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Article,
artment uses BEOG money
monday,aprl 14, 1980
By Paul Martin
A December article In the Wall Street Journal said
30 varsity football players at UNL were receiving about
$30,000 in Basic Education Opportunities Crants money
that would have otherwise come from athletic department
funds.
Jerry Pettibone, UNL recruiting coordinator, said some
of the football players were receiving BEOG aid now but
that he did not know how many.
According to the Wall Street Journal, university and
government officials say that it would be grossly unfair to
deny federal education grants to poor people simply be
cause they possess athletic abUity. But the officials agree
there may be a touchy situation in the utilization of
BEOG funds by university athletic departments.
The Basic Education Opportunities Grant program, the
largest of several federal programs designed to help pay
for the higher education of students needing financial
aid, can often relieve the financial burden faced by univer
sity athletic programs.
BEOG considered
The possibility of an athlete qualifying for BEOG aid is
something that is considered while recruiting football
players, especially possible walk-ons, according to Petti
bone. "Well encourage our players who come from a poor
background, particularly walk-ons, to look into BEOG be
cause it could be best for him and we wouldn't have to
count him in the running scholarship number," Pettibone
said.
If a player aualifies for the BEOG aid, he can't use
it in addition to his scholarship, Pettibone said.
"If a player gets $1,700-51300 with a BEOG and gets
a scholarship also, he can only receive the difference,"
Pettibone said.
For example, if someone has been given a scholarship
totaling $1,500 and qualified for BEOG aid totaling
$1,800, he can only recieve the $300 difference in federal
aid, according to Pettibone.
No other sources
"If you're on a full scholarship at school, you can't
have any other source of money while you're in school."
Pettibone said.
Pettibone said this includes jobs or different types of
non-institutional aid such as the BEOG program.
"Because the NCAA will not allow a scholarship player
any other income other than their scholarship, it's pos
sible for a player to come here and make more money if
he's on a BEOG, Pettibone said.
If the player qualifies, Pettibone said he will be en
couraged to look into the possibility of a BEOG. In this
way it can be an advantage to the players to work out the
best possible way to pay for school, according to Petti
bone. WhUe it can be a useful vehicle of aid in some cases for
football, Pettibone said BEOG would likely be more pre
valent in non-revenue sports.
"It's not going to be anything that any major sports
will rely on," Pettibone said. "It $ something for a walk
on or a type of player from a minor sport.
If he's a highly recruited player, then this wouldn't
come into play as much because you're not going to take
any chances with your really good players, Pettibone
said.
In these cases, Pettibone said, scholarships would be
used to get the athletes to the university. Then other
players are encouraged to check into the BEOG program.
Professionals endorse football draft
By Ron Powell
In a recent U.S. News and World Report story on the
baseball strike, Minnesota Twins pitcher Mike Marshall
referred to baseball's amateur draft system: "That's
going to be our next breakthrough in a system of tyranny
we've had since the 1900s."
With the National Football League draft set for April
29, one must wonder if similar problems are anticipated
with the NFL amateur draft, especially considering the
large gap that exists in the Detroit Lions contract negoti
ations with Billy Sims.
According to two ex-Nebraska football players, John
Dutton and Lee Kunz.the answer is "no."
"I don't see any other way to do it," Dutton said.
"Not many people are hurt by the draft system, and most
of the players coming out of college don't care where they
go. They just want the opportunity to play professional
football."
Dutton, who was a first-round draft choice of the Balti
more Colts in 1974, added, "I was the fifth player picked
in the draft, and I was very happy being picked by Balti
more because all I wanted was the chance to play."
Widespread support
Kunz said Dutton's support of the draft is "pretty
much the attitude" Kunz has seen.
"Most players are just glad to get the opportunity to
play pro football because a lot of good college players get
passed over and dont get the opportunity," Kunz said.
"It's a good system even though a lot of players are over
looked. But that's inevitable when there are only 12
rounds and so many good athletes to choose from."
Kunz, a linebacker, was Chicago's seventh round draft
pick last year.
Dutton, who has been an All-Pro defensive end several
times in his career, played in Baltimore until the middle of
the 1979 season when he was traded as a free agent with
Dallas. Dutton sat out the first part of last season because
of a dispute with the Colt's front office, but he doesn't
blame that on the draft.
"The draft isn't bad, because it's necessary," Dutton
said. "It's the simplest way to do it. My gripe is the limited
movement there is once you're in. I enjoyed Baltimore my
first few years, and even when things began to go bad, I
tried to work them out. When it became evident that the
problems were not going tobe solved, I should have been
free to go after my contract expired."
Several alternatives to the draft have been suggested.
One is to have a free market in which a player chooses
which team he would like to play with. Another method
would be to operate it similarly to college recruiting in
which a team has limitations on how many players it can
sign.
Get dirty'
Kunz and Dutton, however, do not favor such ideas.
"If you opened it up, you'd have a lot of guys that
would either go play for a winner or head to a city where
the weather is nice or the management is good," Dutton
said. "Pretty soon, a small group of teams would domi
nate the league. And if you ran it like the NCAA handles
college recruiting it would get dirty.
"When I first came into the league, there was some
resentment toward the draft becaus they thought it made
a slave out of you. But it has to be that way, because it
keeps the rest of the league even."
Dutton added that he doesn't think the draft system
will ever change because the owners are satisfied with it.
Kunz said alternatives to the draft have some potential,
but added that is small.
"It would seem really unorganized and confusing with
out a draft," Kunz said. 'The draft makes it easier for
everyone."
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