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AtKletics for the 80's -:■'•....";..;'-., j ., ' V
Better athletes, balanced growth foreseen
by Tony Stevens
A better caliber of athletes, and a con¬
tinuation of growth the department saw
in the seventies is the outlook projected
for CSUF's athletic program in , the
eighties. •-' * .
While the past decade was a 'tremen¬
dous growth period," according to Jack
Wilcox, the future holds more growth
but at a slower pace, giving way to
balance.
Wilcox is the one who has* the respon¬
sibility of making sure it all comes
together. Hired in 1979 as CSUF's
Interim Athletic Director, he remains in
that capacity to'oversee the eighties in
Fresno. Along with Fresno's part in the
scheme of things, he feels the PCAA
conference will expand as well, possjblv
to the point of' realignment by mid-
decade.
"We were fortunate enough to be "
strong in two particular sports to warrant
exposure (through TV) and now people
have become aware of the PCAA."
The two sports be refers to are foot¬
ball and basketball. And through those
two, CSUF has been put on the map.
Before his departure two years ago,
football coach Jim Sweeney brought a
conference championship to the school.
In doing so he brought perhaps the
sweetest athletic moment CSUF may
have known. But the crown was more
meaningful than just a temporary
feeling of pride. He proved CSUF could
compete at the NCAA's level. Along
with other, schools, such as San Jose
The new CSUF stadium, scheduled for completion^by the beginning of the 19g1 season.
State and HOP, CSUF helped the PCAA
attain a status of more than just a whip¬
ping boy. "v
According to Sweeney, the PAC 10
opponents scheduled for the coming
years will be formidable, but not indom¬
itable. He said the lower teams in the
PAC 10 were no better than the top-
PCAA teams in the past. San Jose State
played the teams "tough," and while
San Diego State was still a member,
they too were equal to that part of the
PAC 10.
In the seventies, CSUF was lucky
to land a blue-chip prospect because of
the combination of CSUF's athletic
inadequacies and other schools'^advan¬
tages. Their home field, Ratcliffe" Sta¬
dium, was "among the most antiquated
facilities in captivity" in Sweeney's
thinking and in many athletes as well.
Another factor which turned many'awav
"1
was the lack of exposure an athlete
would receive, especially with the ob¬
scurity of the conference itself and little
hope for a post-season bid.
All that is changed for Fresno and the
PCAA now, and much more lies ahead.
Two big pluses in the eighties will be
the new stadium and the post-season
bowl game to be held there. Scheduled
for completion by the beginning of the
1981 season; officials hope it may be
ready for the initial California Bowl this
December. With the stadium and bowl
game, athletes are assured of playing in
a nice facility and possible national
exposure through the bowl game. Any
coach knows what those opportunities
mean to recruits and Sweeney feels
those players who went elsewhere
before will find their way to Fresno now.
Since football is'the common catalyst
across the nation for successful athletic
programs, CSUF will be able to use that
as a large stepping stone to a more
varied .program, is terms of success,
according to both Sweeney and Wilcox.
But another sport, the second sport
Wilcox was referring to, can be used
as a very large added leverage. Basket¬
ball has become the talk of the town.
Unlike football (for now) the sport of
roundball at CSUF has already beef-*"
recognized by others and the conference^
itself is fast becoming one of the most
respected in the nation. Already there
are four teams in the PCAA capable of
defeating some of the best in the nation
and the results in the past should assure
much of the same in the future. Even the
poorest teams in the PCAA can defeat
the conference's best any qight, espec¬
ially at home. That balance could bring
a much higher degree of acceptance and
respectability from those in now presti-
gous conferences such as the Atlantic
Coast and Big 10.
Wilcox feels football may soon balance
out as well and one major reason is the
possibility of realignment. Recently,
both the PAC 8 and Western Athletic
conferences have realigned .themselves
and the reason was related to the energy
• crisis. Wilcox says that may happen in
the PCAA.
He said that if some schools had a
large facility to play in, yet couldn 't fill
that stadium; it would be a loss. But if
other schools, such as CSUF with their
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new stadium seating 30,000, can jam the
fans in, they would be more desirable
to a conference. For that reason, Wilcox
predicts a realignment of the PAC 10 and
WAC conferrences within 5-7 years.
"The energy crunch may dictate a
realignment of conferences. With the
cost of air freight, if schools don't
make enough monev at the gate-thev
might be excluded (from the confer-
encej," nesaio.
CSUF hopes to make enough money
from both the football and basketball
gates to spread among the other sports
at CSUF. , - 1
According to Wilcox, thereis currently
not enough money to go around to help
out the other sports. Fan support is
mostly focused on the two big sports
and little is given to "minor" sports such
as swimming, wrestling and gymnastics.
So the money needed to advance those
sports must come from other sources,
namely somewhere else in the depart¬
ment. Right now, those funds aren't
available.
"Everyone involved in the program
recognized funding isn 't available Mnr»
dollars are generated because of foot¬
ball and basketball and that has to be a
main factor if we are going,to let the
other sports compete at a winning
level," Wilcox said.
Six «f those other sports are lumped
into the women's athletic program
affiliated with the Association for Inter-
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| Title | 1980_02 The Daily Collegian February 1980 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1980 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Title | February 6, 1980, Page 10 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1980 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Page ItMhe Oajy Ce»egisn-F«hruary | .«ge AtKletics for the 80's -:■'•....";..;'-., j ., ' V Better athletes, balanced growth foreseen by Tony Stevens A better caliber of athletes, and a con¬ tinuation of growth the department saw in the seventies is the outlook projected for CSUF's athletic program in , the eighties. •-' * . While the past decade was a 'tremen¬ dous growth period," according to Jack Wilcox, the future holds more growth but at a slower pace, giving way to balance. Wilcox is the one who has* the respon¬ sibility of making sure it all comes together. Hired in 1979 as CSUF's Interim Athletic Director, he remains in that capacity to'oversee the eighties in Fresno. Along with Fresno's part in the scheme of things, he feels the PCAA conference will expand as well, possjblv to the point of' realignment by mid- decade. "We were fortunate enough to be " strong in two particular sports to warrant exposure (through TV) and now people have become aware of the PCAA." The two sports be refers to are foot¬ ball and basketball. And through those two, CSUF has been put on the map. Before his departure two years ago, football coach Jim Sweeney brought a conference championship to the school. In doing so he brought perhaps the sweetest athletic moment CSUF may have known. But the crown was more meaningful than just a temporary feeling of pride. He proved CSUF could compete at the NCAA's level. Along with other, schools, such as San Jose The new CSUF stadium, scheduled for completion^by the beginning of the 19g1 season. State and HOP, CSUF helped the PCAA attain a status of more than just a whip¬ ping boy. "v According to Sweeney, the PAC 10 opponents scheduled for the coming years will be formidable, but not indom¬ itable. He said the lower teams in the PAC 10 were no better than the top- PCAA teams in the past. San Jose State played the teams "tough," and while San Diego State was still a member, they too were equal to that part of the PAC 10. In the seventies, CSUF was lucky to land a blue-chip prospect because of the combination of CSUF's athletic inadequacies and other schools'^advan¬ tages. Their home field, Ratcliffe" Sta¬ dium, was "among the most antiquated facilities in captivity" in Sweeney's thinking and in many athletes as well. Another factor which turned many'awav "1 was the lack of exposure an athlete would receive, especially with the ob¬ scurity of the conference itself and little hope for a post-season bid. All that is changed for Fresno and the PCAA now, and much more lies ahead. Two big pluses in the eighties will be the new stadium and the post-season bowl game to be held there. Scheduled for completion by the beginning of the 1981 season; officials hope it may be ready for the initial California Bowl this December. With the stadium and bowl game, athletes are assured of playing in a nice facility and possible national exposure through the bowl game. Any coach knows what those opportunities mean to recruits and Sweeney feels those players who went elsewhere before will find their way to Fresno now. Since football is'the common catalyst across the nation for successful athletic programs, CSUF will be able to use that as a large stepping stone to a more varied .program, is terms of success, according to both Sweeney and Wilcox. But another sport, the second sport Wilcox was referring to, can be used as a very large added leverage. Basket¬ ball has become the talk of the town. Unlike football (for now) the sport of roundball at CSUF has already beef-*" recognized by others and the conference^ itself is fast becoming one of the most respected in the nation. Already there are four teams in the PCAA capable of defeating some of the best in the nation and the results in the past should assure much of the same in the future. Even the poorest teams in the PCAA can defeat the conference's best any qight, espec¬ ially at home. That balance could bring a much higher degree of acceptance and respectability from those in now presti- gous conferences such as the Atlantic Coast and Big 10. Wilcox feels football may soon balance out as well and one major reason is the possibility of realignment. Recently, both the PAC 8 and Western Athletic conferences have realigned .themselves and the reason was related to the energy • crisis. Wilcox says that may happen in the PCAA. He said that if some schools had a large facility to play in, yet couldn 't fill that stadium; it would be a loss. But if other schools, such as CSUF with their HEWLETT-PACKARD bW HP-37E Business Management. Can handle Present Value, Payments and Future Value calculations simultaneously. Cal¬ culates percents; discounts, markups. Figures amortization schedules. Statis¬ tics with trend line forecasting. 5 finan¬ cial and 7 addressable storage regis¬ ters. Only $67.50 aK. THE KENNEL HtaMtt | new stadium seating 30,000, can jam the fans in, they would be more desirable to a conference. For that reason, Wilcox predicts a realignment of the PAC 10 and WAC conferrences within 5-7 years. "The energy crunch may dictate a realignment of conferences. With the cost of air freight, if schools don't make enough monev at the gate-thev might be excluded (from the confer- encej," nesaio. CSUF hopes to make enough money from both the football and basketball gates to spread among the other sports at CSUF. , - 1 According to Wilcox, thereis currently not enough money to go around to help out the other sports. Fan support is mostly focused on the two big sports and little is given to "minor" sports such as swimming, wrestling and gymnastics. So the money needed to advance those sports must come from other sources, namely somewhere else in the depart¬ ment. Right now, those funds aren't available. "Everyone involved in the program recognized funding isn 't available Mnr» dollars are generated because of foot¬ ball and basketball and that has to be a main factor if we are going,to let the other sports compete at a winning level," Wilcox said. Six «f those other sports are lumped into the women's athletic program affiliated with the Association for Inter- oonttnued on page 11 e Head : Of Hair i . .. , OaTJjF on Stvleuits Only J BOOKSTORE (In The Heart Of The Campus) With this ad. Featuring the California Curl- Specializing in ihe Natural Look 1552 N. West Ave.; . Fresno, California *•■ -". 237^276* JAN./FEB. 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