Miami Hurricane, September 02, 1980

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	Athlete Or Student?	But Had A Lot To Say
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Volume 56, No.2
Tuesday, September 2,1980
Phone 284-4401
SPs John Underwood Speaks
Symposium Held
On College Athletics
Miami Hurricane MARK BRANDT
Members Of "I'll«* Symposium Panel
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By PETER S. HAMM
Sport* Editor
"The Relevance of Athletics in Today's Collegiate Environment," a symposium sponsored by UM. was held in the Flamingo Ballroom of the Student Union last Wednesday.
It featured John Underwood, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated magazine and the author of “Rip Off: The Student Athlete Hoax,” its December cover story.
A panel of speakers expressed the value of varsity athletics to colleges. On the panel were Chuck Dowdle of WPLG, Channel 10 sports; Frank Callahan, co-trus-tee of the G.A.C. Corporation in Miami; Arthur Hertz, vice-president of Wometco Enterprises and the president of the UM alumni Association; Dr. Joe Hoy, chairman of Sports Administration at Biscayne College; Ritchie l.ucas, editor of the Hurricane; Morris McLemore, former sportswriter and sportscaster; and Pete Williams, president of Volunteer Engineering Corporation and an intercollegiate football official.
‘Tve been a critic of college athletics for some time now, and they have made some terrible blunders which they're now trying to rectify,” Underwood said in his opening remarks.
Giving as examples the University of Michigan. Dartmouth University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Underwood defended college sports, claiming they "draw students out, draw alumni and draw the community together."
"Making money," Underwood emphasized, "is not important." He said that large cities with professional sports in their area can still profit from home games, and pointed out the University of Southern California (USC) as an example. "USC is very comparable to the University of Miami.”	'
"I have found that endowments invariably went up when the team did well,” Underwood said.
"But it’s not a profit-and-loss situation, it’s a cost-
and-value situation.”
Underwood said that, to most athletes and coaches, a college education is not the primary consideration. "It (claiming that athletes are here for an education) is a terrible, terrible farce. It behooves administrators at every level to say 'get that education,' " Underwood
said.
"It's not the colleges that are at fault, but the whole system from grade school up. Recruiters should stress education."
Other panel members also expressed their opinions on the role of intercollegiate athletics.
Hoy spoke of college athletics as a force for bringing the campus factions together. "I can’t think of another activity on a campus that touches more people than intercollegiate athletics. But it is vitally important in the '80’s that we review what we have been doing ."
Callahan said that college athletes develop more drive and ambition through competition. "Athletics gives a great step forward in competition."
Lucas presented the problem of the athlete that doesn't make it: the athlete who isn't good enough for professional sports.
"What happens to the athlete who is 'assisted' through school and at graduation finds he neither possesses the skills to participate in professional sport or the job market?" Lucas asked.
Hertz insists that college athletics is a form of advertising. “When alumni call ... they ask how the football team is doing."
Dowdle suggested,"Do away with all scholarships on the basis of athletic ability," and got a heated response from the audience. Dowdle believes that all financial aid should be given on the basis of need, not on special skills.
A member of the audience asked about how important it was to build an on-campus football stadium at UM. Hoy said that the construction of a stadium is a "top priority. You must showcase your campus."
But McLemore responded to a question on women's athletics by saying, “We need a fieldhouse more than a stadium."
When asked about cheating in classrooms to help athletes. Hoy said that it “does go on.” He said that he was very much against it, but did feel that athletes should get special tutoring. "Eraser (lIM's head baseball coach Ron Fraser) can't play as many games as he does without taking some time out of the classroom."
“1 thought we’d have more opposition," said Hoy after the two-hour symposium.
HOLD ON TO THAT TRAY! The brand new cashier stands purchased for the Ibis Cafeteria were not manufactured according to specifications. According to Dave Hayward of the Ibis, the counters are one-half inch shorter than requested, causing several persons to lose their lunch in recent days. The Ibis hopes to correct the problem soon by adding a fourth runner along the outside edge of the counter. This should shift the balance point, reducing the danger for Ibis patrons. According to Hayward, if the counters had had no runners, there would not have been any trouble.
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Miami Hurricane DENNIS DEBLOIS
Students Pay Athletic Fee Despite Vote On Referendum
By MARIA VEGA
New* Editor
This fall, all undergraduates attending the University paid a $10 Athletic Fee. even though last spring students passed a referendum to abolish it.
According to President Henry King Stanford, who makes the final decision on all referenda, he "could not support the elimination of nearly $180,000 | per year] from the budget of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, which is already in a serious deficit posture."
In a memorandum released by the President's office June 9, Stanford denied the Undergraduate Student Body Government Legislation (#80051) and explained the reasons for his decision.
"Approval of the legislation would have necessitated the establishment of other charges for students to attend intercollegiate competitions, a system which might not be in the best long-term interests of our undergraduate students," he said.
"Another factor was the recognition that this fee was initiated such a short time |three years| ago; budget planning for any University department would be seriously disrupted by the withdrawal of a sizable allocation shortly after the decision had been made to initiate that same source of funding."
Alan Rubin, president ol USBG, is displeased with Stanlord's decision
"The raising and lowering of the Student Activity Fee must come
from student votes, not from the administration," he said. "The fee was created so students could have money for those activities which students want, not as a funding source for administrative politics.”
According to Rubin, he never discussed the referendum with Stanford after the students voted. "The referendum sould have been presented for discussion to the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees. At Stanford's request, it was cancelled from the agenda,” he said. "By the time I spoke to Stanford |on May 23| he had already reached his decision.”
Rubin feels Stanford used "dirty politics” by waiting for the semester's end to make a decision, since few students would would be aware of a decision made at that time. “I can’t accept having things done this way. My job is to represent the student input, and I wanted the students taken into consideration before the decision was made,” he said.
Rubin also feels that Stanford's decision may affect student turnout in subsequent elections. Turnout is already low, with only 1,900 of approximately 9,000 undergraduates having voted in the spring.
One of the arguments favoring Stanford's decision was the assumption that the elimination of the $10 fee would have hurt women’s intercollegiate sports more than any other area. But according to Rubin that was a misconception. "The money for women's sports would h"we come from somewhere else. By law, the University could not
have allowed women's athletics to suffer."
He feels too much money is spent on athletics as it is, particularly in football, and cites recruiting as an example. "Over $165,000 was spent on recruiting this year, where they were only allotted $122,000,” he points out. “No wonder they have a deficit.”
But Stanford feels a commitment to athletics. “Our University has made a commitment to achieving excellence in its athletic programs, and I feel compelled to honor that commitment in every possible way," he stated in his memo.
“1 do appreciate the sentiments of many students, faculty and administrators who bplieve tuition dollars should not subsidize the Intercollegiate Athletic Program to the extent they do. I am hopeful that Athletic Director Harry Mallios and his staff can make significant improvement in the financial condition of the department during this academic year,” he added.
Two of the benefits which students were willing to forfeit were free admission to the football games and the free bus service provided for students attending those games. Rubin said USBG was planning to provide the bus service at no cost. He pointed out that students now pay $20 per year in order to attend football games, while before the fee was instituted, season tickets were only $11.
¿'Even allowing for inflation, studios end up paying more for those tickets now," he said.
Former Golf Coach Complains Of Dismissal; Mallios Responds
By MARK A. WOOSTER
«»iitant Nam Editor
Dr. Richard Thomas, UM golf coach for the past three years, is unhappy with his dismissal from coaching, and with the relationship he had with Athletic Director Harry Mallios.
Thomas was told in May that he would not be returning as golf coach. “I asked Dr. Mallios what he had against me coaching, and he said ‘You're missing your classes too much.' |Thomas teaches in the Department of Health and Physical Education.! But my dean and department chairman never at any time disapproved of my coaching, in fact they encouraged it as long as my classes were covered. I only missed classes when we went on trips, and since our trips were on weekends and I had no Friday classes, we're talking only about some Thursday classes, and a few Wednesday classes."
Mallios would not disagree that Thomas was dismissed because of a conflict with his classes. "If that's his |Thomas| response, he's free to voice his opinions in that manner," said Mallios. “I do appreciate the work Dr. Thomas has done with the department for the past three years, working with the golf team while full-time teaching.
“I don't think it would be fair to say anything beyond that. There were responsibilities he had. and 1 am appreciative of the time and effort he has given to the young men who have shared his time and counsel over the past years." '
But when Mallios discussed the new men's golf coach. Norm Parsons, Mallios strongly emphasized that "Parsons brings with him a strong background of administrative and organizational ability.”
"Individuals differ in many ways,” said Mallios.
“My problems started when Mallios took over," said Thomas. "It was an orientation in harassment.
"When Mallios first became athletic director, he asked me how old I was, and I told him I will be 64. He said 'I want you to coach for two more years until you retire.’ "
But Thomas said that a problem developed near the end of the summer. "When the llecht Center opened, I was assigned a small of-
MiKmi Hurricane KERRY PITTENGER
Thomas
fice in the old athletic building with the soccer coach. I said there was no way two coaches of two sports can operate effectively, try to talk to students and recruits at the same time in one small office.
"So 1 gave up that office. With several empty offices in the Hecht Center, I had to fight for an office. Finally after two months, I got one.”
According to Thomas, problems developed later on in the year with golf funding. "I was informed in December by the finance department that in August, $17,000 in a restricted golf account, funds which were specifically to be used for the men’s golf program, were gone. They were transferred to the general athletic fund to help cover a small percentage of the athletic deficit. This hurt our credibility with merchants in the area, because we had purchased items on that account, and there were no funds to pay for them.
“I informed Dr. Mallios of the problem. But nothing was done until the president (Henry King Stanford) was made aware of the missing funds, and wrote a letter ordering that half the funds be returned to pay the bills. We never got the rest of the money back," said Thomas.
Mallios disagrees. "1 discovered that funds were removed from the golf account without the permission of the athletic director. 1 informed Dr. Thomas of this fact. I pursued the matter, and the funds were replaced."
Thomas said that “as the year progressed, it became evident with me that he | Mallios | was dissatisfied with me as golf coach.”
“Dr. Mallios embarassed me by bringing my assistant (John McCauley) to head coaching meetings,” said Thomas. "No other assistant was invited."
"When I have staff meetings, I usually invite someone from each department to attend to insure that someone from each sport will be in attendance," said Mallios.
What angered Thomas most was that McCauley was sent to the last three tournaments of the season. "Mallios told me that I was spending too much time away from my classes,” Thomas said. "Then he sent McCauley on the last three tournaments without asking me. In 40 years of being involved in intercollegiate athletics I have never seen an athletic director running a program around the head coach. Can you imagine Mallios sending an assistant to a football game instead of Howard Schnellenberger, or Skip Bertman to a baseball game instead of Ron Fraser?"
When asked if McCauley was sent instead of Thomas without Thomas' approval, Mallios said, "That may very well be the case. If Dr. Thomas indicated that as a fact,
I would be willing to accept his statement on that. I don't think it would serve any purpose to go into it.”
Thomas believes the golf team and the University suffered because his replacement was not named until August, several months after he was dismissed. "When you drop a coach, you don't leave the job in limbo," said Thomas. “I want to tell the players who the next coach will be, what his schedule is, etc. Also, when students and parents called asking about the golf program, there was no one to tell them what was happening. And these were students who were interested in paying to come here and play golf. We had at least eight boys playing golf here last season who paid their tuition."
New	A/C Is Definitely Quiet
By MARK A. WOOSTER
«»tlltinl Nt«i Editor
One of the improvements made in the Memorial Classroom Building over the summer was the replacement of the classroom air conditioning, which many students complained was noisy, inefficient, and unreliable, with a new central air conditioning system, which was supposed to be quiet, efficient and reliable.
But students in class last Tuesday discovered that the new system was not functioning. With outside temperatures an^ humidity reaching into the 90s. classroom conditions be-
came extremely uncomfortable. The problem was especially bad because classroom windows have been screwed shut so the air conditioning can function more efficiently.
“It was almost unbearable," said one student. "I could barely breathe. Our class lasted only 15 minutes because of the conditions."
"Our class was cancelled due to the extreme heat last Thursday,” sighed one relieved student.
The problem was that one of the pipes carrying water for the system, burst, and 5,000 gallons of water leaked. According to
UM's Physical Plant, this was caused by a fault in the construction.
But even so, the air conditioning was working in some of the rooms by Thursday, although many classes still had to be held with the doors open.
The leakage of the water line was remedied by the weekend However, air conditioning had not yet been fully restored since the system had to be balanced throughout the building
Physical plant employees worked on the system during the weekend, and it is hoped the system will be fully operational when elapses resume this Tues-/ day, w