 | The Cavalier daily Friday, January 12, 1973 |  |
NCAA To Discuss Modification
Of Athletic Scholarship Rules
By BEVERLY DOWELL
Student Affairs Vice
President D. Alan Williams and
Athletics Director Eugene F.
Corrigan will represent the
University today and
tomorrow at a National
Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) meeting in Chicago
which could result in extensive
alterations of NCAA athletic
scholarship regulations.
Representatives Vote
Representatives from 600
colleges and universities will
vote on plans to divide the
NCAA into two groups, to
the number of
grants-in-aid at all schools and
to base future athletic
scholarships at least partially
on need.
The group plan would
divide NCAA member colleges
into groups according to the
size of their athletic programs.
Group One, including the
University would consist of
schools running major sports
programs. Intercollegiate
Athletics Director Steve Sebo
said. Schools concentrating
primarily on one or two sports
such as basketball and hockey
would comprise Group two.
The proposal to limit
grants-in-aid is an effort to
equalize monetary differences
between large and small
schools. The plan would allow
a total of thirty five
grants-in-aid for first-year
recruitment per sport and
seventy grants-in-aid for
second, third and fourth year
athletes.
"We have only been signing
about thirty-five grants-in-aid
per year, but some conference
and independent schools such
as VPI have been signing many
more." Mr. Sebo said.
The proposal to base
scholarships on need would
limit scholarships to tuitions
and fees with a small allowance
for books unless a student
could demonstrate a further
need for aid.
Costs Kept Within Limits
"This proposal would help
keep all costs within reasonable
educational limits." Mr Sebo
explained.
The University's athletic
scholarship funds do not come
from state funds or gate
receipts, according to Mr.
Sebo, but the proposal would
release money to help fund
more of the fourteen sports in
the University's athletic
program. Limiting aid would
save the University about $800
on food and $350 on board.
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