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...major proponents for the change in requirements were members of the College Football Association (CFA), a splinter group of the NCAA which has recently come into conflict with the parent organization over television contracts...
...CFA schools, which include most of the nation's football powers except members of the Big-10 and Pac-10 conferences, have threatened to sign a television contract with NBC. The NCAA already has a contract jointly with...
Texas and Oklahoma have taken the NCAA to court over the issue of who has the right to negotiate television contracts. Reardon said the NCAA was left with a choice of throwing the CFA schools out--which would leave the NCAA with a television package that was less attractive--or reaching a compromise, the purpose of the special convention...
Other professors in HCO have criticized problems in CFA's setup besides the director's workload. Marc Davis, assistant professor of Astronomy, said HCO has "declined substantially" since the merger. He added that stringent rules about research eligibility imposed by the Faculty, to which HCO but not SAO members are subject, have caused many scientists to shift to the SAO payroll, taking grant monies with them...
Field said yesterday he feels the CFA has been successful in its current form, but called the Board's discussions "very helpful." The committee recommended forming two councils, one in each institution, to canvass professors' opinions and increase communication...