Evening star., 1951-01-11
Due
Tomorrow al
Dallas Session
Three of 10 Schools
On Blacklist Token
OFF at Convention
BY the Associated Press


DALLAS, Jan. 11.-Confidence
arose among the liberals of the
National Collegiate Athletic As
soclation today that an amend
ment softening the sanity code
governing financial aid to ath-
leticS will be adopted.
Some of the liberal leaders, no
tably T. P Heard, athletic director
of Louisiana State, fatty pre-
dicted the NCAA constitution
would be amended to place en-
forcement of the code in the
hands of the individual schools
and conferences. This will re-
quire a two-thirds majority on
the floor of the convention, whose
showdown meeting comes tomor-.
row.
Passage of such an amendment
also probably would mean that
seven schools not now in compli-
ance with the code as it stands
would escape going on trial before
the convention. 1t has been made
clear during the past year that
three Virginia colleges-the Uni
versity of Virginia, Virginia Mill
tary Institute and Virginia Poly
are among these seven, and so
is Villanova.
Three Off Blacklist.
There were 10 schools on the
blacklist until yesterday when the
Compliance Committee reported
to the council and Executive Com
mittee of the NCAA that three of
them had been found to have at
tanned compliance.
Names of the schools were not
announced, but DR.. Hugh Willett,
of Southern California. president
of the NCAA, said the schools thus
cleared might announce it them
selves.
DR.. Willett said that if the seven
schools were brought up for sus-
pension he would rule that only a
majority vote of the convention
would be needed to put them out.
But he admitted there might be
floor fight.
Some. members of the NCAA
asked where the authority to sus-
pend came from as the constitu-
ton provides only for expulsion.
which requires a two-thirds vote.
DR.. Willett pointed to executive
regulations" which specify "expul-
sion, suspension and otherwise"
but said there was no rule as to
what vote was needed to suspend.
He added that his ruling would
be that if a term was not carried
in the constitution and that
standard rules of order did not
specify what to do in such case
he would hold that majority vote
only would be necessary.
Anticipation Of Change.
DR.. Willett explained that sus-
pension instead of expulsion had
been sought in anticipation of
change in the code, ebecause in
that event the school could return
to the NCAA in short order but
that procedure for reinstatement
of an expelled school would re-
quire at least year.
Much of this may be academic
since amendments to the code are
to be considered first on the floor
of the convention and if the code
is liberalized so the schools can
meet it, the seven sinners" aren't
likely even to be brought up for
suspension.
The sanity code as it now stands
provides for tuition and fees with
all other needs of the athletes
to be worked for. Some of the lib
erals want to give financial bene-
fits on the basis of need without
the athlete having to work for
what he gets.
The Executive Committee had
arranged the agenda of the meet
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after the amendments, and the
council approved this yesterday.
An insight as to how the lib
erals stand in getting votes for
their side is due to come today
when the small college group of
the NCAA meets to talk over the
code. 1t is from the small COL
legeS that the balance of power
apparently must come. The
Southern, Southeastern and South
west Conferences are allied in
getting the code changed while
the Big Ten and Pacific Coast
Conferences want to strengthen
the present powers of the NCAA.
Heard said enough strength had
been picked up from the non-con-
servatives to muster the tWo-thirds
majority needed to change the
code. Bernie Moore. commission
er of the Southeastern Conference.
didn't go that far. but he said
(See NCAA PAGE C-0A