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By BARRY COOPER
Syndicated Columnist
Now that it has become crystal
clear that black colleges in th?
country never again will receive
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sion, perhaps it is time to re-think
this idea of trying to compete in
the NCAA's Division I-AA.
It was about seven years ago
that the NCAA announced it was
forming a new division. It would
be for those schools who felt they
had outgrown Division II but
weren't ready to line up against
the biggest schools in the country,
like Notre Dame and
Southern California.
About 38 schools -- including
about 12 predominantly black
unta ? juni[;tu ai uic iucd anu
eagerly gave up their Division II
membership. However, the real
lure was not the prospect of competing
in the new league, but the
possibility of getting rich from
television receipts.
For a while, it worked. Florida
A&M estimates it made nearly $1
million over a six-year period,
and other schools, like Grambling
and Tennessee State, often
enjoyed paydays of $300,000 or
more. *
Those times are gone, though,
done in by the Supreme Court
decision to deregulate college
football television, rights. Now,
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the networks are not forced to
pay attention to the smaller
schools, as they had to under the
' previous arrangement. As a
result, not a single Division I-AA
mm be it predominantly black
or white - has "appeared on network
TV this season.
The question to ask is this: If
television possibilities have dried
up for the I-AA schools, is there
any reason to remain in the
league? The answer is a resounding
no.
The only thing Division I-AA
has to offer now is a chance to
compete for its national championship.
Big deal. None of this
year's playoff games will be
shown by any of the major networks,
and the schools which
participate in the playoffs will
receive money only for expenses.
The bottom line is that Division
I-AA has lost its attractiveness,
and virtually every
school in the league must take a
close look at what is happening.
Black schools are finding this
to be an acute situation. In then
attempts to become competitive
on the Division I level, man>
black college athletic departments
have incurred huge deficits
and have had to all but allou
their other sports to die. There
simply isn't enough money to gc
around.
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Playing in front of a standing- ti
room-only crowd. North worked s<
the ball in for frequent medium- o
range jumpers that helped the a
Vikings hit 58 percent of their Y
shots (31 of 53) from the field. oi
"Over the years, North Forsyth
has shot well because we C
take good shots," said Shuler. tc
"We passed the ball well tonight oi
and for a while we completely m
took over their inside game."
i Leading the way was Johnson, o<
a senior who scored 23 points and te
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to play. From the opening SI
tip to the final whistle our th
guys played as hard as they in
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blocked seven Yellow Jacket
shots. Howard, the muchballyhooed
junior, tossed in 21,
missing only one shot from the
field in the second half.
Howard played his finest game
of the season, showing the form
that has made him one of the
most highly-recruited local.,
players in recent years.
Carver was paced by junior
forward Ray Agnew, who had 15
second-half points, but was
shackled by Johnson in the first
half and could only manage a
single free throw. Richard
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A move back to Division II S
could change all that. Not only S
would the schools benefit from a I
cut in expenses, but they would I
^e free to recruit players who
meet the most mintmum *a<kms- I
sion standards. We actually could I
see many black colleges form I
stronger teams as a result. I
Of course, there are other con- V
siderations. If Division I-AA is V
considered small-time, then Division
II certainly is the pits.
But would it be that way if,
say, all the black college teams
dropped down? Probably not-. '
It may turn out that this is a
moot issue, though. With the way
things are going, Division I-AA
may just shrivel up and die. Then
the schools will be forced back
I home.
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The Vikings cruised to the win
ver Carver, but Shuler said his
am won*t bccorpe overconfi?nt.
"We won't get too much con- ?
dence from this game,** said
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