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-sports
Intramural
^ By Andrew Fontanese
Intramural football at USC may undergo
some changes next year to reduce injuries
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ctuu mane me game more popular.
According to Intramural/Recreational
Sports Coordinator Eric Stein, "Intramural
football at USCis getting tothe point where
the average student is afraid to play."
Stein said his staff was considering
changing the blocking format of flag football
to a "screen-blocking" or "noncontact"
style of play, in which linemen are
not allowed to use theip hands or arms for
blocking. If this screen-blocking style is
adopted, linemen will have to use their
chests and bodies to screen opponents.
"A lot of schools are playing non-contact
football with great success," Stein said. "In
fact, a tournament has been set up in
Florida for the nation's best college teams
to compete in.
"I'M SURE there would be a lot of
complaints about screen-blocking at first,
but once people got used to the game, they'd
like it. It's a lot faster, and more wide
open."
Stein said the major reason for considering
the rule change was the injury
factor. "We received about 45 accident
reports this season, which is twice what we
got last year. It's our job to see that safety
comes first, and if injuries are increasing,
then we've got to make some changes in the
structure of the game.''
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Although most of the injuries are minor
and accidental, Stein said he thinks many
can be prevented. He said one way is to
make game officials call more penalties if
play gets too rough.
Entries due tomorr
for intramural bask
From Staff Reports
Entries for intramural basketball are due I
5 p.m. Entries must be turned int
tramural/Recreational Sports Office, Bla
Education Center room 102.
Preliminary competition begins Sunday
League choices include:
Fraternity Tuei
Fraternity Wednesday 6:30,1
Residence Hali Thursday 1
Independant Wedne:
Independant Tuesday?
t-aculty, Staff Monday 7
Gamecock Sunday <1
Gamecock Thursday 5
Gamecock Tuesday 7
Gamecock Sunday 4
Gamecock Tuesday 7
> w Gamecock Wednesday 7
Women Monday 5
Women Thursday 7
Co-Rec Monday 5
Co-Rec Thursday 5
USC basketball p
By Sammy Fretwell
PHOENIX, Ariz. - It was dark when the U1
team and its entourage of trainers, managers,
and media arrived in Phoenix last Thursday
Fiesta Classic.
The flight had been long because of various s
plane was 45 minutes late leaving Columbia,
finally took off strong headwinds caused a slow*
expected. Once in Arizona, it seemed to tak<
everyone to get their luggage and board the bus.
Then came The Pointe.
"We've stayed at the Hons Koncr HtHnti
summer's Far East tour) and at the Boston Hya
real titzy, bat I think this is the nicest place u
This is more of a resort, and I really-enjoy<
center-forward Jimmy Foster said. y. .. .
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The Pointe hotel complex in Phoenitf is a c
itself. It spans 27 acres and includes three res
swimming pools with built-in hot tubs, tennis an
courts, a weight room and a stable full of horses
The hotel rooms, which housed two playe
suites. Each includes a den area, a stocked ba
the players (naturally), and a bedroom co
i" queen-steed beds.* ' ' '
staff consic
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this season....lf s our job to see tha
comes first and if injuries ere inert
then we've got to make some chani
the structure of the game.'
? Intramural I Recreational Sport
At present, game officials submit sportsmanship
evaluations to the Intramural/Recreational
Sports Office after a
game, rating both teams. The ratings are
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demonstrates during a game. The rating
scale ranges from 10 for extremely good
sportsmanship, to "zero for unnecessary
roughness or disorderly conduct.
For an intramural team to be eligible to
win a division or enter the playoffs, it must
possess an overall sportsmanship rating of
at least 6.5.
"THE RATING SYSTEM makes teams
keep their tempers under control," Stein
said. "The only problem with this system is
that when teams realize they are not going
to the playoffs, they sometimes disregard
the sportsmanship rating."
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Another way officials can control games
is through player suspension. "We had 28
players suspended this year," Stein said.
When a player is suspended, he is usually
held out of the next game.
Stein said that although flag football
remains one of the most popular intramural
sports, the number of teams competing
decreases each year because of the present
structure of the game. "Four teams from
last year did not play this season because
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"Sports like softball have doubled in size
over the past five years because people can
go out and have fun without having to worry
about getting hurt." Stein said he expects
more than 200 teams to compete in intramural
softball in the spring.
According to journalism senior Ralph
Stice, his team, the Crusaders, elected not to
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play football this year because of excessive
roughness. "We Weren't a very big team
last year, and usually we got beat up pretty
badly. It wasn't much fun playing," he said.
STEIN SAID he thinks more people would
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were made.
Danny Mahoney, a marketing senior who
officiated games and also played for
Columbia Hall, said he thinks the rules of
the game should not change, but the sportsmanship
rating system should be made
more strict.
"I think the present system of 6.5 to
qualify for the playoffs is pretty lenient.
Teams should have to meet a high standard
of sportsmanship to be allowed to participate
in the playoffs."
Mahoney said he does not favor the
screen-blocking technique. "I don't think
tl 2y should change the rules. People like the
game the way it is," he said.
Kevin Swope, a Columbia Hall lineman,
agreed the rules should not change. "I play
football to release energy and to take out my
aggressions, but not to hurt anyone," Swope
said. "Football is meant to be a physical
game. I think screen-blockng or non-contact
defeats the purpose of the game."
FOR STEIN and his staff, the decision to
change or maintain the present rules of flag
football will not be an easy one. "The only
people playing football now are the ones who
like to hit," Stein said.
"If we changed the rules, we would make
the game safer and more popular," he said,
"and safety is our biggest concern."
imson tonight
an
Gamecock basketball team will try to rebound
mend's 84-62 loss to Tennessee when they face
y Tigers tonight in the Carolina Coliseum,
imecocks, 2-1, will try to add another lass to
record. Clemson beat Jackson State 64-63 and
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oach Terry Kelly said he doesn't think the 22'ennessee
will have a negative psychological
am.
:e back," Kelly said. "If we were playing a
I might be worried some, but we're playing
'm sure the players will have no trouble being
e."
y sophomore Marsi McAlister. The Columbia
iging 21.7 points per game and has 14 assists
Is.
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two tournament games. Johnson had been
m spring and summer knee surgery, and it
ble whether she would play during the early
son.
^ers return four starters from last year's 20-12
-American Barbara Kennedy graduated last
led Clemson in scoring for four years,
on players are averaging in double figures,
\y Caple, Jackie Jones, Mary Ann Cubelic and
Tones leads the team with a 19-point average.
; as big as Tennessee," Kelly said. "I expect a
nal game. The team that eliminates its
vin it."
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but we got better than a 50 percent discount
legotiation," said Jim Petrus, USC assistant
s manager.
yas well worth it because of all the benefits. It
ious, and it really catered to us. The players
eat when they needed to, and these were
surroundings for them."
paration goes into picking a hotel for the
i, Petrus said. "Usually what we do is call the
e in the place we're going to stay, in this case-,
and. ask them what the fetter three or four '
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the coaches go out to recruit or for some other '-<> ay
in those hotels. When they come back they
talk about which offers the best surroundings
11 team. For this trip, we chose The Pointe
Coach (Bill) Foster had highly recommended
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always a lot of auxiliary people there to help
gs, so it was like it never closed. These are the
re look for when we're scouting a place to stay
" he added.
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