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Players hurt by NCAA "economics
friday, September 19, 1975
By Larry Sturskel
It really came as no surprise Wednesday
when a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans
overturned a lower court ruling that the.
NCAA had no right to restrict the size of
college football traveling squad below the
60 allowed at home, v
The earlier ruling, by U.S. District Court
Judge Sam Pointer of Birmingham, Ala.,
expanded the 48-man traveling team limit
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Saturday's UNL-Indiana game high
lights will be featured on ABC's College
Football 75 cn Channel 7 at 1 p.m.
Sunday.
Play begins today for men's golf singles
and women's golf singles. Horseshoe singles
and co-rec tennis doubles begin Monday.
First Down Magazine will be on sale as
usual at various points around campus.
This week, Jim Hunt features student
ticket scalping in addition to the rosters,
pictures and game stories.
imposed by the NCAA during its conven
tion in August.
The new ruling will not take effect until
next weekend, meaning Indiana will bring
54 players (the current Big 10 limit), but
Texas Christian University will only have
48 players on the roster when they come
to Lincoln Sept.' 27,
Deal ridiculous
Husker football coach Tom Osborne,
upon first hearing the news, laughed and
called the whole deal ridiculous.
"But in the long run there's a better
cnance things will return t6 the way they
were," he said.
Osborne's reasoning was, with unlimited
home squads as before (the August restric
tion says only 60 players can suit up),
NCAA members would be hesitant to re
peal the action fearing the Alabama ruling
would mean unlimited travel squads.
With the ruling overturned, things could
legally return as they were with unlimited
home teams and travel squad sizes set by
the conferences.
But the real question involved is who is
being hurt.
Osborne rightly states it's the players.
Hurting morale
'The whole thing is hurting morale,"
Osborne said. "I can see the need to econ
omize in college athletics, but why do it at
the players' expense.'
Again, the question comes up if limiting
the number of players that can suit up for
a home game is saving any money at all.
"Under NCAA rules we can give players
who are not suiting up two free tickets
each," Osborne continued. 'That's 50
times two, times the price of a ticket
($7.50), times the number of games (seven).
Osborne's math translates into $5,250
for the season, that the Athletic Dept. will
not get in ticket revenues. ' v
Then there is another factor to consider.
"Charlie McClendon (Louisiana State
University (LSU) football coach) told me
he would have been scared to death to
come down here with only 48 players,"
Osborne said. "Being from the South
where it's warmer, there is a need to sub
stitute more players. If LSU had only
brought 48 players and if it would have
. been a warmer day, it would have made a
big difference in the fourth quarter."
What Osborne didn't mention was the
added chance of injury to a player who is
hot and tired. In a situation where a foot
ball team can only take its first two teams
and if one player does get hurt, the back
up man would have to play the remainder
of the game with no available substitution.
Unfortunately, the recent decision is the
final word, and the legal battle debating it
won't come before the court for another
several months.
It's really too bad when athletes find
they've been sold out by athletic directors
and college presidents for the sake of the
almighty buck.
What's worse is the restrictions having
the greatest immediate effect on the
players so far have been costing schools
more. Where is the justification?
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