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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, October 8,1998
Football players pray for fewer fouls
Refs rule prayer unsportsmanlike too celebratory
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina
invoice Zola Davis knees,
index finger pointing skyward,
spirit flowing from his soul to the
heavens, whenever he scores a
touchdown.
"I'm glorifying God." Davis sai's
"He knows what's in my heart."
On the ground, however, was a yellow flag last Saturday near the spot where Davis dropped to the turf in the game at Mississippi. Prolonged celebration, unsportsmanlike conduct, 15-yard penalty, back judge Prince Pollard said.
Davis, South Carolina coach Brad Scott and others are wondering if the Southeastern Conference has started calling fouls on religious celebration.
Florida Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel would clasp his hands in prayer following his touchdown passes. Several college stars kneel and cross themselves after crossing the goal line.
"I see kids do it all over in high
and in college football, "Scott said Tuesday. "Here's something that's filtered down, that in my opinion, is a positive act."
Referees are not squelching athletes honoring their faith, said Bobby Gaston, the SEC's coordinator of officials. Gaston said he had yet to see a tape of the game that South Carolina lost 30-28, but Prince must have thought it went beyond kneeling.
The celebration rule came to college football three seasons ago to crack down on shimmy-filled, helm-wetting, post-score dance routines.
Kneeling was prohibited at first, but within two weeks Georgia athletic director Vince Dooley of the NCAA Football Rules Committee told league officials to back off calling kneeling penalties.
"There was a lot of pressure brought to bear from religious groups." Gaston said.
A new guidelines videotape does not include kneeling. It does show improper pointing, but not to the sky, Gaston said.
"Are we saying that we're going to call that, or are we going to be consistent across the nation?" Scott said.
Scott wants a clarification from the NCAA or the SEC. He's proud that his son, Jeff, a high-school quarterback, also points to the sky after scoring plays.
Gaston said Pollard told him that Davis was warned after an earlier touchdown pass not to kneel and point again. The senior said no one warned him, and Scott said he heard nothing from the side judge, who
usually warns the coach.
Players use a lot of things in the name of religion, Gaston said. But officials making snap judgments also can get overzealous, and this may be one of those cases, he said.
Exuberance and religious fervor don't disappear at kickoff, and Davis's gestures are not taunting or distracting, said the Rev. Phillip Reynolds of Columbia's Kathwood Baptist Church.
"It's just a young man enjoying life and thanking God for the moment," Revnolds said.
Carey Casey, a senior vice president with the Fellowship of Christian Athletas, said it gave hope to spectators and fans put off by other self-centered athletes.
"We don't want to belittle the referees, but the bottom line is if anything can be shown in a positive light, they should allow it." Csaev said.
John Adams, secretary of the NCAA Football Rules Committee, said complaints about flagging religious gestures have dropped off.
Louisville to appeal NCAA sanctions
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville will appeal the NCAA's finding that its men's basketball program is a repeat offender of NCAA rules.
The school's notice of appeal also said that the facts in an NCAA report returned last month did not support a finding of a "major" violation in the basketball program. The notice was not specific.
On Sept. 23, the NCAA's infractions committee gave the university a number of penalties for what it said were nine violations of NCAA rules. The penalties include a ban on preseason and postseason men's basketball competition for 1998-99, including the Conference USA tournament.
The volleyball program also was placed on probation in a separate NCAA finding, but the university is not appealing.
Because the new violation involving the basketball program occurred within five years of the starting date of previous penalties, the committee applied its repeat-violator provisions to the case.
Louisville is asking for a hearing for the basketball program to present its case in person.
The most serious basketball violation appeared to concern arrangements made by assistant coach Scooter McCray in 1996. McCray used his personal credit card to guarantee payment for a Louisville hotel room and keep player Nate Johnson's father from being evicted. The university disputed the NCAA's finding that McCray had tried to negotiate a discounted rate for the player's father.
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions announced its penalties last month for the nine violations involving rules governing extra benefits, recruiting, financial aid, institutional control and ethical conduct.
When the NCAA announced its report, Shumaker said: "The sanctions are fair, and I respect their conclusions."
The allegations to light early last year, and the NCAA in April issued a formal letter of inquiry into the two programs.
The committee placed Louisville on probation for two years in 1996 after an investigation into the men's basketball program unearthed questions concerning former player Samaki Walker's use of two cars during the summer and fall of 1995.
The letter labeled the alleged violations as major, including a charge of "lack of institutional control" in the volleyball program.
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