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20 • The Red and Black / Finals • Monday, June 11, 1990
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NCAA proposal really stinks
In an attempt by a group of con
ference commissioners to respond
to ideas set forth by NCAA exec
utive director Dick Schultz, colle
giate tennis and other sports could
face serious setbacks.
The proposal was initiated to im
prove the academics of athletes, re
duce athletic costs, time demands,
and recruiting.
In this proposal, time in which to
play a sport like tennis or gyman-
satics will be limited to 22 weeks
for the entire year. Outside of these
22 weeks, a student-athlete cannot
receive coaching, court, pool or gym
time, or anything.
Scholarships will be cut by 10
percent, practice time will be lim
ited to 20 houre per week. Limits
specifically on tennis include al
lowing a player to participate in
only 25 events.
The great game of college tennis
WEBBER
From page 15
pitching,” freshman pitcher/desig
nated hitter Tracy Wildes said ear
lier in the season. “His patience
enables me to build confidence.
That’s partly why I came to UGA."
Webber’s smile isn’t forced from
under a baseball cap, but freely re
flects his inner appreciation of ex
periences that have nothing to do
with a bases loaded situation, full
count, or pinch hitter.
Still, Coach realizes the lesson
that can be learned from baseball.
“Like in life, you have to take it
as it comes in baseball,” he said.
“You have to look at the season
over the long haul. Dwelling on the
outcome of one game is not healthy
would be ruined forever with these
limitations. Opportunities for
young tennis players in this
country would be Beverly cut, and
many athletes would not attend
college because the tennis games
would be put in jeopardy.
The 20-hour a week play limit
allows only 3.3 hours of warm-up,
hitting, stretching, match play, jog
ging and weight training per day.
Men’s tennis, which only re
ceived five scholarships for its six
starting positions, would then only
receive 4.5 scholarships, furthering
their handicap.
The restraints on college tennis
will hamper the young tennis
players of this country who come to
college to receive everyday
coaching and practice as well as an
education. Players would now by
pass college altogether and pursue
pro careers right after high school,
for a team.”
Webber practices what he pre
aches. During Georgia’s five-game
losing streak at the tail end of the
regular season and into the SEC
tournament, Webber repeatedly
said that the team was playing
well and if it just takes one game at
a time, “it will come around again.”
Apparently, his players took the
same attitude as the team bounced
back to win five of its next six and
took the NCAA Northeast Regional
in Waterbury, Conn.
Webber’s Dogs are one of only
two teams to reach the SEC tour
nament — only the top six teams in
the conference go — each of the last
six seasons.
“We’ve been fortunate to be able
to get good players here the last
few years,” Webber said.
which would be cataclysmic since
the future of American tennis rests
in the collegiate tennis system.
Both Georgia teams lead the
University in GPA’s, so academic
problems or time demands are neg
ligible.
All the success and hard work
the United States Tennis Associa
tion divulged itself in to improve
the state of American tennis will be
wasted. Players would skip college
altogether in favor of the profes
sional circuit because of the insuffi
cient attention their tennis games
would receive if this proposal were
passed.
While this proposal would help
some sports that are more team
oriented, tennis would be on the
short end and suffer the consequ-
nences.
Randy Walker is the tennis
writer for The Red and Black
Other xmyor leaguers Webber
worked with at Georgia include:
Jeff Treadway and Derek Lilli-
quist, Atlanta Braves; Marty
Brown, Baltimore Orioles; Cris
Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals;
and Steve Carter, Pittsburgh Pi
rates.
With Webber at the helm,
Georgia has sent at least one
player to the pro ranks in each of
the last 17 seasons. In all, 29 of
Coach’s former Dogs have signed
professional contracts.
“Georgia has a great program
because of its recruiting and devel
opment of players,” Georgia Tech
coach Jim Morris said.
The cookout winds down, but not
until Webber makes a final check
on his guests — guests that are
now fans.
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