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Sports Editor: Hank Hager hankhager@dailyemerald.com Oregon Daily Emerald SPORTS Best bet Basketball: Harlem Globetrotters vs. Syracuse 5 p.m., ESPN2 Tuesday, November 11, 2003 Hank Hager Behind the dish California bill cause for great concern The California State Senate passed a bill earlier this year that could alter the way things are done in the Pacific-10 Conference and the NCAA. Senate Bill 193, which passed the Cali fornia Senate in May after being intro duced in February, would affect the 47 schools located within the state's borders. If the bill passes the state assembly's High er Education Committee — where it is cur rently stuck pending further discussion and amendments — those 47 schools would effectively be deemed ineligible for active status in the NCAA. That's a truly scary thought and a possi bility that should concern every supporter of the NCAA and of the Pac-10. SB 193 was introduced by California Sens. Kevin Murray, D-Culver City and John Burton, D-San Francisco, and has been nicknamed the "Student Athlete Bill of Rights." It is aimed at resolving issues related to scholarships and stipends, health insurance and money earned from outside jobs, according to Murray's Web site. There are myriad details surrounding the proposed legislation, but the above points are the most key. But virtually all components of the bill would contradict regulations set forth by the NCAA. In other words, the bill is a challenge to the NCAA and more than 1,200 schools na tionwide that belong to the organization. Imagine a Pac-10 without California, Stanford, UCLA and USC. Imagine an NCAA without San Diego State, Pepperdine, Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton. That's exactly what would happen if the bill gets passed by the Higher Education Committee. They've got until July to do so, and legisla tive session reopens in January. The Pac-10 would be down to six teams — Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, Arizona and Arizona State — and render it a shell of what it once was. The bill is a direct hit to the NCAA, an at tempt by Murray and Burton to change pol icy throughout the nation. They've admitted that as one of their main goals. "I'm not sure that if there's not a UCLA, not a Stanford, not a Cal, that that $40 mil lion (in NCAA revenue) will be going to the NCAA either," Murray told the Contra Costa Times in late October. "(Television net works) don't pay them that amount of money without California schools. "Do we want to play chicken? No. But if the alternative is to do nothing because this behemoth institution doesn't want to change, then I think we should step up to the challenge." Those are pretty strong words for a step that would alter the NCAA landscape for the worse. The Pac-10 would fail to contin ue to be a power player. Stanford — which has won nine straight National Associa tion of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Cups, awarded to the university with the Turn to HAGER, page 8 Madison takes over after Bell's injury Danielle Hickey Senior Photographer Setter Jodi Bell tore the ACL in her right knee when Washington defeated Oregon on Saturday. The Oregon setter tore her ACL against Washington on Saturday and will miss the remainder of the season By Jon Roetman Sports Reporter The Oregon volleyball team lost more than just a pair of matches during last weekend's trip to Washington. Sophomore setter Jodi Bell tore the anterior cruci _ate ligament in her right knee 8 i SC Saturday's loss to Wash HJP 11% ington. Bell jumped to attack VOLLEYBALL t^e ball during the second - game of the match and hit into a 1 Iusky block. She fell to the ground after landing awkwardly on her right leg while the ball was flying back at her. Bell said the pain she felt subsided quickly. "It was kind of like a burning pain at first," Bell said. "Then I tried to get up and walk, and 1 couldn't walk so they carried me off the floor. It didn't feel like any thing was supporting my knee It felt very unbalanced. "Then, probably five minutes later, I thought I was OK because it didn't hurt at all" Bell was soon informed of the bad news after hav ing her knee examined. Oregon athletic trainer Stephanie Brooks "and the (Washington) doctor told me I most likely tore my ACL," Bell said. "I just started balling." Bell had an MR1 done Monday and will be side lined for the remainder of the season. Oregon head coach Carl Ferreira told the Emerald on Sunday that Bell will "definitely be ready for next season." The loss of Bell and her 732 assists will be a big one for Oregon. Fortunately for the Ducks, they have a ca pable replacement who can step in. Freshman setter I leather Madison will run the Ore gon attack during the Ducks' final four matches. Madi son, an All-American during her senior season at Gre sham High School, has dished out 112 assists while seeing action in 56 of Oregon's 78 games this season. "I think it's some adversity that we're going to have to deal with," freshman middle blocker Kris ten Bitter said. "Jodi was an amazing asset to our team. We're going to miss her, but 1 feel confident in Maddie's abilities." Turn to VOLLEYBALL, page 8 No Ducks, but Pac-10 soccer well-represented Five Pac-10 teams advance to the NCAA Tournament with UCLA leading the way as the No. 4 seed By Jesse Thomas Sports Reporter The NCAA Division 1 Women's Soccer Com mittee made its selections for the 22nd Division 1 Women's Soccer Championship on Monday, and five Pacific-10 Conference teams made the cut. UCLA, the No. 4 seed, leads the way among Pac-10 teams after finishing 16-1-3 overall and 8 0-1 in conference, winning the conference title __ outright. Arizona State, USC, Stanford and Wash ington also received bids. The Bruins will host the first and second rounds of the tournament at Drake Stadium, beginning on Nov. 14 when UCLA faces San Diego (9-7-4) in the first round. Friday's other first-round matchup at Drake Stadium will include USC (9-7-4) facing off with Pepperdine (13-5-1). DUtK SOCCER It is the secohd year in a row that San Diego and USC ended up at UCLA for the first and sec ond rounds. UCLA had the upper hand last year defeating USC, 1-0, in double-overtime in the second round. This marks the sixth straight year that the Trojans advanced to the tournament. They finished at 5-3-1 in conference play to tie for third with Stanford. USC is led by freshman Rosa Anna Tantillo, who has seven goals and 16 points this season. Arizona State finished in the runner-up confer f Forward Lindsay Greco (18) will look to help No. 4 seed UCLA in Friday’s first-round matchup with San Diego at Drake Stadium. Mark McCambridge Photographer ONLINE CONTENT View photographs from this weekend's Duck’s soccer matches at http://www.dailyemerald.com To see the images, click on Special Editions: Image Galleries. ence spot this year and received its third bid in the past four years. The Sun Devils face Cal Poly (18-1 2) in the first round Friday at 3 p.m. In 2002, Arizona State advanced to the second round after defeating Washington State. The Sun Devils hold a 2-2 all-time tournament record. Stanford also makes its sixth-straight postseason appearance in the tournament. The Cardinal com pleted the 2003-04 season with a victory over Cal and finished 10-8-2 overall. Stanford finished in a tie for third in the conference. Ihe Cardinal will face No. 9-seeded Santa Clara in the first round Friday at Santa Clara's Buck Shaw Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Stanford is led by All-Ameri can goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart, who ended the regular season with seven shutouts, and senior co captain Allyson Marquand, who has 10 goals. Washington (11-6-3) finished fifth in the Turn to SOCCER, page 8
