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Play Continued from Page 2B Responding to a question about the conflict of major col lege bowl games with the players' final exams, Ralph McFillen, the NCAA's postseason-football spokes man, replied, "to say the bowls exist for the students is wrong. They exist for the communities in which they're played " Not surprisingly, this statement observation of Kuhn’s academic involvment in cam pus "Rick didn’t graduate from college,” she said "He never went to classes. " The college officials who view varsity college sports as worth the escalating financial and moral costs might learn a lesson from Franklin and Marshall col lege in Lancaster, Penn. Frank "To say the bowls exist for students is wrong." contradicts NCAA's official po sition that intercollegiate sport is of. by, and for the students In Eugene, where University sports are the only games in town, righteously loyal Duck fans would agree with McFillen Angry letters recently called for Coach Jim Haney's dismis sal on, among other grounds, not winning Even with the gen erally accepted knowledge that Haney stands for high academics, doesn't cheat in recruiting, has compassion for people, and recruits players good enough to win in the Pac-10, those letters indicate he is being judged on his record on the court and not off it Reactions to similar win-loss records show intercollegiate athletic priorities haven't changed In 1958, the Emerald reported, "over the past three years, (University of Pennsyl vania football coach Steve) Sabo's team has lost 23 of 27 games, including 19 straight defeats " Even after hangings in-effigy, mass meetings and near riots, Pennsylvania “recently signed Sebo to a new three-year contract." Later the report adds a thinly-disguised ruthless fate Harvard fired its coach, Lloyd Hordan (24-31-3), for "poor teaching ' un ine otner side of the coin. Judge Phillip D Baiamonte asks, "How fair is it to incarcer ate a coach who is basically doing what almost everybody in this community wanted him to do? Namely, win basketball games at any cost and by what ever means necessary to do that Naturally, the rules and laws were bent Is anyone really surprised?" Baiamonte said this in a statement deferring former New Mexico basketball coach Norm Ellenberger's sentence, pending on one year s un supervised probation In 1951. New York District At torney Frank Hogan concluded that the commercialism in col lege sports had contributed to a "moral climate" that helped precipitate the point-shaving scandal then rocking college basketball. Hogan could just as well have been speaking of Rick Kuhn, former Boston College basket ball player on trial several months ago for alleged point-shaving Overshadowed by more sensational testimony was Kuhn's live-in-girlfriend's CASH For Textbooks Mon -Fri. Smith Family Bookstore 768 E 13th 1 Bl From Campus lin and Marshall offers 22 men’s and women's varsity sports with 498 of the school’s 2000 students, or 24.9%, taking part. This compares to the University, where 389 students of 16,033 students, or 2.4% are currently listed on the rosters of 16 varsity sports. "Like other institutions at this level (Division III), we look at intercollegiate athletics as part of the educational enterprise,” athletic director Dr. William Marshall told Sports Illustrated recently. "We re funded as a department of college, whether we win, lose or draw." As costs and efforts to maintain a winning team rise, so does the discrepancy between high academic ideals and actual intercollegiate sport practices. Big-time athletic departments should acknowledge the pay for-play standard of intercol legiate competition or recog nize the hypocricy by putting sports back in a perspective with the rest of campus activi ties. PEACE CORPS MOVIE\ TODAY! \ i The Peace Corps week is in it's second big day, and there's lots for you to see. Today, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., see the Peace Corps in action through a film seminar in the Forum Room at the EMU. Invest in your future by giving one to others... in the Peace Corps. MARKET §§ Lady Elberta Peaches Sliced or Halves 29 oz. tins Nalley Imitation Mayonnaise Margarine 1 lb. Centennial Flour bleached & unbleached 10 lb bag Kraft Cheddar Cheese Stokley Fruit mild or medium 2 lb. brick $129 $028 16 oz. tin Heidelberg Beer 12 pack, 12 oz. cans plus deposit $099 T reesweet Grapefruit Juice Pink or White 46 oz. tins 79 Tide Laundry Detergent $099 84 oz. Coronet Towels Jumbo rolls 58 Post Grape Nuts Cereal 24 oz. pkg. $t 69 Large Haas ** - ^ —_ Avocados 3/$100 Fresh Ground Beef 30% or less fat $1 08 lb Oregon Grown Whole Body Fryers 68 lb. 2370 W. 11th at City View DRIVE-N-SAVE CONVENIENT LOCATIONS Open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. dally, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays We accept Food Stamps Prices effective Wed., March 3 through Tues., March 9 30th & Hllyard Read the ODE Sports Supplement
