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8The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, February 10, 1988 Spoirte NCAA destroys concept of modern student-athlete "Over the next 12 months, a relatively small group of talented college students will generate more than $1 billion in revenue. In return they will receive scholarships worth little more, and sometimes less, than classmates who generate no revenue at all. Many of the generators will spend four years of college penniless and unhappy, then leave without a pro contract and without a diploma. Instead of the revenue being returned to those who have produced it . . . it will be squandered on bureaucratic : overhead, needless national cham pionships and windfall allocations '. which schools can 't plan on getting. " Dick DeVenzio It is not enough to state that the : athletes are being systematically abused by college institutions. In : every aspect of their lives, these modern-day athletes are being sub jected to a plantation-style system in which they barter their hard-earned skills cheaply for a paltry collegiate scholarship. In the process, they lose many of the privileges and rights that most other, normal students enjoy. The Pell grant was originally established so that underprivileged students could enjoy a college expe rience that would be free of the shackles of monetary inequality. However, under NCAA rules, a student-athlete is only allowed to keep a maximum of $900 out of a possible $2100. His collegiate athletic association is given the remainder. Clearly this policy is misguided. Says University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley: "The Pell Grant limitation is one of the most discrim inating things in college athletics. A regular student can get the whole thing, but not the athlete." The moralistic Bob Knight con curred: "The one thing that the NCAA does not care about is the kids. The schools make the rules and they don't care about the kids. When's the last time that they made a rule for a kid instead of against him?" To deny these students, many of whom come from severely impover- ELLIOT ROAD at E. FRANKLIN 967-4737 $2.50 Tl I liT Ml IIT TO. (DX.JUr:) GOOD MORNIHG VIETNAM (R) 4:W 7:00 9:30 Patrick Swayu DIRTY DANCING (PG13) 8:40 4:45 7:05 9:10 Winner of 4 Golden Globe Auards IHCLUDIXG BESTPICTURE(Dam3) HF I AST EM PER R 3:15 7:30 OMLY e i-rouy pctrg LvamiEs. iNuuBam KEwm ttsrj m PREPARE FOR THE TERROR! L(Y Sft)) """""""""m '' " 1 "'" "" L Limm' 1 7:00 F MOONSTRUCK CHER NICOLAS ED CAGE Shows Nightly 7:15 9:30 UtTHUMlMI Ml Ml It brings out the best in all of us." United way David Hall Opinion ished families, money which is law fully theirs is, at best, criminal. It is, however, a singular digression in a series of institutional abuses. Millions of dollars that are pro duced by basketball and football players are needlessly wasted on other sports such as softball, baseball and gymnastics, far removed from the individuals who originally produced this gigantic pork barrel. Many colleges claim that little money is being made, but as DeVen zio claimed in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in mid December, "They're making big money. They're just giving it away to all of the non-revenue sports. Tennessee has four assistant baseball coaches. That tells you all you need to know about how the players' money is being wasted." But alas there is a steadily burgeon ing revolutionary movement in col lege athletics. Behind it all is DeVen zio, a former Duke player and academic All-America who is doing his best to convince the players of the system's injustice. Working from his townhouse in Charlotte, DeVenzio is embarking upon a nationwide tour of over 30 campuses in his attempt to educate the players. In a phone interview with The Daily Tar Heel, DeVenzio said, ."There is no one who is actively trying to help the athletes get what they deserve ... I feel that the only way that we can get them to rise up is by going out and talking to them, informing them of their rights so that they will become more active. They will get nothing from the benevolence of the colleges or the NCAA." Substitute the words 'athlete' and 'NCAA' for 'workers' and 'bourgeoi sie,' and DeVenzio's words sound exactly like those of any modern-day socialist revolutionary. For many, especially those who still believe in the anachronistic ideal of amateur athletics, his words are those of a heretic. Yet the concept of amateur athlet ics is dead and has been for years. 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It is deplorable that thousands of athletes must go to a university where they are valued purely for their physical skills, and thus their enor mous financial promise. Though given a free education, they choose not to pursue it due to ignorance, time constraints and, in many cases, a public school system that inade quately prepares its students, espe cially its athletes, for middle school, much less a college environment. Their lives are completely regi mented. In the mornings, they go to "crip" classes which are recom mended solely on the basis of keeping the "studenf-athlete eligible to play. After a grueling afternoon, consisting of practice and or training sessions, the athlete must attend a study hall where his tutor often does the remedial work for him. This oppressive scenario is not fiction. It is only a measure of the amount of concern that the system has for the individual. Unless a concerted effort is made among the players, it is unlikely that the script will be changed, only that the actors will. "Presiding over the exploitation of today's student-athlete is the NCAA," DeVenzio said, "a cumbersome association of diverse schools which has grown rich, out of control and irresponsible." Yet, surprisingly, aside from the absurd NCAA leviathan and the colleges themselves, the largest obsta cle facing DeVenzio has been player ignorance. Many student-athletes are not cognizant of the iniquity. Instead they are distracted by the inherent pressures of classes, their sport, and their social lives. A high-minded revolution to benefit later generations of afflicted adolescents is far from their list of prioriti Yet DeVenzio refuses to give up the fight. "All of this will change as soon as the student-athletes realize their value and decide to end their subjugation," he said. "The time is near when perhaps two Final Four basketball teams will make it clear to everybody that the theft of their money is over." Let us hope this will occur before thousands more are subjected to this unfair treatment. GLORCTHE DEADMANON..." "A Great film HMUl.wm i I'VIl til l!M lit 1(11 !IK-H I M-;K'IV.I.i'I I HI IIM,KI M f -! At Ii ( ,IU - r- !HI I IKI' H-AVWi ( 'I H!-t -UIIH ' MRimnn ASI IM) I A N N ! lit MM! A M!M IAI K ' tCEHIEtE! 109 4:30 7:03 MO 9 m-M-q Hill .-fc--.4Wi Ta. TRIANGLE WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER 101 Conner Dr, Suite 402, Chapel Hill, NC 942-0011 nr QAl-nn'iA mmm 0 leels win in 2 By LANGSTON WERTZ Staff Writer North Carolina went to its own personal grandmother's house Tuesday night for some home cooking and hoped for a victory to end a three-game losing skid. Grandma's house, er, Carmi chael Auditorium, again housed a nail-biter of a basketball game. More importantly, Carmichael again was the host of a UNC victory, this time over ACC rival N.C. State in double overtime, 75 74. "This is a big victory for us," an elated UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said after the game. "We're down in numbers. WeVe had to move a lot of people around to positions they're not used to playing." Hatchell and UNC almost didn't have the chance to celebrate a win, however. The Wolfpack fought back from a 54-45 deficit with 7:58 to go to tie the game at 66 with eight seconds left following a Sharon Manning layup. N.C. State, which hadnt led in regulation, then took its first lead of the game following another Manning layup with 1:43 left in the first overtime. Wolfpack guard Gerri Robuck sent UNC's Marsha Matthews to the charity stripe for a one-and-one 43 seconds later. Matthews hit the front end and missed the second. State's Debbie Bertrand was then fouled in desperation by Tar Heel junior Jenny Yopp with 12 ticks left. Bertrand calmly swished Women splash easily By CHRIS SPENCER Assistant Sports Editor Amidst discussions of, among other things, the cultural ramifica tions of M ALF," a very relaxed North Carolina women's swim team com fortably downed N.C. State 155-110 Tuesday night at Koury Natatorium to end their dual meet season. If the Tar Heels had lost, which afterwards seemed a very, very remote possibility, it would have been the first time they ever finished with a losing ACC record. Instead, they now sport an 8-3 mark, 3-2 in the ACC, heading into the ACC Cham pionships Feb. 18-20. The Wolfpack fell to 5-5, 1-4. . A slew of Tar Heels were multiple winners in the meet, as UNC took 10 of 14 events. Leading the onslaught were a pair of freshmen, Jill Benda and Devon Hyde. Benda, who hails from, iron ically, Raleigh, swam on the meet's opening event, a Tar Heel-winning 200-yard medley relay. She also swept the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.46 and the 100-yard butterfly in 59.37. Hyde, a Reston, Va., native, took the 200-yard backstroke in 2:09.9 and the grueling 400-yard IM in 4:38.42. "It's a week out of the ACCs, so we were looking forward to that," Hyde said. Added Benda, "We were just trying to have a little fun." Senior Susan O'Brien, junior Wendy Powers and freshman Tammy Virag also won more than one event on the night. O'Brien swam in the 200-yard medley relay, as did Powers and Virag, and took the 50-yard Classified Info The Dally Tar Heel does not accept cash for payment of clas sified advertising. Please let a check or money order be your receipt. Return ad and payment to the DTH office by noon one business day before your ad Is to run. Ads must be prepaid. 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Following a UNC timeout, ACC leading scorer Kathy Wil son, who finished with 29 points on nine-of-21 shooting, ran down the baseline, got a pick from Merlaine Oden and nailed a 22 foot baseline jumper to tie the game at 72 and send it into a second overtime. "That was a special play we set up for Kathy," Hatchell said. "Thank goodness she hit it." Said Wilson, "When she set up that play I was thinking, 'Gosh Kathy, you've been shooting horribly.' But if coach has that kind of confidence in me to hit the shot, 111 take it." In the second overtime, UNC rode a Matthews free throw and a pair from Oden to a three-point lead with 2:09 left. State's Lori Phillips hit a jumper over Wilson at the 1:45 mark to draw the Wolfpack to within one, 75-74. State had the chance to win the game when Kerri Hobbs was fouled by Oden and went to the line for two charity shots. Hobbs missed both shots but following a Wilson drop-step miss, State had another chance. "We had our chances," Wolf pack coach Kay Yow said. "But we were unaware of the time at the end and that just can't happen but it did." State's unawareness prevented them from getting a good shot in the final 32 seconds of play. Nicole Lehmann's desperation 21 -footer freestyle in 24.54. Powers added the 100-yard breastroke in 1:08.17, while Virag swam on the winning Tar Heel 200-yard freestyle relay. Other Tar Heel winners included juniors Jennifer Cline and Kim Beattie. Senior Erika Schmidt took the one-meter diving event with a score of 428.99. "We didn't use some of our usual people tonight, and we changed the lineup a bit," Tar Heel coach Frank Comfort said. "For some girls, this was their final meet since we can only take 18 to the ACCs." Comfort referred to the Tar Heels' next confrontation, the ACCs, as an opportunity to have more swimmers qualify for the NCAA meet. AP Top 20 1. Temple (23) 18-1 1,204 2 Purdue (16) 19-2 1,191 a Arizona (15) 21-2 1.162 4. Oklahoma (9) 20-2 1.134 5. Pittsburgh (2) 16-2 927 6. UNC 16-3 905 7. UNLV 20-2 900 a E3YU 17-1 859 (tie) Duke 16-3 859 10. Kentucky 16-3 749 11. Syracuse 17-5 701 12 Michigan 18-4 605 13. Iowa 16-6 378 14. Kansas State 14-4 323 15. F3radley 14-3 283 16. N.C. State 14-4 269 17. Vanderbilt 14-5 173 1a Wyoming 17-4 146 19. Indiana 13-6 134 20. Villanova 16-6 94 TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING 933-2163 TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING THE COLLEGE COUNSELING LINE offers to all students experienced, skilled confidential counseling regarding psycho logical problems you may be confronting at college. No fee. Call evenings, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. (800) 634-2239. LOST: SMALL BROWN LEATHER WALLET with important address and key inside, 7th floor Davis lounge Please call 933-5224 no questions asked, I just need address! IF anyone found DAWN MICHELLE PENDLEY'S STUDENT I.D. I would greatly appreciate you returning it. Call 933-5717. 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LOST: TERRY TELL TIME WATCH with blue and white face and brown strap. If found call Dana at 933-8820. LOST: DENIM GUESS WATCH. Lost Thursday, 25 possibly near Coker Hall. Reward. Please call 933-3167. Katherine. GRANVILLE TOWERS STUDENT DINING ASSOCIATION is hiring part-time student help for all positions within the student-managed cafeteria. Advancement into the student manage ment staff is available. Annual increases and unlimited second meals for less than the price of most hamburgers is included. Bonus paid for weekend work. See the student supervisor or manager on duty every afternoon in the cafeteria or call 968 1037 for an appointment to discuss the opportunities available. EOEMFH. BLACK FEMALES aged 18-22 needed for diet and bone research study. $5hr. Dept. of Nutrition, 962-0022. TQ 75-74 fell short of the mark and UNC's . Chryss Watts threw her arms high in celebration. State's leading scorer, Kerri Hobbs, knelt sadly : in defeat. "The team put out a great effort for us," Yow said. "But it was in spurts. Carolina did a good job -closing down our passing lanes and our inside game. But I think ) the difference was perhaps our slow start." That slow start allowed UNC to forge a 15-4 lead in the first half, disallowing a N.C. State field : goal until a Sandee Smith jumper : at the 13:29 mark. In fact, the Tar Heel defense held State to only 20 points in the first half, leading 28- 20 at the break. Wilson felt the early lead helped UNC and said she was especially ; happy to win a 50-minute basket- ' ball game. "I would have cried if we had lost," Wilson said. "It's really a shame that someone had to go home a loser." With the loss, the Wolfpack falls to 8-13 overall, 2-8 in the ACC. UNC improves to 9-11, 3-7. Notes: UNC players Wendy Gatlin and Kim Oden are no longer eligible to play for UNC due to their new eligibility status . . . The Tar Heel win was its first over the Wolfpack since an 81-79 OT victory in 1986 ... State . freshman Nicole Lehmann hit 3-of-9 three pointers en route to a career-high 19 points . . . next up for UNC is a Feb. 13 date in . Atlanta versus Georgia Tech. past State "The conference meet will be wild," he said. "We had a couple of minoT injuries tonight, and next week is going to be fun time." The two freshmen stars of the meet said that while the team was relaxed Tuesday night, it must pull together in Raleigh, site of the conference meet. "Our freshman class is very strong, and it has brought this team together," Hyde said. "It's (the ACC meet) our first really big meet, and it will be a learning experience." Added Benda, "I think everybody was looking to win tonight, and I'm excited about next week. I'm really looking forward to it." If that meet is anywhere near as fun as Tuesday's was, the Tar Heels should do just fine. DTHTopIO 1. Temple (7) 109 2 Arizona (1) 93 3 Purdue (4) 91 4. 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