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The Sanity Code (NCAA athletic scholarships) - correct answer ✔✔• 1948 NCAA allowed for
athletic scholarship full tuition but no living
expenses
• Only if athletes met the same academic standards and only if there
was financial need
• Violators: Virginia, VMI, Virginia Polytech, Maryland, Citadel,
Boston College, Villanova
Who could participate in the Natl. Championship? - correct answer ✔✔- only conferences with
12 teams
First 8 teams in negro baseball league - correct answer ✔✔- Chicago American Giants
- Chicago Giants
- Cuban Stars
- Dayton Marcos
- Detroit Stars
- Indianapolis ABC's
- Kansas City Monarchs
- St. Louis Giants
First NCAA TV contracts - correct answer ✔✔$1.25 mil in TV contracts in 1955 and $3 mil in
1960
, When was the substitution rule put into place - correct answer ✔✔1955 substitutions allowed
defense and offense, before players would play both sides
When could freshmen play on varsity teams - correct answer ✔✔1972-73, athletes could lose
scholarships (4 year scholarship with a 5 year red shirt rule)
Football Golden Age - correct answer ✔✔- 1920s
- Single wing formation dominated the game
- Red Grange
Woody Hayes (OSU) - correct answer ✔✔- Utilized the great talent in OH and got most of the
recruits to
go to OSU
- Chief rival was Michigan and Bo Schembechler (was his old
asst. coach and took recruits away from Woody)
- Ended career by punching Clemson player
Paul "Bear" Bryant (Alabama) - correct answer ✔✔- Started coaching at the University of
Kentucky
- Known for brutal boot camps, recruited a lot of black athletes from the south
John Wooden - correct answer ✔✔Nickname: Wizard of Westwood
From Martinsville, IN and played in a packed 5,200 person hs gym
Dominated college basketball with 10 NCAA championships with UCLA, Never made more than
$35,000
Freeh Report - correct answer ✔✔o $60 million in fines
o 4-year playoff ban