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Call 346-3027for more information. NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU TRAVEL, YOU’RE ALWAYS CLOSE TO CAMPUS. IS "i5f Oregon daily emerald now on the world wide web Rules: Home team benefits, Finley says ■ Continued from Page 7A rooms for dehydration. Another NCAA rule that will only be in effect this season will be a seven-pound weight al lowance added to weight classes, which already have a one-pound weight allowance. This means, for example, that a wrestler who competes in the 134-pound weight class can weigh as much as 141 pounds. This was done, according to the NCAA, to keep wrestlers from switching classes and to allow them to compete without burn ing off pounds with the same severity as before. In addition, wrestlers may only compete in weight classes that they competed on or before Jan. 7 of this year, and all weigh-ins will be held no more than two hours before a match. A rule that Oregon’s wrestlers are already familiar with. On Friday, the No. 20 Ducks lost their first Pacific-10 Confer ence match of the season, and while the wrestlers thought the team was just mentally and phys ically exhausted before traveling to Corvallis, some did acknowl edge the new weigh-in rule con tributed to their disappointing finish. “The rule certainly hit us hard,” heavyweight Rich Polk (( Our feeling is that this is a positive change and that coaches feel this way as well. ” Marty Benson NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee liaison inghom said. "It's hard to make a big change like that regarding weigh-ins in the middle of the week. I’m sure the new rule set us back a little bit. But I think that it’s a positive step for the NCAA and the sport in the long run.” Also, the new rule will likely give home teams an advantage for the remainder of this season, said head coach Ron Finley. “It will be interesting to see how the new rule works out,” Finley said. “I’m pleased that the NCAA has taken this step, but I think there are going to be draw backs this season.” The first drawback is that the late weigh-in doesn’t give the traveling team much time to eat in the mornings prior to competi tion. And that, Finley said, can give home teams the advantage because their schedules are more concrete. “This rule was something that needed to be done," Finley said. “It might only be a stop-gap ap proach, but it was needed to help wrestlers and the sport.” The second drawback is that wrestlers in the lighter weights have only two and three hours to replenish their bodies, where as middle and heavyweight wrestlers, those who compete at the end of dual matches, have more time to prepare for compe tition. This puts more pressure on the lower weights to keep their weight consistent throughout the week. “We aren’t going to know much this season because wrestlers will just be trying to fig ure out what works and what doesn’t,” Polkinghorn said. “It'll be important for every wrestler to get the right amount of fluids, sugars and carbohydrates before each match.” The NCAA said the immediate concerns of the sport prompted the advisory committee to recom mend the rule changes. "Our feeling is that this is a positive change and that coaches feel this way as well,” said Marty Benson, a playing rules liaison to the NCAA Wrestling Rules Com mittee. "Something needed to be done quickly to protect the sport and its athletes. The rules may not be as fair as they used to be, but I think the coaches feel, given the situation, they are.” Men: No hard feelings about playing time M Continued from Page 7A Team players Despite Oregon using its sixth different starting lineup of the season against Washington State, there is no sign of jealousy or resentment among the play ers about not getting enough playing time. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the point guard position. Mike McShane has been the starter in 14 of Oregon's 15 games this season. But against UCLA on )an. 10, backup Yasir Rosemond played the majority of the minutes. On Saturday, Rose mond earned his first start of the year against the Cougars. But late in the second half, Rosemond made some critical defensive mistakes that allowed Washington State to make two three-pointers to get within two points of the lead. Kent sent McShane to the scorer’s table to check into the game. But Rosemond hit a three-pointer to extend the Ducks' lead, and McShane turned to Kent and told his coach to leave Rosemond in. "The word we created is called ‘teamism,’” Kent said. “It's not in the dictionary, but that is what it's all about — for Mike to say ‘Leave him coach.’ We're coaches, and I’m going to listen to my play ers. That’s the kind of relationship I want to have with them.” Study: Universities must comply or face sanctions m Continued from Page 7 A the NCAA Committee on Athlet ics Certification. Of those 120, 104 were put under the certified category, 15 were certified with conditions and one (Texas-Pan American) was not certified, Mike Marcil of the NCAA Com pliance Services said last spring. Should a university have certi fication problems, an emphasis is put on the university’s plan to correct the problem, Marcil said. "We welcome this opportunity to demonstrate how athletics are woven into the fabric of the uni versity,” said University Presi dent Dave Frohnmayer in a re leased statement. According to the NCAA’s “Di vision I Athletics Certification Handbook,” the purpose of the certification process is to “open the affairs of athletics to the uni versity community,” set stan dards for the operation of Divi sion I athletics, put tough sanc tions in place for institutions that fail to conduct a comprehensive self-study or to correct prob lems.” The NCAA will also study how the athletic department re lates to the University’s mission. The self-studies, as of last spring, were to be completed by each member university every 10 years, Marcil said. r Used all of your favorite (HICK BUCKS! Come up and set more. Stop by the ODE offices, Suite 300, EMU. L -I
