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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
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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
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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.
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