1980_04 The Daily Collegian April 1980

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Award remedies verbal abus^of IM officials
by Tony Stevens
In the past, CSUF's intramural
contests have been marred by a lack of
discipline. Student officials assigned to
the games were insulted, harassed and
sometimes physically confronted by the
players.
rnntoad of a smooth, flowing game,
intramural officials often found them¬
selves involved in heated contests,
trying desperately to keep control.'
And sometimes failing.
Since the DM department implemented
a sportsmanship award one and a half
years ago similar situations have become
rare, hritiateri by Intramural Director
Pete Conrad to maintain order snd pro¬
tect officials from abuse, the award ia
given to that team which IM officials feel
has displayed the best sportsmanship
over the course of one sport's season.
Sponsored by the Diel Brothers,
Natural lite beer mugs are. awarded to
the winners, as well as a plaque bearing
the winner's name.
According to Gary Nelson, assistant
intramural director, the award has eased
the pressure on the officials and kept
order in the games.
'A lot of teams go out of their way to
be good sports. They aren't worried
about yelling at or h««.lmg the officials
anymore, just with getting a good
score," he said.
Before, says Nelson, teams would get
out of hand in games, verbally abusing
the officials in charge. Now, teams try
hard to please the officials, knowing if
they snger or upset the men in stripes,
they stand a good chance of being
penalized.
The award is based only on the four
main team sports of football, basketball,
volleyball and softball. The officials
assigned each game rate the teams
involved on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being
the highest score.
The officials score on s tesm's
behavior before,  during and  after  a
contest. Then they converge after the
game to compare scores. The average of
each official's score in that contest
determines the overall rating of the
team '.
If a team receives a mark of 3 or lower
twice in a season, they are disqualified
from competing in the sport.
But Nelson said that a team rarely
receives such a low score more than
once. After their first low mark, they sre
required to sit down with intramural
director Pete Conrad and iron out the
■difficulties. "They usually shape up after
that,* Nelson said.
He cited one team which wasn't aware
of the award when they received a 0 and
followed up with practically all 10's
once they found out   ~,
Only one team, the Pit Bulls, has been
given the ultimate penalty of disqualif¬
ication for poor sportsmanship.
As is common to most athletic con¬
tests, Nelson says there ia a certain
amount of rough play involved in intra-
murals, but he said there is no real vio¬
lence, another result of the award's
inception.
An incident at this year's basketball
championships in which a tasminate
hit a fellow player with a chain following
the game was discounted by Nelson.
He said the reason for the attack was'
strictly personal and bad nothing to
do with the game itself.
In such cases, the player at fault is
banned from all intramurals but because
the department assumes no respons¬
ibility for injuries, nothing more is done.
"They can take it through the courts if
they want to, but we have nothing to do
with it, * said Nelson.
One responsibility the department
does assume is trying to protect other
intramural athletes from those who take
out their frustrations through the DM
program. Particularly, Nelson ssid, the
fraternities.
* We don' t want them using our intra¬
mural play to vent their anger at each
other out there. Some frats use us as
their fighting grounds.
They get pissed off at each other
during the week and then go at it on the
field. They've got bragging rights. It's
s lot more than a game to them, it's a
war.*
Nelson referred to one game between
Sigma Chi and SAE last fall in football.
"It really got to be nasty," hesaid. After
the game, the department kept close
tabs on the two teams the rest of the
season. Before each game, department
and student officials gathered with
each team's captains and warned them
of their actions.
But only in extreme cases will the
department use such action.
"We hate to label people as trouble¬
makers, it just seems that certain groups
you have to anticipate,' Nelson ssid.
Since the award has been given,
Nelson says most of the people, who
cause trouble are the ones who know the
rules. "They think they know more than
the officials,' he Nelson.
The ones who don't know the rules are
the easiest to handle. They feel the
referee does know what he's doing er.d
present no problem. "We might be
better off with people who don't know
anything,' Nelson ssid.
There have been some teams, one in
particular, that have earned consistently
high scores. The IVY Leaguers, or the
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, has
rarely scored lower than a 10.
Things would be a lot easier. Nelson
says, if there were more teams like the
IVY Leaguers. «'■'■"-'»     • '
Badminton
continued from page 18
College, playing No, 2 as a freshman
and No. 1 the following season. Her
mixed doubles partner at CSUF, Kevin
Peterson, also played at Bakersfield
where the team won the Metro Con¬
ference.
"I was really enthused about coming
here,* said the 21-year-old Hernandez.
*I love the team.*
Hernandez, a business adminstrat-
ion major, is the only returnee from
last year's squad.
'I'm really proud of the girls,* she
said. 'We weren't expected to do ss
well as we did.'
Hernandez stressed the importance
of team support as a factor in CSUF's
success in badminton.
"I couldn't say anything bad about
this team,* she ssid. "We really help
each other. Outside of practice we so
thirura together.
"Badminton is so different, it's not
played in an unrealistic environment.
Because it's coed you learn to cope with
problems: you become good friends
with everyone on the team. It's really
helped my social life/ she ssid.
Coach Ron Denver has also been
a tremendous help to the team, Hern¬
andez said.
. "He's done an outstanding job with
the team etiquette,* she said. 'He
works us very hard-we have to push
ourselves. He lets everyone play that
wants to play."
Hernandez said that badminton helps
build coordination. The team runs
sprints to help increase endurance.
"Badminton is trying on your pat¬
ience,* she said. It's a sport where
your personality is demonstrated on
thecourt." ,     ■ -i
Hernandez ssid a person has to see
competitive badminton to appreciate
the game. Despite the game's lack
of notoriety, it is apparent her fervor'
for badminton has not diminished.
'I just love the sport,* she said.
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