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sports
Ducks doing time
NCAA penalty means less television money
By Steve Turcotte
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“The University of Oregon has been placed
on probation for a two-year period, effective
December 22, 1981. by the NCAA‘s Committee on
Infractions as a result of violations occurring
primarily in the conduct of the institution's inter
collegiate football program “ - Statement from
the National Collegiate Athletics Association
(NCAA) office on Dec , 23. 1981
That was one of the gloomier days in the
history of University of Oregon athletics The day
that the NCAA slapped a two-year probation on
Oregon's football program
The probation was expected, and the penal
ty. to most people, seemed quite justified But one
big question lingered in the air at the University's
athletic department How is the probation going to
affect the University's football program?
Oregon athletic director Rick Bay has in
dicated that the football team may not be hurt as
much as some people had originally thought
"The probation will definitely hurt us, but I
don't think quite as severely as many people had
planned,' said Bay "We will be hurt in two mam
areas — television revenue and not being able to
play in a post-season game, if we would have
qualified for one "
Television revenue is always an added bonus
to major college football teams Recently ABC
had been the only network to televise collegiate
football but with a new contract for next season,
CBS will join m and broadcast some college
gridiron contests
"That really hurts because we will not have
the opportunity to go on T V and play. Bay said
With the new contract more teams will be able to
play on television because of both ABC and CBS
doing games We will not be in a position to even
be considered next year
"Even if you don t have a successful football
program, you still may be on T V A good example
was California last year They went 2-9 and were
on T V twice "
Bay estimates that Oregon could lose ap
proximately $200,000 a game from not appearing
on television Even though televsion money is not
budgeted, it's extra cash that every athletic
department can use
But Bay says that Oregon still will receive
some television money
"We will get a share of T V money when the
other conference schools are on television, Bay
said "We will also get a share of T V money when
our conference schools play in bowl games "
Oregon's current probation is much like the
probation which has hit the UCLA basketball
program this year
Both penalties call for a two-year probation
The major difference between the two penalties is
that UCLA has appeared on television in its first
year on probation while the Ducks cannot But the
Bruins cannot make any post-season appear
ances
Next year, both teams can play on television
and participate in post-season action But the
NCAA will still keep a watchful eye out
Another area hit by the probation is scholar
ships This year the NCAA allowed Oregon to offer
a maximum of 25 scholarships compared to the
usual 30 But it didn't really have any effect of the
Ducks this year, because they could only offer 25
anyway as a result of a small senior class
"You never like to lose scholarships,” Bay
said “But we are lucky, we have so many
underclassmen that the scholarship limitations
didn’t really affect us”
In the second year of the probation, the
Ducks will still lose scholarships, but the number
will be only two In addition, the Oregon basket
ball team will lose a scholarship for next year,
bringing its number of availible scholarships from
15 down to 14
The penalties arose out of Oregon’s now-in
famous credit scandal and secret travel funds
maintained by assistant football and basketball
coaches There were several areas the NCAA
looked at," Bay said 'The way the hearings are
conducted, the NCAA does not demand proof of
guilt We cooperated with them, we didn’t want to
cover up anything Once the NCAA finds some
thing major, they continue to dig
The unearned credits and the secret travel
accounts were the two major things that the
NCAA looked at ”
Bay indicated that he and Oregon football
coach Rich Brooks pressed for the early hearing
in December because of football recruiting
"The original plan of the NCAA had us ap
pearing in February,’ Bay said. "But Rich and I
talked it over and we thought it would be best if we
knew what the penalties were and get them out in
the open so the recruits would know what they
were getting into "
Bay also believes that, contrary to popular
opinion, most schools do not cheat
"The feeling out there is everybody does
cheat,’’ Bay said I think that’s just an excuse by
people who are trying to keep their own shop
clean
"The NCAA is persistent to crack down on
things I don't believe for a minute that the NCAA
plays favorites I know those guys personally and I
know they wouldn’t do that They may miss a few
things, but overall they do a thorough job "
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