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adoption of a Student-Athletes’ Bill
of Rights.
The Bill of Rights is part of a 64
page proposal from the National
Student-Athletes’ Rights Movement
that was sent during the summer to
the presidents, chancellors, trustees
and athletic departments of all
NCAA institutions.
The document outlines 10 pro
posed rights designed to protect stu
dent-athlete interests. The proposal
ensures a number of student-athlete
rights, including the right to play and
the right to receive the same privi
leges available to students who do
not participate in intercollegiate ath
letics. Student athletes would also
have eligibility reinstated — if previ
ously taken away for academic rea
sons — if satisfactory progress to
ward graduation is made by the end
of their fourth year of enrollment.
Right No. 2, particularly, peaked
the interest of Williams.
“Each student-athlete,” the pro
posal states, “shall have the right to
be governed by a penalty system
that a) protects a student-athlete’s
participation opportunities if he or
she is not charged with violations of
NCAA rules ... and e) is compatible
where possible with the minimum
due process standards of the Consti
tution of the United States.”
Williams, who won’t discuss her
situation in detail, did say the sus
pension was not issued because of
NCAA violations.
“There does need to be more set
out rules for a situation like mine,
both with the NCAA and more
specifically with individual universi
ties,” said Williams, who, although
commenting, is not necessarily advo
cating for the Bill of Rights. “When
you leave it up to an individual coach
at their own discretion without any
set-out stages of action, it leaves a lot
of things left to wonder about. A
coach could get rid of someone for
personal reasons and state anything
about things detrimental to the team
or some excuses like that. No one
can argue with the coach’s decision
unless you take it legal.”
It’s too late for Williams — who is
now taking two classes to finish her
degree and is training for a WNBA
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Bill continued from page 1
No. 4 — Health and safety
■ Each student-athlete would
have the right to establish
rules that protect the health
and safety of those involved in
intercollegiate athletics
No. 5 — Reinstatement of
eligibility
■ Student-athletes would have
eligibility reinstated if
satisfactory progress toward
graduation is made by the end
of their fourth year of
enrollment
No. 6 — Scholarship
allocations
• Student-athletes would have
the right to NCAA review of
athletics-related financial aid
scholarships
No. 7 —- Right to work
• Student-athletes would have
the right to work and receive
earnings up to a full grant, plus
a reasonable, but limited,
amount above the grant
No. 8 — Implementation of
new rules and policies
■ Student-athletes would have
the opportunity to ensure that
rules and policies are fairly
applied in all areas that
concern their welfare and
participation opportunities
No. 9 — System of
surveillance
• Student-athletes would have
a system to review rules and
policies that concern their
welfare and participation
opportunities
No. 10 —* Regular review
and simplification of rules
• Student-athletes would have
the right to periodically review
NCAA rules and push for the
elimination of rules found to
be unfair or illegal if subjected
to review under constitutional
standards of the federal
government
SOURCE: The National
Student-Athletes' Rights Movement
combine in April — to benefit from
such a system. But for others, the
implementation of standards could
prove advantageous.
“I’ve enjoyed my time here at the
University, for the most part,”
Williams said. “But I think athletes
should have more stated rights that
are on paper, so that we are all giv
en the opportunity of due process,
whatever the situation may be.”
Timmons said he has not heard
from any university presidents
about his proposal and speculated
that many do not want to take a
stance on the issue. For now, Tim
mons said he hopes the press will
present the issue on campuses
across the country. From that, he
added, perhaps a change could
come about.
At the University, Athletic Direc
tor Bill Moos said he had not heard
about Timmons’ proposal, although
he has been aware of the issue in
general. Moos said some of the
things in Timmons’ plan are already
being done and added that nothing
in the proposal seems radical.
Moos was concerned, however,
that such a plan would take away
too much autonomy from individual
coaches. On campus, University
coaches are given fairly consistent
but flexible command over their re
spective teams, Moos said.
“I would have some problems
with that (proposal), as I feel the
coach should have the control over
the program,” Moos said.
Vice President for Administra
tion Dan Williams, who helps su
pervise intercollegiate athletics at
the University, was not familiar
with Timmons’ proposal and could
not offer analysis.
“Although this is an important
subject, there are significant differ
ences of opinion and circum
stances between the institutions
and the conferences — so it’s hard
for me, or perhaps anyone else at
the University, for that matter, to
speak in a general or specific way
about the value or necessity of the
recommendations at this time,”
Dan Williams said.
The implementation of the Stu
dent-Athletes’ Bill of Rights is a
work in progress. While Timmons
said the NCAA has been a positive
force in athletics, he still feels there
is room for improvement. A bill of
rights could enhance the system,
Timmons said, but he acknowledged
the battle is uphill. For such a pro
posal to be realistically considered,
student athlete and university sup
port would have to be strong. Then,
perhaps, the NCAA might consider
adopting such policy.
“I just think they deserve a bill of
rights,” Timmons said, “whether
it’s the one we’re suggesting or one
student athletes or the NCAA
comes up with.”
Contact the news editor at
bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com.
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