The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
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GRID RULES GET OVERLAPPING
AS N. G.. A. A. MEETING STARTS
Financial Aid To Stars
Ranks Top Position On
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4-(P-Foot-
balls rules, both those that deter
mine who shall play the college
game and those that say how it
should be played, are expected to
be overhauled at the annual NCAA
and Coaches meetings that start
tomorrow.
The NCAA proper opens with a
routine business session tomorrow,
saving it's fireworks for Monday
when it's subsidiary, the confer
ence of conferences, tangles with
the problem of determining how
much-if any-financial reward
shall be given college gridiron
heroes.
Answers to LOO questionai-es,
mailed a month ago by rules com
mittee chairman Lou Little OF
Columbia, will guide the coaches
in their discussions on the playing
code. The coaches committee can
not reveamp any rule, it can only
recommend changes which the
NCAA group either will adopt o.
reject.
Foremost among the proposed
changes are those that would move
the ball in 20 yards from the side
lines, instead of the present Is
yards; liberalization of the substit-
tuting rule; increasing the num-
Der of time outs; permitting the
advancement of a recovered fun
BILE and declaring the ball dead
when an attempted conversion is
blocked.
Discussion also is expected on
a proposed rule which would give
the trailing team the choice Of
kicking or receiving, no matter
who scored the preceding touch,
down, and the legality of the
double, or sucker, shift.
Much of Mondays conference Of
conferences meeting also will be
devoted to the answers obtained
from a QUESTIONABLE, which the
group sent last July after it,
Chicago meeting. The list of cues,
tons deals almost entirely with
financial aid to college athletes.
In making their replies the diff
ferent loops could answer that they
now followed the plan of giving
no financial aid to the players;
intended to adopt that plan in the
near future or rejected the idea en-.
tirely.
1--WE have very frank and very
complete answers covering some
400 colleges" one NCAA officia.
said today. He preferred not te
be named.
Conduct Rules
The same source said a set Of
conduct rules might evolve from
Mondays discussion, which woulc
then be sent to the NCAA for con.
~sideration. With the recommends
ton likely would be a suggestion
as to how the code should be en-
forced, either by gentlemen's
agreements or a CA of college
athletics. The official said he be.
lieved there was little likelihood
Of a car.
The same official declared that il
the conference of conferences
fails to. agree on a definite set Of
rules, schools would restrict theil
football schedules to schools with
the same viewpoint. The southeas'
conference is the only circuit which
has openly announced that it has
given financial aid to athletes.
Gambling, ticket speculations anc
eligibility rules also will be giver
a thorough going over in the SEES
sions which do not end until Wed
nesday night.
The Baseball Coaches Associa'
ton also has it's annual meeting
scheduled for Sunday and Monday
Everett D. Barnes of Colgate,
president of the Association, sale
most of the mentors time Woulo
be spent in devising a plan to pro
tect their athletes from the cash
offers of organized baseball until
after graduation.
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