The Dad Vail Regatta, the world's largest intercollegiate rowing regatta, attracted teams from 73 colleges in 1986 in a broad-based competition, requiring women to row the same race that men row. It is evidence of a growing interest in rowing as an intercollegiate sport. (MSE)

Harry Edwards of the University of California at Berkeley has formed an organization to monitor the hiring of black coaches and sports administrators--particularly in intercollegiate athletics. The National Organization on the Status of Minorities in Sports will track vacancies in college athletics and submit names of qualified blacks to fill…

A special committee to boost the hiring of blacks in coaching and sports administration was formed by the NCAA. The committee will collect data on minority employment and identify ways to increase the pool of black coaches and administrators. (MLW)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association endorses rules requiring coaches to report all athletics-related income to their institutions, prohibiting institution name or logotype use for personal gain without permission, requiring institutions to control collection and distribution of manufacturer contract income, and prohibiting personal gain…

The ruling of a state judge that the National Collegiate Athletic Association could not require that Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, be suspended for recruiting violations is discussed. The ruling states that he was denied due process. (MLW)

The new basketball coach at the University of Maryland finds the difficult introduction to college athletics intensified by months of bad publicity for the institution. (MSE)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's proposed cost-cutting measures would affect almost all intercollegiate sports through reduction of practice and playing seasons, reduction in the number of scholarships, shortening of recruiting periods, or limits on the size of coaching staffs. However, few changes are proposed for football. (MSE)

Concerned about the paucity of black college coaches and athletics administrators, the Black Coaches Association devoted a major portion of its annual conference to helping members prepare and compete successfully for positions in higher education. Athletic directors and other college administrators were also invited in an effort to sensitize them…

African-American head coaches among the 112 Division I-A football institutions now number only five, which is attributed to the decline of affirmative action and related policy, and despite lobbying efforts of the Black Coaches Association. The National Collegiate Athletic Association is also working on the problem. The American Football Coaches…

A rift among college presidents perils the drive to reform college sports. Cost-cutting measures proposed by the presidents were defeated by NCAA members. Five athletic directors with widely differing programs view their own budget dilemmas, and college officials assail the decision permitting ineligible athletes to play professional football.…

Twelve rule changes made by the National Collegiate Athletics Association to strengthen regulation of student participation, coach behavior, and sports program administration and to enforce penalties are outlined. (MSE)