Page B2-The Chronicle, Thursda
College Football
Morgan con
By BARRY COOPER
Syndicated Columnist
The first Division I black college
to buckle under the pressure
of Pronosition 48 mav he
Morgan State.
Morgan, which before integration
had one of the most successful
athletic programs in the
country, today is in such rocky
financial shape with regards to
athletics that it is considering
drastic moves. The enactment of
? Proposition 48, now Bylaw
5-1 -(j)? may have pushed Morgan
past its limit.
Bear officials confirmed
recently that they are considering
withdrawing from the MidEastern
Athletic Conference and
returning to Division II.
School President Dr. Earl
Richardson, under pressure from
%. state officials to get Morgan back
- on track, said:"l suspect that (by
the end of the year) we will have
made a decision about whether
. we want to compete in Division I
or II. It may be good there. That
is one strategy for building. I am
sure we have many boosters who
feel differently.M
Morgan has been so strapped
financially that it currently heeds
5300,0001n donations to run the
athletic department. Last year,
according to sources,*
predominantly black schools like
Morgan spent about $200,OCX),
according to Athletic Director
Earl Banks. He said this year's
budget is less than $300,000.
The; lack of money has virtually
ruined Morgan's chances of
winning on the field. The Bears,
forced to play with fewer players
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Fayettcville State ; 0-2
Johnson C. Smith 0-3
Bowie State 0-2
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Delaware State 1-0
North Carolina A&T 1-0
South Carolina State 0-1
Howard University 0-1
Morgan State 0-2
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Southern University 2-C
Grambllng State ; V 1-C
Texas Southern 1-1
Alcorn State 1-1
Prairie View A&M vQ-3
Alabama State 0-3
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Alabama A&M 14
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1. Delaware State 3-0 117
2. Grambling State 2-0 99
3. Tennessee State 3-0 93
4. N.C. AAT 3-0 89
5. Central State 2-0 72
6_ Jack^nn State i-i
7. Mississippi Valley 1-0 3T
8. Southern U. - 2-t 32
9. Norfolk State 3-0 22
10. tie, Vir#nta tJffton 3*0 15
Settiune-Cookman 2-1 15
12. W-S Stite 1-2 6
13. fi.C. Central 2-2 5
14. tie, Fort Valley M 4
Alcorn State 1-2 4
on scholarship than other
schools, have a 24-game losing
streak, dating back to Nov. 12,
1983. Prospects for this season
are not any better.
It appears that only a national
fund-raising drive, if successful,
will keep Morgan in the MEAC_
and Division 1. Recently, the
school mailed out solicitation letters
to its alumni. The letters were
signed by former Morgan State
star Willie Liatnier, who recently
was inducted into the Pro Football
Hall of Fame.
If Morgan does decide to leave
the MEAC, it will be yet another
blow for the league.whieh has
struggeld to keep its members
afloat.
"It would definitely hurt us in
football," MEAC Commissioner Ken
Free said. "We can just hope
that in the final analysis things
will work out fdr Morgan State
> and they will decided to stay in
the conference."
The MEAC would lose its
recently obtained automatic
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berth in the Division I-AA
playoffs if Morgan withdraws.
Division I-AA has lost most of
its attractiveness for historically
black colleges because of tougher
academic standards placed on
new recruits and a lack of opportunity
for television appearances.
Virtualy all of the black schools
that moved up from Divison II to
I-AA in the late 1970s did so
because, of the chance to earn
more than $100,000 each year
from television. But^ the networks,
freed from that NCAA
contract, no longer televise I-AA
games.
If Morgan leaves the MEAC, it
will be interesting to see if that
starts a trend back to Division II.
Notes & Asides
Fort Valley -^State?Xoach
Doug Porter is watching from the
sidelines this season for the first
time in his seven years with the
Wildcats. Porter, who has a
56-15-2 record at Fort Valley,
suffered a heart attack before the
"team's ninth game last season.
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my coruiuiogisi iota me mat 1
could return to duties without
limitations?after?n^m^r,"
Porter said. "Meanwhile, I feel
our program is in very capable
hands with the cQ$ches who have
been with us over the years."
Gerald Walker, an assistant to
Porter for six years, will continue
serving as interim coach. Fort
Valley was 9-3 last year and
shared the Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference tiPlease
see page B4
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Texas Southern 29
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mth Carolina State; Crambling
-Cookman.
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Wilmington, Ohio; Albany
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MICHAEL WARREN: ^
From Sports to the Spotlight M I
Michael Warren' star o 1 a hit
TV series and current Miller Lite
personality talks about the days
when he co-starred on UCLAs
basketball team with Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar (then known as
Lew AlCindoi). "When Kareem v TEL
arrived on campus. we knew JePI
h? was going to be great?
he led us to two championships!
Our 1968 team J/ may
have been the best ^
college team of all time.",
. & says Warren.
A Funny Thing
Happened...
During his freshman year at UCLA,
before a game late in the season, the team
got a "Knute Rockne" type pep talk. A teammate
was so inspired he wanted to lead the
team to the gym lloor. "Well, he didn't know
where the gym was and he took a wrong
turn" Warren laughs. "We ended up on the
side street facing a highway locked out of the
gym! Our freshman team was probably the
worst in the history of UCLA."
Changing Scenes
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Mike says he never dreamed of a future
playing pro- * *.
mvolved
in the acting
business; timing is everything." Remarking on
future plans, Michael states, "Now that I've
established myself as an actor, I hope to find
projects that I can direct or produce."
At present, Michael enjoys being a Lite
Beer All-Star. "I drink Miller Lite and keep it
k stocked at my house," says Warren, "that way
I never run out. It tastes great!"
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