Wednesday, february 11, 1976
page 10
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NCAA's scholarship limits,
budget rules don't fool OU
By Jim Zalewski
Whether it is caused by Arab' oil prices, President
Gerald Ford's economic policies or the declining market
for ceiling wax, the economic crunch is affecting every
one, including collegiate sports. The NCAA has tried to
limit scholarships and travel rosters, and anything else that
might slow down big-time spending by big-time college
sports.
Apparently, Nebraska football fans and the Indiana
and UCLA basketball fans will find a, way-through
increased ticket prices, benevolent alumni or slight rule
evasion-to continue their high-octane pace. Jack Lambert
will do a pantyhose commercial before Nebraska goes to
small-time football.
But what about nonrevenue sports like wrestling?
Will UNL coach Orval Borgialli's grapplers b able to
compete effectively-or even exist -once the 11 -scholarship
limit goes into effect Aug. 1 , 1976?
Statistics seem to indicate schools like UNL will
benefit for once from a scholarship limitation. The
current Husker wrestling team has eight members on full
' scholarship, with a total of 17 receiving some type of aid.
In contrast, tradition-rich University of Oklahoma
(CU) had 40 wrestlers on various scholarships this year.
On the surface, the rule would appear to cut drastically
OLTs accumulated talent. In reality, they may not be
affected at all.
'Those who were enrolled in school by Jan. 1, 1973,
will not be counted in the 11-man limit," Borgialii said.
"In addition, it seems like those who want to spend the
money will spend it somehow. They may use government
grants or some alternate financial aid, but they will find
them regardless." ,
Borgialii, who started at UNL 1 2 years ago with two
and one-half scholarships, said he has built his program
without flaunting any regulations.
'The scholarship limit is not going to hurt NU, if it
is applied fairly," he said. "It is bound to help a person
like myself, eventually ."
"Applied fairly" are the key words in that paragraph.
Rumor has it, and it seems to be more than a fleeting
rumor since Borgialii also has heard it, that Oklahoma
will create a lacrosse or soccer team next year, stocking
it with baseball players and wrestlers.
Only one or two scheduled games are necessary to
qualify the lacrosse players as legitimate scholarship
athletes. Of course, they strangely may be persuaded to
"walkon" in either wrestling or baseball during their
free time. ' .-
Now who is fooling whom? In effect, the NCAA is
just regulating what sport is indicated on a person's
scholarship, not how many.' It seems the Sooners learned
their lesson from the Kerry Jackson incident. You don't
break the rules-yoa just bend them to fit your needs.
I don't mean to imply Oklahoma is the only meanie
in college sports. I'm sure other coaches have devised
more devious schemes to accommodate their needs. The
NCAA never will regulate collegiate sport spending until
everyone agrees to abide by the limits as stated. And we
all know when that will be.
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Four-year veteran swims
career high in KU meet
By Susie Reitz
"I was so excited-about halfway through the meet we
knew we were going to beat KU," said UNL swim team
captain Ruth Spencer, discussing UNL's 71-60 win
Sunday over defending Big 8 Conference champion
Kansas University.
Spencer, the team's only four-year veteran, swam a
career best 1:13.8, to win the 100-yard breaststroke. she
also won the 50-yard breaststroke and is this week's
athlete of the week.
UNL also beat Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Kansas
State Universities Saturday at Manhattan, Kan., with
Spencer taking first and second in the 50- and 100-yard
breaststrokes, respectively.
"The meet Saturday didn't tire us out," Spencer said.
"It made us look forward to Sunday."
Ever since UNL's second-place finish to KU in the Big
8 Relays in December, Spencer said she knew UNL could
beat KU in a dual.
The Huskers are "a lot more competitive this year,"
she said.
Qualified for nationals
"When I first came here, we swam against Kearney
to
Ratings through Feb. 5 for intramural basketball teams
have been released by Gale Wiedow, intramural
coordinator.
No. 1 team is 1641, last year's all-university champion.
Second are the Thunderchickens.
Intramural basketball has five divisions: A, B, C, small
fry and open leagues. Open league teams were riot con
sidered in the ratings, which were based on observations
of teams by intramural supervisors and by team perfor
mances in previous tournaments.
About 35 of the 278 teams competing still are unde
feated, Wiedow said. Between 3,200 and 3,500 students
are participating.
Top Tm
1. 1641 4-0
2. Thunderchickens 3-0
3. Beta Theta Pi , 4-0
4. Ace 4-0
5. Beta Sigma Pit . 3-0
6. Top of the Tower 4-0
7. Theta Xi 3-0
8. Cather 8
9. Abel 5
10 Kappa Sigma
4-0
3-0
3-0
The Dental College team won the intramural swim
meet last Thursday with 90 points, followed by Abel 5
with 54 points. Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta
were third and fourth respectively with 43 and 41 points.
Bill Flory of Phi Delta Theta and Tom Heuke of the
Dental College were double winners. Flory wen the 50
yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley. Heuke
won the 100-and 400-yard freestyle events.
Tom Price of B.V.T. finished first in the 100-yard
backstroke, second in the 100-yard free style and third in
the 50-yard freestyle. Mike Culp, also of B.V.T., won the
200-yard freestyle and was second in the 400-yard
freestyle.
Entries for intramural men's handball doubles are due
today at the Recreation Office, 1740 Vine St.
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(State College), CreiglUon and Concordia," she said. "My
first year, I didn't even realize there was a national meet."
Spencer changed that, qualifying for nationals in the
50-yard breaststroke her sophomore and junior years. She
is four-tenths of a second short of this year's qualifying
time of 33.1 seconds.
The improved competition has brought more talent to
the UNL team, she, said. Mikki Crosby, a sophomore who
won the 50-yard butterfly Sunday, came last year, and
freshmen Ellen Hollander and Use Magee, who won the
100-yard backstroke Sunday, joined the team this year.
"With so many good swimmers it's more fun because
everyone is scoring and you're not the only one winning,'
Spencer said. "But it makes me work harder."
The senior physical education major came to UNL on a
National Merit Scholarship and has a 3.795 average, sup
porting her claim that "all athletes aren't dumb. After
graduation, she plans to teach or go to graduate school,
while working with the Navigators, a Christian
organization.
Last year she received one of UNL's first women's
swimming scholarships.
Family sport
Spencer said she-started competitive swimming at 11.
Her talent in the breaststroke "sort of runs in the family,"
she said. She has three brothers who swim the breast
stroke, for Northwest Missouri State University and
another at Omaha South High School.
Her mother started the family swimming young, she
said.
"With six kids In the family, there Wasn't a lot to do in
the summer," Spencer said, "but we always had swimming
lessons."
Other nominees for athlete of the week were' women's
basketball guard Kathy Hawkins, junior from Omaha;
gymnast Kathi Ruddick, sophomore from Omaha;
wrestler Bob Johnson, senior from Gordon; gymnast
Duane West, junior from Lincoln; basketball forward Bob
Siegel, junior from Fairbury, and track medley relay team ,
members senior Chuck Malito of Lakewood, Colo., junior
Matt Reckmcyer of Mt. Morris, 111., sophomore Harold
Stelzer of Scituate, Mass., and freshman Ron Fisher of
Ottawa, Canada.
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