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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 27,1968
Frosh eligibility to a vote this week
The much discussed freshman eligibility rule which would allow four years of varsity competition in all sports except football and basketball appears to have little chance of success in a meeting of Big Eight faculty representatives in Kansas City this Friday and Saturday.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) approved the rules change by a narrow three vote margin at their annual meeting last month. They left it up to individual conferences to decide the policy for their own league.
Big Eight faculty representatives contacted Monday refused to commit themselves before "long and careful discussion," but the tone was predominantly negative.
Wayne Duke, commissioner of the Big Eight, said he was personally opposed to the rule but could not predict how the representatives would vote.
"It merely places more premium on the gifted athlete and doesn't give everyone a chance to compete," he said. In citing an example, he referred specifically to the shot put, the event in which KU would gain most if freshmen were allowed to participate.
In Karl Salb and Steve Wilhelm, freshman shot putters, KU would be practically guaranteed two places in the event at the conference meet. Duke said, this would deprive the athlete who has been working hard for three years of his chance for a conference crown.
Regardless of how the voting goes this weekend KU will be without these two competitors for the Big Eight indoor track championships also this weekend. The measure could not be put into action in time for the meet.
Representatives have three alternatives
"The representatives have three alternatives as I see it," Duke said. "They can pass the rule to become effective immediately (after the indoor track championships), they can pass it to become effective with the fall freshman class or they can fail to pass it and see what the NCAA does at next January's convention."
To pass the measure, at least six of the eight conference members would have to vote affirmatively. At this point it doesn't appear they would.
"The Big Eight was definitely not in favor of it prior to the NCAA action but now I think we need to give it very careful consideration," Randall Jones, faculty representative from Oklahoma State, said.
William Baughn, faculty representative at Colorado, said, "We are not eager to pass it by any means, but we realize there are certain practical problems since other conferences and the NCAA have taken steps. We are taking a flexible position until we understand the position of the rest of the conference.
Merk Hobson, faculty representative at Nebraska, said he felt there were a number of factors he wanted to discuss before deciding. He had been opposed to the rule before approval by the NCAA increased its importance.
"I now think with proper controls it's not out of the realm of possibility," he said. "I am concerned over whether an attempt will be made to broaden the measure to cover football and basetball in the future, however."
KU representative won't sav
At KU, faculty representative Laurence C. Woodruff, professor of biology, said he felt it would prejudice the situation for him to state his views at this time.
The majority of KU coaches strongly favor the acceptance of the rule but Woodruff pointed out that his vote doesn't necessarily have to reflect the feelings of the Jayhawk coaches. "I represent the entire University not just the coaches" he said.
Those favoring the rule feel that failure to pass it would put the Big Eight at a definite recruiting disadvantage to other schools who have accepted the rule. An athlete would logically go to a university where he could compete four years rather than one where he could compete only three.
Among major conferences, the Missouri Valley, Southwest, Southeast, Atlantic Coast and Western Athletic conferences have already adopted the measure.
Other major conferences, the Big 10, AAWU (Pacific Eight) and the Mid-American have failed to approve the rule.
The Pacific Eight voted the measure down about a week ago and decided to introduce a proposal to go back to the old ruling at the NCAA convention next January.
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In the season's first meeting of these two ball clubs a little more than a week ago, the Jayhawks won handily, 71-60, with what was probably their best overall game of the season.
KU's Jayhawks, hoping to recover from a dismal defeat at the hands of the Kansas State Wildcats last Saturday night, take on Nebraska tonight in Lincoln.
The Kansas half court pressure defense was at its best that night and kept the lid on NU's hot shooters Tom Baack and Stuart Lantz, limiting them to 11 points each, far below their season averages.
KU faces Huskers
The Jayhawks must win tonight to retain any hope of winning their third straight Big Eight crown and going to the NCAA Midwest regional at Wichita. The league race was thrown into a three-way tie Saturday between KU, K-State and Iowa State at 7-3 with Nebraska only one half game back at 7-4.
Kansas will play without Vernon Vanoy who has started the last three games but was suspended from the team yesterday by coach Ted Owens for breaking training rules.
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Vernon Vanoy suspended for breaking training rules
Kansas basketball player Vernon Vanoy will not be with the Jayhawks tonight when they take the floor for the first time in nearly two seasons. The 6-8 junior forward was suspended from the squad Monday by coach Ted Owens for breaking training rules.
Owens said Vanoy had failed to observe curfew hours.
Vanoy was told of his suspension just before the Jayhawks left for Lincoln Monday afternoon for their crucial Big Eight game with Nebraska Tuesday night.
Owens said a decision would be made following the Nebraska game as to whether the suspension would be permanent.
Vanoy had started 13 games this season, including the last three. He had scored 97 points in 22 games for a 4.4 average and was the team's number seven scorer. He ranked fifth in rebounding with 82 recoveries.
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