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L* Th« Red and Black » Wednesday, January 10, 1990
SPORTS
NCAA vote amends
financial aid policy
By ERIC QARBER
Sports Writer
During the NCAA Convention in Dallas, Texas, the organization
modified the controversial Proposition 42 under pressure from certain
black coaches and officials across the country who have stated that
Propositions 42 and 48 are racially biased.
By a vote of 258-66-1, the National Collegiate Athletic Association
voted on a policy that now enables non-qualifiers to obtain the same fi
nancial aid provided other students, if the aid is deemed needed by the
athlete’s university.
Originally scheduled to go into effect August 1, Proposition 42 would
have prevented athletes who did not qualify academically under Propo
sition 48 from receiving any financial aid.
Proposition 48 states that an athlete must acquire a minimum score
of 700 on their Scholastic Aptitude Test or a 15 on the American College
Test and hold a 2.0 GPA at the time of enrollment. If these require
ments are not met, the athlete loses one year of eligibility but maintains
the original scholarship.
This measure should not affect the University, which already ad-
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heres to the Proposition 42 standards. Assistant Athletic Director Hoke
Wilder plans no changes in university policy concerning athletic finan
cial aid.
“We have worked under Proposition 42, subscribed to Proposition
42, and worked within its guidelines,” Wilder said. “As of now, I am
aware of no changes at this university.”
Claude Felton, another UGA Assistant Athletic Director, said Mon
day’s NCAA activity will do little to faze Georgia’s athletic workings.
“As far as I understand, this appeal will not affect the University of
Georgia in any way,” he said. “We already follow these propositions."
Grad rates to be public
By ERIC GARBER
Sports Writer
The NCAA passed legislation Tuesday at its annual convention in
Dallas, Texas, requiring universities to disclose graduation rates.
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According to University of Georgia Public Information Director Tom
Jackson, universities will now be required to send copies of their athlete
graduation rates to prospective high school recruits, the athletes’ par
ents and the recruits’ high school.
“From what I have heard, all graduation rates will have to be dis
closed,” Jackson said. ‘These copies will then be sent out to different
peopled
This proposal was passed in the wake of a cover story in U.S. News
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and World Report which criticized the University of Georgia and other
universities around the country for graduating a small percentage of
their athletes.
The article stated that 75 percent of Georgia’s 1980 national
championship offensive starters did not graduate and that none of the
black players graduated.
However, Georgia Assistant Athletic Director Hoke Wilder objects
to the idea that the NCAA action stemmed from the article.
“They (the NCAA) have been working on this for a long time now,
Wilder said. “So I really don’t think that article had anything to do with
it. No, not at all. r
This proposal should make universities more accountable for their
athletes getting an education.
According to Tom Jackson, University Director of Public Informa
tion, the University has been supporting this item since it was first en
visioned and have worked hard to see it pass
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For Rodney Hampton, the question is: i
Which is best,'Will I stay or will I go?’
Some say Hampton decided
to turn pro and leave UGA
By QENE WILLIAMS
Sports Editor
In the spring of 1989, I sat in
front of the TV in Myers Hall
watching my beloved Atlanta
Braves loee yet another game when
the topic of C
Georgia football was
raised. One guy said that Georg
rgia
would go 6-5 and lose to Kentucky.
I laughed at him and told him he
was the craziest joker in Athens. I
said that Georgia would go 9-2 and
lose to Tech. Bet the house on it for
My sources, who wish
to remain unidentified,
have said that
Hampton has already
told some teammates
that he will turn pro.
sure.
OK, so I was slightly off when I
said Georgia would go 9-2. How
ever, I did nail my prediction that
Tech would defeat Georgia. Small
consolation.
With that confession out of the
way, there is still a bit of unfi
nished business to deal with before
we place a final nail in the coffin of
the 1989 football season. The ques
tion that has Bulldog fans awaking
in a cold sweat is, “Will Rodney re
turn?”
Just imagine how pitiful we
would have been without Mr.
Hampton? We had a relatively
easy schedule and lost five regular
season games. Just think (or don’t
think) what will happen when we
meet Tech, Auburn, Kentucky,
Florida, Mississippi, Southern
Mississippi, Alabama and Clemson
without Number Seven’s presence
in the backfield?
Back to the matter at hand, will
he or won’t he?
Before the Peach Bowl,
Hampton said that he was defi
nitely returning to get his degree
and play his senior season at
Georgia. After the Peach Bowl,
Hampton declared that he wasn’t
so sure and would go home. He said
he’d talk it over with his parents
and then make his decision. Most
Georgia fans would have preferred
those statements to have been
made in reverse order.
My sources, who wish to remain
unidentified, have said that
Hampton has already told some
teammates that he will turn pro.
Coach Goff is in San Francisco at
tending a coaches’ meeting and he
won’t be back until Wednesday af
ternoon. So no decision will be
made until Goff returns and the
two meet.
Hampton should enter the pro
draft and I think he would be gam
bling with his future if he didn’t.
• The risk of injury. In his
three years at Georgia, Hampton
has undergone two arthroscopic
knee surgeries, suffered a knee
sprain, severely sprained his an
kles and had a shoulder injury.
With Georgia’s weak line and
tough schedule, why risk the
chance of getting hurt more?
Georgia’s offense will still revolve
around Hampton, no matter how
many passes are thrown next
season, and he is risking injury
with every snap of the ball. Sure,
the Heisman trophy would be nice,
but there is no guarantee that he
would get it. A pro contract, which
could pay at least $800,000, is a
nice, guaranteed starting salary.
Would you stay?
• The degree. Herschel Walker
said it best when he said that col
lege is a place that one goes to
better themselves. Hampton would
definitely better himself by leaving
Georgia. One can always come
back to school and get a degree.
The chance to play professional
football does not come around often
and one should grab the brass ring
as it passes. Would you stay?
• History. Walker left; after his
junior year, without a degree, and
haB earned $20 million playing
football. Tim Worley left after his
junior year, signed a contract for
$800,000 and played in the playoffs
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Rodney Hampton: Definitely an asset
last Sunday. Keith Henderson left
after his junior year and will be
playing this Sunday for the chance
to play in the Super Bowl. Barry
Sanders left after his junior year
and, as a rookie, led the NFC in
rushing. Rodney Hampton has
been compared to each and in his
junior season played for a 6-6 team
whose coach has said will probably
get worse before it gets better.
Would you stay?
Everyone must choose to take
he
playing professional football,
should grab the chance now.
Nothing in the future is certain. If I
were Rodney Hampton, I would
leave. Why stay and get kicked out
of McWhorter Hall after next
season and pass on the chance to
live in the lap of luxury? I think
Hampton has already decided not
to return. I hope Tm wrong, but I
fear I’m not.
Bet the house on it.
the career path of their choice. If
Hai
Rodney Hampton dreams of
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