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The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, May 1, 1963 if
The case against collegiate 'shamateurism'-
The 1.6 controversy- - a coach's excuse
Those Crying Towels
The infamous 1.6 rule in college athletics has been
much cussed and discussed of recent, with many coaches
bringing out the crying towel and using it so passionately
that one wnuld think, if one did not know better, that the
rule is the greatest injustice to man since Dachau.
The truth seems to be, however, that perhaps these
coaches and AD's are not quite so benevolently-minded as
they would seem at first glance.
For, though they conjure up images of poor young
boys who cannot meet the rigid requirements of the cold
hearie'1 colleges, and cite numerous examples of boys who
scored less than a 1.6 in a projected aptitude test and yet
went on to score a blazing 2.4 or so in a brilliant sports ca
reer, the fact is that these coaches are obviously not con
cerned with helping boys get to college who otherwise
could not make it; they are interested only in the poor
young men who could help them out in their professions.
Rule Not So Terrible
If they are sincerely interested in helping underpriv
ileged youngsters get to college, let them turn over some
of the money in the vast treasuries of the athletic depart
ments to a scholarship fund for hardship cases, or boys
from ghetto areas who have gone to such poor schools
they couldn't possibly meet the requirements.
It is sometimes hard to see how it is a hardship to re
quire a future collegiate athlete show that he can score
grades at least as "high" as 1.6 on a 4.0 scale. That, my
friends, is not even a passing grade.
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by George Kaufman
And, considering an athlete must be even better pre
pared than the ordinary student to keep up his grades,
due to the time and effort taken from his studies by his
sports activities, it seems even more important to find out
whether or not he can make it, even with the tutoring and
special services extended to a "jock."
A college's first concern should be to see whether or
not the young man has the interest and capacity to attend
an institution of higher education, not whether or not he
can play football or basketball.
'Professional Amateurs'
Unfortunately, the trend has swung almost entirely
from the scholar-athlete to the near-professional athlete
attending the school which just happened to be able to
offer him the most for his athletic services.
And it is not the young athletes who are really to be
blamed for this, after all, it is in their best interest to
bargain for their future well-being if there is a market
The blame must be placed on the men who make a mar
ket for them to be sold in the coaches and AD's.
In a more complex view, of course, the coaches and
AD's are no more to blame than the players since they,
too, are part of an even higher-priced trader's market.
They are in a profession which demands that they win-win-win
and draw those crowds, or the fat-cat alums and
a clamoring public will demand their resignation and the
hiring of someone who can win.
Coaching does not pay that well unless you're part
of the cream that rises to the top and to rise you must
win, and to win you must have the material, which means
you must 'xade in the open market for the young men
willing to sell themselves for four years to the right bid
der. 'Just Taking Orders'
So it is, I suppose, in the final analysis the society it
self which breeds this sort of attitude of do-or-die profes
sionally in America's coaches. Yet they are the ones who
work directly with the young men and the ones who deal
for them, and cannot truthfully say "I was only taking or
ders.
It is true that in order to go into coaching or athletic
administration a man must have some love of the sport,
and of the high schools and colleges which foster high
caliber sports. So they owe something to their profession
to resist floating with the current at every opportunity.
And every time a top coach attacks things like the
1.6 rule he not only is going with the current, man, he is
paddling down stream.
And, in the words of the Maharishl, "He who paddles
downstream cannot help but soon reach the ocean."
22 entires take part"
in University rallye
Winners have been an
nounced for the first time
distance rallye of the Univer
sity of Nebraska Chapter of
the Nebraska Region, Sports
Car Club of America.
There were 22 entries for
Cats go wild
The Kansas State tennis
team dismantled the Husker
net attack at Manhattan TueS'
day for a 6-1 victory, allowing
only Bill Roehrs a close win
in the top singles match.
The Huskers won only one
other set, that in a losing
cause in the No. 2 doubles.
SINGLES
Bill Roehra, Nebraska, def. Steve Snod
!, 5-7, 8-3. 7-5.
Merle Duncan. Kansas Stale, def. Tom
Wiese, B-2, 6 2.
Pete Seaman. Kansas State, def. BUI
Fink. S-1. 6-S.
Jim Havtinro. Kansas State, def. Rod
Johnsfn. S-O. -3.
Richard Dickton, Kansas State, def.
Bob Hurlbutt, C 2. 6-3.
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Duncan-SnodKrass, KS, def. Wieae-FInk,
7-5, (.
Dlckwn-nastincs, KS. def. Roehrs-John.
tn. 34. 6-1. 6-2.
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Husker rifle team 2nd
while breaking record
The Nebraska rifle team
broke the existing Big Eight
record in the conference
championships held at Law
rence last weekend, but had
to settle for second place due
to a sharp-shooting Oklahoma
State team.
Both the Cowboys, witn a
2755 score, and NU, at 2710,
eclipsed the old Big Eight
target mark.
The high individual shooter
was Jim Gunn of Oklahoma
State, followed by Manfred
Wunderlich of the Nebraska
team.
Gunn also took high honors
in standing position, while
Alan Anderson of Nebraska
won the kneeling honors and
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Yes, sports people, itll be the Animals vs. the People in another exciting
contest at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum Friday and Saturday as the NU
Rodeo Club sponsors an NIC event. Here, an Animal player is ahead, 1-0,
and about to score a victory. Come on out and cheer for your favorite team.
The University of Nebras
ka Rodeo Association will
host its first National Inter
collegiate Championship Ro
deo on May 34 at the State
Fairgrounds Coliseum. Con
testants from 16 other schools
in the Great Plains Region
are expected to compete in
three performances scheduled
on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and
on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and
7:30 p.m.
Cowboys and cowgirls will
be competing for team tro
phies, belt buckles, merchan
dise prizes and points toward
the Intercollegiate Rodeo
championships. Saddles will
also be presented to the Ail
Around Cowboy and Cowgirl,
according to Marilyn Phifer
of Mason City, Rodeo club
information chairman.
The NU rodeo team will be
beaded by A. B. Cox of Val
entine who will compete in
the bull riding and steer
wrestling. Other members
are Larry Radant, Madison,
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calf roping and ribbon rop
ing; Jerry Coslor, Sargent,
bull riding and saddle bronc
riding; and Larry Nelson of
Alliance in bareback and bull
riding.
Chip Whitaker, Chambers,
will compete in the steer
wrestling, an event which he
now leads in the Great Plains
Region. He also is in the top
five in calf roping and rib
bon roping, and is in the top
three in saddle bronc riding.
Whitaker led the NU team
in winnings at the Kansas
State University Intercollegi
aie noaeo in jwannatian on
April 19-20. He tied for first
and second in the saddle
bronc riding contest and
turned in a sixth place per
formance m the nbbon rop
ing. Whitaker is in the run-
Games highlight
Spring Day event
Blue skies, bright sun, green
grass and no classes on Fri
day afternoon will make this
year s Spring Day a success
ful event, committee mem
bers say.
Classes win be dismissed
at noon and the events begin
at 1 p.m. on East Campus.
Women's games include:
The "Greased Orang e,"
"Needle in the Hay Stack,"
"Hot Dog Relay" "Fish and
Ballon," and "tug of war."
Roger Stark of OSU excelled
at the prone position.
The team took ten menr
bers, with the top five plae
ing. The placers for NU were.
1. M?nfred Wunderlich, 2.
Greg Busacker, 3. Alan An
derson, 4. Tim Stroh, and 5.
Ann Sixta.
The other members of the
team were Jim McCabe, Mark
Bronson, Jean Underwood,
Lyle Dunn and Jeanee Hahn
Team Sooring
1. Oklahoma State ....2755
2. Nebraska 2710
3. Colorado 2662
4. Kansas State 2G59
5. Kansas 2632
6. Iowa State 2629
7. Missouri 2617
8. Oklahoma 2589
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ning to represent NU in his
specialty events in the NIRA j
contest finals at St George. ;
Utah.
John Sennett, Mason City,
will see action in roping, rib
bon roping and steer wres
tling where be now holds
third place in the region.
Linda Edwards of Ains
worth will represent NU cow
girls in the barrel racing.
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Golfers dropped
The Oklahoma State golfers
put down Nebraska Tesday
afternoon at Stillwater, 9Vs
5Vi, to set the NU record at
14-5-2. Low for the Huskers
was Charlie Borner with a 69.
the Sunday afternoon rallye;
16 from the University of Ne- j
braska and six members of I
the Nebraska region and f
guests.
Tonight at 9 there will be f
a meeting of the University"
chapter in the Union. Movies
will be shown on rallying.
Scoring in the rallye is in ;
total number of seconds off
actual arrival at four check
points against a pre-set time. '
University of Nebraska entries:
Driver, naviaalor Point, assessed
1. D. Bamberger, J. Magortan .... 2U7
2. K. White. J. Hull ... 4p
3. T. Kammerlohr, T. Coe -ib
4. J. Srhweers, B. Brunk ' 455
5. J. Shaw, V. Rnme 471
6. W. Parria. D. Merchant 57s
7. Wallace. Gary Peterson 6
8. Lois, Patty Herman w
S. n. Schafer. W. Simmons 7s-: .
10 Joe, Sanelv Wvnn . . si?
11. D. Doollttle, P. Llnd i" ' loir
12. S. Demmi. J. Rmum m... .
1.1. A. Lenz, K. Low i
14. T. Duke. W. Gentry ' "!."' l67 .
15. M. McCoy, J. Am iwert ' I694 1
16. R. Branch, G. Siederavlclnu
broke down
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Driver, navtrator Point. .
1. J. Calder. H. Gillespie p-,
t. J. Blackburn. P. Gillespie ' 214
S. H. Voller, J. Atkins 4J '
4. L. Meyer, K Christensen 40)1
5. V Kuklin. S. Rose ......... In
. D. Vercruysse, D. Taylor 2151
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