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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1984)
Thursday, January 20, 1CC1 Pc.12 15 Pi - J o Tl o LG(u TiTKniuKfDTiTl H fii HHP p.mfn (tl) T7it P 4 .4 The business of "mis-cduc&tion of this nation's athletes, especially black athletes, is no kiu-hir.g rcr.ttcr. Re search literature, the courtrooms and our nation's college dormitories are full of evidence that this mb-education exists and further, that little b being done to prev ent thij disease from spread ing. In dealing with an issue, the provi sion of prototypical examples is im portant. In this instance, the ccntrov ersy surrounding Kevin Ross and Creigh ton University can be used. Av Matthew Stelly Since the advent ofafTirraative action and other such programs, "disadvan taged" students historically have been made scapegoats for the inadequacies or shortcomings of these programs. In Kevin Ross' case, former Creighton Coach Tom Apke said, "One of Kevin's biggest problems was a reading disabil ity, not lack of intelligence ... he had average grades at an average high school in Kansas City." Apke went on to state that Ross didn't do well on college entrance examinations. "The rationale was that we had to have Kevin playing and happy to have a chance to reach him educationally," Apk Since when does a student's "happi ness" come before telling him. or her the truth about his or her academic potential or life's chances? And while college entrance tests do, indeed, have cultural biases, that does not excuse Creighton or Apke from recruiting a student who they knew full well had reading disabilities. The fact of the matter is Creighton recruiters saw a tall black kid who could dunk the ball, and they wanted him to perform on the court, not in the classroom. As a matter of fact, Creigh ton officials were able to get the NCAA to pay for tutorial services for Ross after his sophomore year, a time when they found that when Ross would read, his eye inadvertently. skipped two or three lines. But they told no one, E and it was business as usual iurtiric-d by Apke's contention that, "in l:,;:.t of hh desires to play basketball, that (Ross taking a year off from basket ball) didnt seem feasible at the time." In an attempt to raise Ross grade point average at the midterm of his junior year, athletic director Dan OrTen berger conceded that yes, he indeed had given Ross an easier course load. So now the problem is exacerbated: Ross has reading problems, he cannot do college-level work, he is reading at the second-grade level even as a junior in college, but the university opts to put a BandAid on a broken leg by simply allowing Ross to take fluff courses to pad his GPA and thereby remain eligible. Now, if this happened to an athlete who, in four years of playing ball at Creighton, started only 10 games and averaged a scant six points per con test, what will such institutions do to keep star-caliber players eligible? Will these t institutions suspend a player who brings in poor grades or will they "work things out" where somehow, mystically and magically, this athlete does "extra homework" and therefore remains eligible? In either case, we have the student athlete being treated primarily (and oftentimes solely) as an athlete. His or her status as a "student" becomes secondary, yet it is the stu dent aspect of his or her developement on which their future prospects are built or buried! There is yet another dimension many "experts" are intentionally overlook ing: the fact that the bulk of the blue chip athletes come from lower-income areas. That includes the ghetto, the barrio and even predominantly white rural communities (e.g. Dean Stein kuhler). What we find then, is that in these areas, the level of education is not comparable to private or subur ban institutions. The recruiters who go to these areas, then, are well aware of this fact. This, then, seems to be the reason why there are discussions of playing time, trophies and other trivia, and a roundabout discussion (when mentioned at all) about the student's chances of getting his or her degree. We know educational attainment and income, in most cases, are related. We also know many athletes are being 1 CUSSiFiED ADVf RTiSiHd CALL 472-1761 $2.50 minimum charge per day on com mercial ads. Ten words included. $2.00 minimum charge per day on Indi vidual student and student organiza tion ads. Students must pay for the ad at the time it is placed. NO REFUNDS ON PRE-PAID ADS. NO RESPONSIBILITY ASSUMED FOR MORE THAN ONE INCORRECT IN SERTION. FOUND ads may be submitted free of charge. 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Ailer all, it h the athletic program thai g precedent over their student status; it is the athletic program that is taking up time that could he used studying and it is the athletic program that circulates and skillfully exploits the term "student athlete. So if mis for which theyrccive only crumbs, and 4) benefit from the millions of dollars the university made during that par ticular athlete's tenure. It has been said that, "you cant teach what you dont know and you cant lead where you wont go." The universities across this nation that are guilty of mb-cducaticn cannot over turn their own inadequacies any more than a robber who has successfully gotten away with hi3 money would education is to continue (and it will), turn that money because of a "crisis and if minority athletes and those - ua"ujci.& uxnuuumuiiy.u f imrvnvnrihpH srp-.? an cmV tn learning in this country have to be from impoverished areas are going to be academically punished by breaking their backs four years and leaving empty-handed, then it is the role and responsibility of the institution to at least guarantee that athlete a job the job, in turn, would enable the athlete to: 1) accomplish a highly-held goal in life; 2) support his or her return to the campus to complete the degree that he , or she did not recieve; 3) receive pay ment for four years of free slave labor made accountable for what they are doing to those who, because cf skin color or academic dificiencies, already will have a rough enough time in the world of the 1 DSD's. 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