebrew 11:23
"WITHOUT FATHISH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE God:
- Hebrews 11.8: FAITH COMETH BY HEARING, AND
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The trouble is that we do not believe, and therefore do not
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earn to you rejoice in the Faith He gives!" ← 1st
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In the Gospel with the angel: "I WILL NOT LET THE GOOD EXCEEP
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