The Cavalier daily :: Thursday, February 8, 1973 :: University of Virginia Library

There was no discussion
about leaving the NCAA if the
separation did not occur,
during the closed meeting of
the ACC hierarchy, but, said
James, "Obviously, if they
should choose to ignore us,
then our schools would have a
big decision to make."

The attempt to reorganize
the NCAA was defeated at the
national convention last
month. James and other
conference commissioners will
meet in Chicago on Feb. 17 to
discuss the issue.

Formula Set

In other action taken
during its annual business
meeting in Greensboro, N.C.,
the conference set guidelines
for the determination of the
league's representative to the
NCAA Eastern Regionals.

With both undefeated
North Carolina State and Duke
on NCAA probation and
ineligible for post season
tournaments, the conference
voted that if the two schools
should meet in the finals, a
special game would be played
between the next two schools
to determine the NCAA
representative.

Should only one of the two
be in the championship game
and win, the runner-up would
go to the Eastern Regionals.

Scholarships Denied

The conference's governing
committee, of which D. Alan
Williams, University
Vice-President for Student
Affairs, is vice president, voted
down a proposal to increase
the maximum number of
football scholarships up to 75
in two years.

The committee also ruled
that athletic teams competing
outside the United States will
not be penalized by a
reduction in their maximum
number of games allowed.
Earlier this season, the N.C.
State basketball team was
forced to cancel a planned
South American tour because
of the old rule.

Freshman Scholars

Officials listened to a report
showing the average G.P.A. of
conference freshman football
players last season to be 1.93,
indicating, according to James,
that first-year participation in
sports did not cause undue
academic hardship.