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Letter dated September 5, 1975, from Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.,
president, Michigan State University to Warren S. Brown,
NCAA re allegations, and Mr. Brown's reply of September 12,
1975___
Letter dated September 12, 1975, from Warren S. Brown, assistant
executive director, NCAA, to Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.,
president, Michigan State University re allegations filed with
Michigan State University under date of July 17, 1975.
Letter dated September 15, 1975, from William L. Giles, presi-
dent, Mississippi State University to Walter Byers, executive
director, NCAA re appeal of findings or penalty of the NCAA
Council..

Letter dated October 15, 1975, from John A. Fuzak, faculty rep-
resentative, NCAA, to Warren S. Brown, assistant executive
director, NCAA, re Charlie Baggett ineligibility__
Letter dated October 21, 1975, from Dean Rinehart, attorney, to
Walt Buers, NCAA, re investigators interview of personnel of
Sky Sales and Service---

Letter dated November 5, 1975, from Warren S. Brown assistant
executive director, NCAA to John A. Fuzak, Michigan State
University re action taken on the appeal made by MSU con-
cerning eligibility of Charles Baggett..
Letter dated November 22, 1975, from Warren S. Brown,
assistant executive director, NCAA, to Joseph T. Dixon, Jr.,
Henson & Tully re NCAA's interview with Mrs. Bernice Barker.
Letter dated November 9, 1976, from Larry D. Lessly, general
counsel, University of Nevada System to Walter Byers, execu-
tive director, NCĂA re telephone conversation with Bill Hunt
and Mr. Byers reply of December 3, 1976.

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Letter dated January 4, 1977, from Walter Byers, NCAA, to Dr.
Harold L. Enarson, president, Ohio State University respond-
ing to several questions of December 2, 1976...
Letter dated June 7, 1977, from Bill Musselman, manager, Inter-
national Tours of Stillwater, Inc., to Keith McMillin re NCAA
investigation...

Letten dated September 6, 1977, from Charles Alan Wright to
Dean Arthur R. Reynolds, University of Northern Colorado
re article from the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled,
"NCAA Blows the Whistle on Las Vegas Basketball and Coach
Jerry Tarkanian”.

Letter dated November 7, 1977, from Lana Jeanne Tyree,
attorney, to Walter Byers, executive director, NCAA re
Clarence Wright.......

Letter dated December 7, 1977, from Walter Byers, National
Collegiate Athletic Association to Dr. Donald H. Baepler,
University of Nevada re Congressman Santini and his identi-
fication as a member of the UNLV booster group...
Letter dated August 8, 1978, from Chairman Moss and Congress-
man Lent to J. Neils Thompson, University of Texas re recom-
mendations presented to the subcommittee from various wit-
nesses and a letter in reply from Mr. Thompson, dated August
31, 1978.

Letters to Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., president, Michigan
State University from various people re Coach Charles Butler..
Memorandum, case No. 443-University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
report of a December 10, 1976 telephone conversation initiated
by the writer with Norman Sloan, basketball coach, North
Carolina State University--

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Memorandum dated April 1, 1975, re case No. 520-Mississippi
State University.

Memorandum dated April 16, 1976, from Warren S. Brown to
Dave Berst re case No. 520-Mississippi State University____
Memorandum dated April 16, 1976, from Warren S. Brown to
Dave Berst re case No. 520-Mississippi State University with
attached memorandum dated May 22, 1976, from Walter Beyers
to D. Berst..--

Memorandum dated May 22, 1976, from Warren Brown re the
memo from Brown to Berst dated April 16, 1976.--
Memorandum dated December 10, 1976, from Warren S. Brown to
NCAA Committee on Infractions re memorandum from Jerry
Tarkanian to Lyle Rivera re his conversations with Norm
Sloan and Jim Padgett..

Memorandum dated June 27, 1977, from Brent Clark to Bill Hunt,
Dave Berst, and Hale McMenamin re active and preliminary

cases...

Memorandum re the May 23, 1977, staff meeting signed by
William B. Hunt, February 22, 1978.
Memorandum dated April 24, 1978, from Richard Frandsen,
Bernard Wunder, and Benjamin Smethurst to Chairman Moss
re testimony of Brent Clark, NCAA hearings, February 27,
1978___

News release dated January 25, 1976, re Michigan State Univer-
sity placed on NCAA probation with penalty to be imposed
upon the institution..

News release dated March 9, 1976, re University of Minnesota
placed on NCAA probation.

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News release dated October 21, 1976, re University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities, placed on NCAA probation..

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News release from NCAA dated May 11, 1976, re University of
Denver placed on NCAA probation_

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Opinion in the Buckton case cited at 366 Fed. Sup. 1152, 1973,
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
Opinion No. Civ. A. No. 76-A-510 in the U.S. District court,
D. Colorado, July 16, 1976, Colorado Semninary (University of
Denver) et al., plaintiffs v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
and Harry E. Troxell, defendants__
Opinion of the Supreme Court in October Term, 1977, re Regents
of the University of Minnesota, Neil C. Sherburne, Wenda W.
Moore, Loanne R. Thrane, C. Peter Magrath, David W. French,
Vera Schletzer, and John Kareken, petitioners v. the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, respondents.

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Santini, Hon. Jim, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Nevada, statement_ _ _

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Tyree, Lana, attorney, Oklahoma City, Okla., comments re NCAA lobbying activities.

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Ward, Erwin C., attorney, formerly representing Mississippi State University in proceedings before the NCAA, biographical data on educational, military, and professional background... Appendix I-Letter dated November 22, 1978, from J. Neils Thompson president, and Edgar A. Sherman, secretary-treasurer, NCAA in response to a number of questions posed during the hearingAppendix II-Letter dated November 27, 1978, from Michael Scott, counsel NCAA in response to a number of questions posed during the hearing-- 1480

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NCAA ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1978

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS,

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John E. Moss, chairman, presiding.

Mr. Moss. The subcommittee will be in order.

This morning we explore a subject area that is wholly novel to this subcommittee, the world of intercollegiate sports. The overriding issue we examine, however, is not novel at all. Quite simply, it is fairness. Does the organization that regulates and polices virtually all serious intercollegiate athletic activity in the country operate in a way that does not offend our sense of fairplay?

That question has not been asked and answered in a congressional or any other public forum in three-quarters of a century.

The organization, of course, is the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It was founded, largely under the auspices of President Theodore Roosevelt, in 1906, after utilization of the "flying wedge" in college football had resulted in an unconscionable number of injuries, even deaths.

The NCAA managed to eliminate that hazard to life and limb, and went on to greatly enhance the atmosphere in which colleges and universities compete with one another in the sports arena. I have no reason to doubt that the association continues to do so today.

But the nature of the organization has changed greatly over the years. Responding to a post-World War II growth of recruiting and scholarship abuses among colleges and universities, the NCAA in 1952 for the first time established an enforcement apparatus, set up a permanent executive staff and a national headquarters, and appointed a full-time executive director, Walter Byers, who has been there ever since.

Since that time the membership of the association has more than doubled to well over 800 members. The NCAA today regulates and polices the activities of members employing over 6,000 coaches, with athletic budgets of over one-half billion dollars. It negotiates television contracts which now range over $35 million a year, and dictates who, when, and through what medium 100 million fans witness collegiate sporting events.

In other words, it's a big business with the power to affect many aspects of interstate commerce. And that is why we are here today.

The subcommittee's investigation began 4 months ago. Not an avid sports fan myself, though surrounded by many, and one always keenly interested in fairness in both the public and private sectors, I was approached by the gentleman from Nevada, Mr. Santini, and fully 70 of our colleagues, who requested that we examine the NCAA's enforcement procedures. They were prompted by allegations of unfairness, arbitrariness, inequality, secrecy, and other abuses of excessive power which they and I felt deserved scrutiny in an official and public forum for the first time. For after all, this is a private organization, responsible to no one outside itself, with powers normally reserved to governments.

What we did not fully appreciate at the time was the extraordinary attention our effort would receive, the passions it would generate, and the high-pitched air of controversy in this room today.

A lot of public ink has been spilled in the last few days. Yesterday's New York Times quotes Walter Byers as saying: "We're happy to cooperate with the subcommittee ***," but that in his opinion the member colleges of the NCAA show "a general lack of concern or a ho-hum attitude" toward these hearings.

We, of course, welcome Mr. Byers' cooperation. We fought hard enough to get it.

But a lack of concern? Hardly! Our own field investigators, time after time and at member institutions all over the country, encountered expressions of the kind of fear and anxiety we customarily associate with intimidation. The fears have been sometimes specific, sometimes vague; but the theme has been consistent. People are afraid of being perceived, or perhaps misperceived, as cooperating with this subcommittee. I anticipate we will have some of that today, tomorrow, and in the weeks ahead.

Much of the press controversy in recent days has surrounded our first witness this morning, Brent Clark. A former NCAA field investigator, Mr. Clark resigned from NCAA in December of last year. Well after that, and with no prior contact to or from Mr. Clark, our staff, whose investigation had been nearly completed, interviewed Mr. Clark in Kansas City.

It was obvious, after this interview, that Mr. Clark would be a witness before this subcommittee. His testimony today we would have received in any event. Contrary to what appeared in Saturday's Washington Star, he will be under oath and fully subject to penalties for perjury, as will every other witness who testifies in this series of hearings.

As it happens, we were able to marry some interests that go quite beyond anything having to do with the NCAA investigation. His interest in working in the Nation's Capital, for the Congress, and his wide-ranging enthusiasm for subject areas of longstanding importance to this subcommittee, and his superior educational qualifications prompted me to invite Mr. Clark to join our staff. He did so on February 1.

I am not unmindful that some individuals may be concerned about the appearances involved. But that is all they are-appearances. Moreover, anyone who questions Mr. Clark's employment on this subcommittee staff, should take the matter up with me, not Mr. Clark.

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