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Because of that. Oregon's response to the
NCAA's charges will be similar to the report sent long
ago
“We re putting it into the format that they have
requested," explained Hawk "We'll be sending back
to them essentially the things we've given them before,
but organized a little differently and in some cases
embellished a little more "
At least two weeks after Oregon's response is
received, a five-member “compliance committee" will
meet tor three days to review Oregon's case During
that time the University will be asked to give an oral
presentation, Hawk says
"We really aren't that sure of how the review will
take place." Hawk admitted "I don't know whether we
go in and repeat verbally what we ve given them in
writing or whether they ask a lot of questions and we
respond to their inquiries "
Once that step is taken, the Duck's fate will be in
the hands of the NCAA
"I'm told that they will actually make their decision
the day of the presentation on what our penalties
might be.” Hawk said, "but we won't know it for
another week to ten days "
| The big question, of course, is what will the NCAA
decide?
“It's hard to tell." said Oregon football coach Rich
Brooks "Whenever they decide on the meeting, which
could be in December or January, or March,
whenever we can get on the docket we ll have a better
idea what s going to happen "
“I feel confident we won't get off scot-free " said
Hawk "But whether they'll take into consideration the
tact that we've already suffered certain punishments is
lust guesswork "
Those punishments include actions taken by the
Pac-10 in Aug 1980 that made Oregon ineligible for
any post-season games that year The Pac-10 also
Investigations
turned up phony
credits, secret travel
accounts, and
alleged sexual
abuses.
declared three players ineligible for a year took away
three scholarships for a season put the athletic
department on probation for two years and told
Oregon to forfeit all games in which players who had
obtained false credits had competed in
Neither Hawk nor University athletic director Rick
Bay will predict whether the Pac-10 sanctions will be
taken into consideration by the NCAA
“They may or may not,” Bay said "They're
certainly not under any obligation to do so "
David Berst, NCAA director of enforcement,
admitted that "actions taken by a conference would
have some effect on any decisions we would make ”
Berst declined to comment specifically, however, on
the Oregon case
Another plus factor for Oregon, Hawk feels, is that
an internal house-cleaning was held, resulting in the
fining of Brooks and five other coaches by former
University president William Boyd
"We didn’t wait for somebody to come in and
investigate us, we conducted our own investigation
and then shared the results with people," Hawk said
"We took action against the coaches involved We did
a whole series of things, and I think that's kind of
unprecedented "
Oregon also declared seven football players
ineligible in July, 1980 The NCAA later reduced the
penalties for six of the players and dismissed the other
altogether
Predicting what the NCAA will decide is a tricky
business at best The most likely penalties, however,
include
• A ban on television appearances
• A ban on post-season competition
• A reduction in scholarships
• Probation
“I’d like to believe
that what we’ve
been through has
been a lesson for a
lot of people.”
Ray Hawk
The combination and length of the penalties, if
indeed there are any penalties, is open to speculation,
but Hawk says that,"it's probably in that range of
combinations I think most of the schools that have
major violations wind up with television money and
bowl appearances as being the major way to get at
them “
A loss of potential television or bowl appearances
would be a blow to an Oregon athletic department that
is already searching for new ways to cut costs Tele
vision money means windfalls ranging into the
six-figure bracket
"If those (penalties) were implemented they wouio
of course have an effect on us financially, and I think it
would be severe,” Bay said "We need the possibility
of appearing on television simply because of the
budget "
A loss in scholarships would present a different
problem
"That effects us in a competitive sense," Bay said
"When you have to recruit fewer people than you’re
doing battle with each week, there's no question about
that.”
Probation would probably mean little more than an
occasional check on procedure at the athletic
department, but it would still present an undesired
situation
"From the standpoint of institutional image, it
doesn't help to be on probation,” Bay continued "Any
sort of reprimand is damaging, regardless to what
degree that may be But certainly if we had our choice,
we d rather be on probation than be denied appearing
on television.”
No matter what the NCAA decides, the strongest
feeling among Oregon officials will probably be relief
when the whole affair is finished
But what effect has the scandal had on the
University and the people involved? What, if anything,
has been learned since those first reports began
surfacing nearly two years ago?
"I think that the constant public exposure that
both athletes and coaches have had, in a negative
sense, has caused a lot of heartache and anguish for
them," Hawk said. "Individuals have certainly
suffered .”
"I don't really think there's been that much of an
effect on the rest of the University," said University
Pres. Paul Olum. "I think that when all of this broke out
the faculty and students were certainly distressed, but
other than that. ”
“There were obviously some serious problems
and some things that happened that shouldn’t have
happened,” Brooks said. ”1 think that it was played-up
to a greater degree than it should have been, but
there's no question that some action needed to be
taken Whether there will be further action taken and
how severe it would be, I'd have to wait and see to
make a final judgment on that.”
One positive change that appears to have been
made within the athletic department is an effort to
prevent a similar scandal from happening again.
“Now, when summer school time comes around,
if an athlete needs to go to summer school, there’s
“There were
obviously some
serious problems
and some things
that happened that
shouldn’t have
happened.”
Rich Brooks
a very thorough process to check out,” Brooks said
"Most of the courses must be taken here on campus, If
they're not, they are checked out through the faculty
athletic representative and approved prior to the
student even enrolling in the class.”
In addition, other potential trouble spots have
been cleared up
”We now have a system where every telephone
call is logged,” Hawk said. “Athletes have been
screened off from using the various services for
personal calls.
“We've also established a system on the fiscal
side so it's impossible now for anyone to travel and we
not know who's got tickets out and if they're not used
and get turned in for credit," Hawk added “These are
things where there should have been controls before,
and now there are.”
According to Hawk, the athletic department is
showing no scars from the past
"We re finding the department functioning with
the strongest cohesivenes and the best morale that
I've seen for a long time,” Hawk said "Maybe this is
profiting over adversity, I'd like to think that it is "
If there is a moral to this story, Hawk has one
"I like to believe that what we've been through has
been a lesson for a lot of people,” Hawk concluded
"It's something that people now recognize as not the
•ay to play the game.”
Boyd took matters into his hands
The Oregon athletic scandal came to
a heed on February 14,1980
William Boyd, then-University Pres
called a news conference to make an
announcement to the media regarding
the stiff-growing credit scam.
An article that appeared in the
Emerald the following day tells the
story:
Penalties totaling $9,000 have been
levied by University Pres. William Boyd
against six coaches, including head
footbaM coach Rich Brooks, for viola
tions relating to the bogus credit scan
dal at the University
included along with Brooks were
(our assistant football coaches and a
swim eoach. alt of whom Boyd refused
to name at a morning press conference
at the Collier House.
The latest twist in the continuing
investigation into the bogus credit
scandal was the disclosure by Boyd
that an unauthorized football account
totalling $6,011 existed at a local busi
ness that supplied services to the ath
letic department
Boyd said written reprimands will
also be entered in each of the personal
records of the six coaches in addition
to the monetary fines
“The severest fine is on coach
Brooks, and they (the fines) descend
downward from there,' said Boyd, who
appeared at the press conference with
Prof Peter Swan, who coordinated the
University's internal investigation, and
Athletic Director John Caine.
Boyd, defending his refusal to name
the coaches that were fined, declared
that “the release of those names would
be an unnecessary Invasion of their
privacy.’’
The six-page pubiic statement Boyd
presented was the latest product of an
internal investigation into the athletic
department directed by Swan over the
past tew months, which Boyd labeled
"substantially complete."
Cnwald photo
Athletic Director John Caine, ter years
the head ol an embattled athletic
giving up the retne to Mck Bay
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