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Snorts Review PUBLISHER Ernest H. Pitt EDITOR STAFF WRITERS Craig T. Greenlee Rolando Simmons .... Roscoe Nance ? PROOUCTtON SMwZimnwrw YwnrwH.B. Truhon PHOTOGRAPHERS Sonja J. Covington J D. Schwalm Robert Lee Joe Daniels Gene Shanks Max Dunhill Will others follow in Prairie View's footsteps? Now that Prairie View has decided to whittle its athletic program down to nothing but men and women's track over the next five years, one can't help wondering if the floodgates have been opened and other schools will follow the same route. Prairie View faces a S3 million deficit over a five-year period. Pairing down the athletic program will save the school fees, according to school president Julius Becton Jr. However, this move should not be thought of merely in terms of dollars and cents. It should be thought of in human terms too because it is-humans-who-willbe~affected bv it. First, there are the athletes involved. It will cost many or them their collegiate careers. It could end up costing some aca demic careers as well. Then there arc the 70 athletes who would have gotten scholarships to Prairie View each of the next five years. ~ What becomes of them? -| Some will go to other schools, where they will take a scholarship that could have gone to someone else. A trickle down effect is being created. But the bottom line is there will be 70 fewer scholarships available each year, which in turn means that 70 fewer students will have an opportunity for an educa tion. Don't think that what Prairie View is doing is an isolated situation that will not effect other schools. On the surface, it might appear that way. But the truth of the matter already has schools that played Prairie View scrambling to juggle their schedules, it realty wreaks havoc with the Southwestern Athletic Conference which is left with just seven member schools. Becton said the decision was based on Prairie View's com mitment to academics, and there is no reason to doubt him. If the school isn't prepared to make a commitment to athletics, then it probably is best that it scrap its program. But it seems there should have been some middle ground. Prairie View, the last charter member of the SWAC, once wafrftpewcf ? black college athletics. It produced such football stars as Ken Houston, Otis Tkylor, Jim Mitchell and Jim Kear ney. Zelmo Beatty led the Panthers to the '62 NAIA national basketball championship before launching a stellar professional career. Perhaps Prairie View was in over its head in attemptmg to compete in Division I. All indications say that was the case. The basketball team has not had a winning season since '79. The football team's 5-5 record in 88 was its best since *76. In hindsight, Prairie View would have been better served by not moving into Divison I or at least dropping to a lower division while it still had a chance to save its athletic program. Btacfc Cdteae Span Revtev it puMehed by Back Spent Inc., #17 N. Liberty 91. Wlwton Stfem. N.C. 27102. UnedWled manuecrtpli en d t??ugrtpbe wi no tbe rtU^lnquirtw thai* ba addrttud to Emaat H. Pm. PuMeher. 9a<* Cdege Spor* Re*ew. P.O. to 3154. V#ne*>n-S*am, HJC. 27102. PHOTO CREDITS: Cover Photo - Jelaw SWi'e Jlmnv Omnpflrt by Handrt PhdD Swvks; Prrirte View ptato by Mert Gel; Odf ?** by BCSR ML BCSR to ? m&fmm *> tfieee newepepere: MfU Vcka, Tha Medn. B*#more A*o-Amari ean. Baton Rouga Comrrunrty Leader. Birmingham Tlmee. Carolna P*acemakar, Carolina 71 mat, Cherieeion ChronWa. Iradel Coumy Nawt, The Mataengar Metro County Court*. MobBe Beacon, PMadelpNe Tribune, Pftttburgh Courier, Richmond Afro-Anwrteen, W*Nng?on Afro-American and Wneion-Setoro Chronide. ? \Z & '-?'????:? >/ . .. -#.<?.:# ?; ;:\r - V* - ? .:c? .*f ...... i -..^i ? ?*yi . :.i '.yi*!* ' V; in'.'hitfta'; J*. ; ?????- '/;> * " 'l ' -i < ? 'dii. y. ???'?>>?> ?c& ?? BCSRSWI Photo j-iVrfc&w. ... . .;.!???? i- . ? : ? Black coMjg* basketball ventured across the Atlantic this month. At presstlme, a select black college team had atarted their eight-game swing through France as part of a goodwill tour. Msmbsrs of the team are: Matthew Yataa and Richard McLean (Norfolk State); Stacey Clark (Hampton); Fred Wast and Charles Price (Texas Southern); Frank SIRmon (Alabama ABM); Kevin Glover (Florida AtM); Tim Anderson (Delaware State); Jamea Walker (Morehouse); and Jeff Hayes (North Carolina Central^ The squad la coached by Charles Christian, Who recently retired aa Norfolk State's head coach. The black college all-stars win play against the French Olympic team, the French national team and other International aquada baaed In Franca. The July Issue of BCSR will provide a full report on how the team fared.
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