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Portland Observer, April 6, 1983 Page 9
Sports influence U.S. life
Successful season for OSU
Equal opportunities In sports
The 1982-85 season was the most
successful in the history of women's
basketball at Oregon State Univer
sity, but coach Aki H ill is spending
little time basking in the limelight.
H ill and her assistant coaches are
busy recruiting as the April 15 letter-
of-intent day draws ever nearer
OSU finished the season at 24-6,
the most victories ever for a Beaver
team in women's basketball. Hill led
the Beavers to the Northern Pacific
Athletic Conference championship
in the league's inaugural year, then
guided OSU past U C L A in the first
round of the N C A A playoffs. It was
Oregon Stale's first victory ever at
nationals, though OSU has a pair of
N atio n al W om en's In v ita tio n a l
Tournament championships. Long
Beach State pul an end to the OSU
season w ith a 97-72 win over the
Beavers in the West R egional! at
Pauley Pavilion on the U C L A cam
pus.
" I think we did just rig h t," H ill
reflected. "T h a t was our target, to
win the league championship and
play in one or two national games.
That was what we wanted. The gen
eral character of the Beavers is that
we were team-oriented. We didn't
have great depth from the bench."
H ill said her team did not play
Women and blacks have realized
advance! in the sports w orld , ac
cording to the report, but for both
there appear to be inequities. Tw o
of three Americans (66 percent) be
lieve sports o ffer more opportun
ities for blacks than are available in
other fields, but 56 percent feel
black youths spend too much time
on sports.
Are sports free o f racism? Most
respondents (52 percent) say not,
but SI percent of those ages 14 and
older believe whites, blacks and
other minorities participating to
gether on sports teams helps integra
tion and reduces tension in other
areas o f life . Equal numbers o f
blacks, whiles, men and women ex
press this view.
Signs o f im proving equality in
sports include findings that:
•Most Americans believe boys (95
percent) and girls (86 percent)
should participate in sports.
•A lm ost nine o f 10 (86 percent)
say they would be happy i f their
daughters became professional ath
letes
•T w o o f three respondents (both
sexes) say they are equally interested
in men’s and women's competition.
i
particu larly well in the N orPac
championship game, but she could
sense a feeling before O S U 's first
N C A A p la y o ff game against
U C LA
" In that first national game, the
team had real m o tiv a tio n — you
could see i t , ” H ill said. " T h a t is
what made me most happy, because
I knew then that they didn't need me
anymore, and they even left me at
the motel! It makes me feel good,
though, when the team reaches that
certain level."
One team on a different level was
Long Beach State OSU could find
no answer fo r 49er superstar
LaTaunya Pollard, who poured in
55 points in the Beavers' final game.
The 49ers simply had too much
quickness overall for O S U . which
got a fine performance from Judy
Spoelstra, who had a season-high 26
points on 12 of 17 from the field
Hill now faces the task of replac
ing Spoelstra, Robyn Clark and Jan
Martin, all of whom have completed
their eligibility. It will be a major re
building jo b —M artin at center, and
C lark and Spoelstra at forw ards,
combined for more than half of the
Beavers' points and rebounds this
year.
"O u r recruiting priority is defin
itely in the front lin e ,” H ill said
"This will be a survival year for us.
We also need quickness. A ll o f the
top teams— U C L A , Texas— are
switching from a power game to
quickness. Strength is still respect
ed, hut quickness has become more
important And we are falling be
hind."
Raveling leaves
WSU staff
George Raveling, Pac-10 coach of
the year, has announced that he will
leave W ashington Slate to accept
the head coach position at the U n i
versity of Iowa.
In his 11 years at W SU. Raveling
has won 167 and lost 156, taking
teams to N C A A tournaments twice.
This year's team had a 14 4 rec
ord for a second place w in, one
game behind U C l A. They lost to
Virginia in the second round of the
N C A A tournament.
Raveling replaces Lute O lson,
who moved to the University of A ri
zona Raveling's salary is reported
to be approximately $200,000 a year
for five years.
Fifty-four percent of U.S. sports fans ssy fights between players,
where there Is no Injury, lessen their enjoyment of the geme.
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(Continued fro m page I coJumn 6)
ericans say violence is a serious
problem in sports todav. and 75 per
similar levels of interest in sports are
cent feel it is harm ful to children.
happier together, according to John
Conversely, 14 percent admit that
Crothers, Pollock, P h .D ., senior
they enjoy watching fights among
editor of the report and president of
players. The issue of drugs in sports
Research & Forecasts, Inc. ‘ ‘ A l
drew strong response. M any o f
though most Americans (57 percent)
those surveyed would prefer s tiff
believe sports have no impact on
penalties for regular users o f hard
fam ily life, those with shared high
drugs. Two o f five recommended re
levels o f interest believe sports bring
moval from a team o f full-season
families closer together."
suspensions for violators.
The report indicates a strong fo-
A m ajority (76 percent) believes
, cus on children's physical activities,
professional athletes are overpaid,
with the following conclusions:
y j yet almost half (48 percent) say ath
♦Three o f fo u r paredtx (75 per
letes should be allowed to strike.
cent) encotffuge children to partici
pate in sports and engage in athletic
Oaydreemlng le common
activities with their children.
Sports influence is pervasive, ac
•M o re than nine o f 10 parents
cording to findings in the L ite
(92 percent) believe competition is
Sports Report. One of three (54 per
good for children because it teaches
cent) persons daydreams about ath
them to strive to do their best.
letic success, and one in five (22 per
•M o re than eight o f 10 (82 per
cent) would choose to be a profes
cent) agree that p articip ation in
sional athlete rather than a famous
sports by youth would greatly re
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duce crime.
scientist or statesman.
Although support for children’s
W atching sports also generates
activities is high, 86 percent of par
some fantasizing. Almost h alf (45
ents believe that organized sports
percent) o f the public feel they could
for youth place too much emphasis
perform as well as the players if they
on winning and not enough on phy
had the right train ing . Alm ost a
sical an psychological development.
third (50 percent) believe they could
MOre than 90 percent of the leader
do better jobs than the coaches or
ship group— coaches, sports doc
managers.
tors and journalists—expressed sim
Most Americans (69 percent) have
ilar views.
a favorite athlete—especially men.
It is not surprising that the favorite
Madia coverage critiqued
athlete is most often male (89 per
M ore than a fourth (28 percent)
cent), but 78 percent of women also
o f Am ericans believe there is too
choose male athletes, compared to
much sports coverage on television,
98 percent of men Although a ma
although large m ajo rities say
jority of blacks and whites o f both
women’s events do not receive ade-
sexes choose someone of their own
quate coverage in newspapers and
race as a favorite athlete, only 10
on television.
percent say race is an important fac
Three of five (60 percent) of Am-
tor in their choices.
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