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..sports NCAA vs. i Collegiate wo By Tom Coy no After 11 years as the voice in women's sports, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women is fighting a losing battle for its livelihood. The National Collegiate Athletic Association may have delivered the AIAW the fatal blow this year by sponsoring 31 women's national chamDionshins. The AIAW founders benefited greatly one year after the organization began because of the Title IX's passage in 1972, which mandated equal educational opportunities for women. In one year the money invested in women's intercollegiate sports grew dramatically. The AIAW then had an apparent - monopoly on women's collegiate sports, and the NCAA showed no interest in getting involved. n i couiunuil Vll wuiucu a dlllicilts WdS introduced at the 1975 NCAA convention. It called for a report and plan on the issues involved in the administration of women's intercollegiate athletics at the national level. The report also would determine the desirability and necessity of a program for women's national champhionships. The resolution was not passed. THE NCAA began to change its way of thinking in 1979. A committee was appointed to make recommendations regarding the MP A A V rtnn/\tv? /\? nf iitAmAn'c iivnn o av.Luiuiuuuai.iuii ui vvuuicu a athletics and the development of programs ind services for women's athletics. As AIAW prepared for a battle with the NCAA that never really materialized. Most colleges joined the NCAA while keeping a token membership in the AIAW. Bob Marcum, USC Director of Athletics, said USC is not a member of the AIAW and had followed NCAA rules as of Sept. 1. The AIAW's final hopes of survival depends on legal battles. On Oct. 9, 1981, the AIAW filed suit seeking both preliminary and permanent orders to prohibit the NCAA from sponsoring women's championships or from governing any aspect of women's inStudents to receii more football ticki By Chris Handal THe addififtn of ah nnnhf tn WiTltaVrt^ should allow every USC student a ticket to each game, according to Gary Goodman, athletic tic The number of student tickets has increased 1981 to 15,000 in 1982, Goodman said. "According to the registrar's office, there a: thousand fee-paying students, and those are th eligible for (student) tickets," Goodman said. ALSO CHANGING is the university's block Last year dorms were allotted a set numbei block seating. Sometimes this allotment was number of dorm residents who wanted I Goodman said. "This year, if they (a dorm) brings down 400 them 400 tickets," he said. "People who stand in the line (at Russel distribution) will get the better seats, he said. TICKET DISTRIBUTION at Russell Hoi Tuesday before each home game except opener when tickets will be distributed on Wee The last digit of a student's social se determines when he may pick up a ticket. This year the first pick-up period has been t hours (8>a.m. to 10a.m.), because "you only g< in the good seats," Goodman said. IF STUDENTS do not claim all of the ticket distribution, the remaining tickets will be r< next day at Russell House, he said. After that the tickets become available to students still may claim a leftover studer Rosewood Drive athletic ticket office. "I (student) ticket, we'll give it to them," he saic ? 9 % ' * * * vxuournan saia ne aia not anticipate an} sellouts except the Georgia and possibly games. "IT WOULD really surprise me if student their tickets. I'd love to see them out there b had 11,000 tickets and only in two of the sevt did we run out of tickets," he said. There is no specified stadium entrance ga this year although the tickets will have gate printed on them, Goodman said. Students should try to enter through a gate aroa nf their caafc h<> ciiil VM va VUV/II ovuvo, IIV OU1U, Goodman said a new student ticket office < ramp should be ready by the season's mic would be able to have guest tickets validati tover student tickets at this office, he said. I - ' MAW men's organization /?>OJ feC H4 rl SH tercollegiate athletics. MARGOT POLIZY, AIAW lawyer, said the AIAW was seeking relief under the Sherman-Taft Anti-Trust Laws and would seek treble damages. She said the final damages had not been determined but they were about $2.5 million, which could mean $6.25 million to the NCAA. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Richey originally set the pretrial conference for fe 3tS . t. r Br ice StadiuftV ^ ^ from 11,000 in ^ of tickets for less than the block seating, IDs, we'll give 1 House ticket ise will be the for the season BV ear,Y summer suppoi lnesday. were in place. curity number extended to two 3t one shot to sit S tho firct /)mt va?v aaa ot uajr ut distributed the the public, but < , it ticket at the ^ J f we've got a / games being / I I Florida State H ^#11 * j,.cv*u up an ^ | jm* rat ut last year we |&\ ^ ;n home games !>^ - it1 fLUj l|fjjjlilijffl j| ite for students \ "'C ^ ^ [point. "students . . ed or claim lef- P bhbhehbhmbbhhhhhhhbmbhbhhbhhbhbbbhhbiI brings power struj *4M\ l/PS J to flri (i 85 Aug. 25, but the case was transferred to U.S. District Judge Thomas Pennfield Jackson, and the new trial date was set for Oct.,18. "NO EVENTS or championships have been scheduled for 1982-83," Jackson said. "We decided that if we failed to receive a preliminary injunction in April that we would not plan any events. We did not receive the injunction and we did not send out any membership forms for 1982-83." irf-IL. I I t f * ^ m s ffr* W *.1 rts ' - jj l^f^ ^ ' ''' '' ^ "^ffc ^.... :L..;' Pho?< fcj C?wn I jgie to court 'Most universities are gravitating wards the NCAA because of the sat deal of experience they provide e well as the money aveileble.' ? Bob Marcum, USC Athletic Director "Most universities are gravitating towards the NCAA because of the great deal of experience they provide as well as the money available," Marcum said. THE ISSUE is money. If a college athlete wanted to competc in an AIAW event, the college pays her expenses. The NCAA, however, would pay for the athlete's transportation, and according to Marcum, if the event makes money the NCAA would also pay for such expenses as food and lodging. As colleges began to drift toward the NCAA, the AIAW weakened. Membership dipped severly and got even worse when some NCAA and AIAW championships were held at the same time. When NBC decided not to televise several AIAW championship, many remaining colleges abondoned the AIAW for the NCAA. POLIZY SAID it is sad to see 10 years of good work go down the drain just because the NCAA has more money. "Sure, the NCAA has plenty of money. They have a three-year basketball television package worth $48 million and a four-year football television package worth $264 million," Polizy said. "And then they trv tn hitv nff u/nmon'c athlotinc (nv qc little " J " """"" " ??? as $3 million." There were bad feelings between the AIAW and NCAA before the court battle began. Polizy recalled a statement made by former NCAA President Bill Flynn. "it was something like this: 'The men playing spores should have laundry service, but the women didn't need it because they like to wash their own clothes, anyway.' " sne said the female athlete is in danger of becoming a second-class athlete again. II Preliminary work is done on the outside of Williams-Brice | Stadium. i m, : M iM ix Pollard / > / / / : i ./ :* i . % I ) 1 I fpj f jtfSr ;' '. ' ' " f MWsk<. .% * fyHgft , Imp . " 1. M&&JW& t i MP .. The addition of bleachers was the final stage of the expansion. Hi fl| Wiwwwd