Says NCCU Not Ready
For Dig Time
Competition
Commissioner Kenneth
Free of the Mid-Eastern
Atheltic Conference ' has
issued a press statement
charging that North'
Carolina Central Universi
ty's readmission to the
Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference
"indicates that they are
not ready for big-tirne
competition" and that
Central's "major reason",
for the decision "is to
recruit players with high
school averages less than
2.0."
NCCU Vice-Chancellor-for
University Relations,
S. Dallas Simmorts,
answered Free's charges.
"North Carolina Central
University is not out to
recruit players with low
high school averages. We
believe, in fact, that we
come as close as any other
school in the conference in
meeting the 2.0 criterion
for our student athletes.
"I do not know that the
other shcools have told the
NO A about the averages
of their recruits. We will
not falsify our records,
and over the past two
years we have admitted a
few players with less than
2.0 averages players
who meet Divisiorf II re
quirements but not Divi
sion I requirements. By
far the majority of our
players meet the 2.0 stan
dard. "But the NCAA Divi
sion 1 rule is that we must
have been in, compliance
with that standard for two
years "before "applying for
Division 1 status. , We
can't' say that honestly.
"Complying with the
tworrJoint criterion is no
,more of a problem for
NCCU than it is for any
other member of the
MEAC ; conference. We ,
come as near or nearer to
complying , to this regula
tion than jany other
member. However, the
NCAA requires ALL
athletes to have th two
point average before they
may be recruited. The
NCAA criteria also re
quired the school to be in
conformity two years
before applying for the
1-AA classification."
Simmons said, "I
should hot have to remind
Mr. Free that we will
recruit athletes from the
same pool and know what
the academic record is of
most of the athletes in the
conference."
Simmons sid, "The
truth is that the MEAC is
not ready for big-time col
lege competition, to use
Commissioner Free's
language. The MEAC
wants the label Division 1,
not the reality, and we do
not agree with that
philosophy." '
Simmons, who was of
fered an opportunity to
examine the MEAC state
ment, referred- tot he
following language of the
statement:
"Free said it was not
important to have the
same, or .as many scholar
ships as the larger univer
sities because, they ould
- not be awarded agam
with them ' anyway and
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. with the Division 1 schools
they could schedule, both
could be in similar
scholarship categories. As
for the eight sports, Free
siad if Central already has
give, all they had to do
was add corss country, in
door, track, and
sgolf..Plus, football and
basketball are the only
two spor,ts n the con
ference with visitation re
quifcments, which lessens
the travel expense when a
school has six other
sports. These only have to
meet the NCAA re
quirements, and- then
come to a MEAC cham
pionship, with the winner
moving on the NCAA
competition."
Simmons said, "That
language proves clearly
that the MEAC move .to
Division 1 is bogus. Com
missioner Free is sug
gesting that the MEAC
meet the competition stan-,
i ;dards of Division . L by
: pjayhing' only within the
' conference that the
MEAC Pretend to be
competitive with the ma
jor schools, but never put
itself to the test. -
"As for the other
sports, he is really sug
gesting bogus sports, false
programs. He's sayiqg,
'Don't bother to play the
sport,' Nothing could be
less fair to the players in
those sports. We would be
offering them a one or two
day 'field day' activity not
a sports program." '
Simmons said NCCU
had no intention of con
ducting programs which
do not involve a full
season of competition.
"I have responded to
the MEAC letters, filed
the application for CIAA1
membership, and issued
statements with respect to
this , issue becaue i was
delegated to do so by
Chancellor Albert N.
Whiting," Simmons said
Free's" press statement,-'
issued by his office on
June 9, included this
paragraph, "Free con
tinued lo say that he is
deeply disturbed by -the
fact that none of the com
ments or decisions concer
ning Central's plight have
come from the Athletic
Director; the expert they
hired to elad them out of
obscurity."
Simmons responded,""
"Obscurity? Is obscurity
the right word for a shcool
which has produced 33
professional football
players, five professional
basketball players, and a
dozn Olympians or world
record holders in track.
Central was the first to:
sign a football player to a
pro contract, John
Brown, Los Angeles
Dons, and also the first to
sign a basketball player to
pro contract, Harold
Hunter, Washington
Cap."
The press stated includ
ed the comment, "Some
of Central's athletic
leaders continue to
maliciously state that they
were put out of the
MEAC, however; the fact
is tnat uthev refused to
Team Standings:
Sooners Jamin Peddy,
Mary Hawkins Minnie
Norris, Joe Parker;
Rovers: Ilia Hill, Joe
Garner, Ann Reed, Eric
Roberson; Fireballs Ora
Huey, Georgetta Parker,
Howard Fitts, Doss
Massenburg; Blasters
Ruth McDonald, Ralph
Wiley, Jim Dyer, Nancy
Pinckney.
Averages: Female
Florence Roberson, Nan
cy Rowland, Delores,
Plummer, Annie Reed;
Male Eric Roberson,
Doss Massenburg, Ken
neth Rice, Kenneth
Snipes.
High Serres Scratch:
Female Mary Hawkins,
Barbara Bridges,
Jayphene Reed, Milie
Williams; Male Guster
Lewis, James L. Harr
ington, David Buie, Joe
Garner.
High Game Scratch:
Female Ora Lee Huey,
Walterene Parrish, Ruth
McDonald, Alyce Little;
Male Robert Medlyn,
Joseph Parker, Howard
Fitts, George Thorne.
High Series Handicap:
Female Gaynelle Curtis,
Missouri Morris, Nancy
Pinckney, Theresa Gantt;
Male Ronald Miller,
Ralph Wiley, G. Booth
Smith, Jairus Wilson.
High Game Handicap:
Female: Pauline Johnson,
Janice Womble, Lula
Royal, Dianne Griffin;
Male Norman Johnson,
William Pratt, James S.
Harrington, J. Quinton
Parker.
next few years, difficulties
of its own making.
VI will be delighted if
the MEAC achieves the
television revenue which
was the basis in all
discussions of the deci
sion to become Division 1 .
If must say that I will also
be greatly surprised."
; Free's press statement
ended, "To the loyal
MEAC followers, Free re
joyced (sic), 'We are
definitely not going to
fold, disperse, or slow
down to any degree. We
will go on with our four
Division 1 institutions
(NC A&T South Carolina
State, Howard, Delaware
S.tate), and I feel our ex
pansion program will be
enhanced by the simple
fact that we are a Division
1' conference. The deci
sions made by the other
schools have my blessings,
and has (sic) released the
balland chains that bind-
ed (sic) me, and hindered
adhere to themandate im-" ..jMSfWSr-lf tnejQ;
posed upon all conference reaay ior Dig ume,
memoers oy tne league s
governing body in a
meeting nearly two years
ago, advising each to com
ply with all criteria as it
relates to Division 1."
Simmons answered, "I
believe all our comments
reflected the facts of the
situation. No, we weren't
put out of the conference,
but we were told in a
letter from; Mr. Free
himself th"at we would
be put out next May. We
said we wouldnH make an
effort to stay in' the con
ference after that decision,
but we will remain in the
conference until May."
Simmons said, "I
hesitate to say this, but
Mr. Free leaves me little
choice. We elected to join
the CIAA because we
believe it is a much
stronger conference. The
CIAA is better-managed,
has a stronger program of
services to its members,
and is far more successful
in producing revenue from
its championship tourna
ment. "The MEAC will face
severe difficulties over the
they have my well wishes.'
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