THE JOURNAL OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LAW FOCUS ON INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS SYMPOSIUM Sports Reform: College Athletics in Flux CASE COMMENT Par for the Female Course: Cohen v. Brown University Mandates an Equal Playing Field in Intercollegiate Athletics Jill Mulderink NOTE Coercion Theory and the State Action Doctrine As Applied in NCAA v. Tarkanian and NCAA v. Miller Betty Chang ARTICLE Due Process in the Accreditation Context: A Reply Mark L. Pelesh NOTE United States v. Brown University and a New Proposal to Discern Whether Certain Financial Aid Constitutes "Trade or Commerce" Nolan Koon PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ATTORNEYS AND THE NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL VOLUME 22 SUMMER 1995 NUMBER 1 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ATTORNEYS The National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), established in 1961, is a nonprofit organization serving the needs of attorneys representing institutions of higher educa- tion. 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THE JOURNAL OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LAW Volume 22 Summer 1995 Number 1 ARTICLES TABLE OF CONTENTS FOCUS ON INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Sports Reform: College Athletics in Flux 1995 Symposium This issue of The Journal includes the text of the speeches of the symposium on intercollegiate ath- letics reform, which was held at the University of Notre Dame on February 24-25, 1995 and was spon- sored jointly by The Journal and the Notre Dame Law School. It features discussions on subjects such as government attempts at regulating intercollegiate ath- letics, trends in NCAA regulation, and Title IX, as well as speeches and articles that address intercolle- giate athletics from historical and sociological per- spectives. CASE COMMENT Par for the Female Course: Cohen v. Brown University Mandates an Equal Playing Field in Intercollegiate Athletics Jill Mulderink NOTE Coercion Theory and the State Action Doctrine As Applied in NCAA v. Tarkanian and NCAA v. Miller Betty Chang Due Process in the Accreditation Context: A Reply Mark L. Pelesh 175 In a reply to Due Process in the Accreditation Context, published in the Summer 1994 issue of The Journal, the author contends that consfitutional due process require- ments should remain inapplicable to accrediting agencies. The article first reviews the recent trend of Supreme Court decisions on due process along with other cases in which the applicability of constitutional due process require- ments to the accreditation process has been considered and then examines the 1992 Amendments to the Higher Education Act. The author concludes that Due Process ad- vocates unwarranted, unnecessary, and deleterious pro- cedural innovations in the accreditation process. NOTE United States v. Brown University and a New Proposal to Discern Whether Certain Financial Aid Constitutes "Trade or Commerce" Nolan Koon SPORTS REFORM: COLLEGE ATHLETICS IN FLUX INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME Reverend William Beauchamp, C.S.C. ............csscesccsscesececeees HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF AMATEURISM Dr. William Gerberding GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS AT REGULATION Ms. Deborah Katz NCAA REGULATION OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS Mr. Dan Dutcher Ms. Janet Justus Ms. Deborah Brake REFORM AND RENEWAL IN COLLEGE SPORTS Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. ............c0cceecceeceeeees Dr. Judith Albino COLLEGE ATHLETICS AS A VEHICLE FOR SOCIAL REFORM Dr. Michael Oriard Ms. Kelly Landry Dr. Wilbert Leonard ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS REFORM Mr. James Delaney Dr. Allen Sack Mr. Christopher Morris Mr. Murray Sperber** * Mr. Glaizer requested that his remarks not be published. The Journal regrets any inconvenience this may cause. ** Due to technical difficulties, the taped remarks of Mr. Davidson and Mr. Sperber could not be transcribed for publication. The Journal regrets any inconvenienc2 this may cause. JOURNAL OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LAW [Vol. 22, No. 1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP, C.S.C., EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Introduction by Mr. Heisler Good Morning and welcome to the University of Notre Dame. I am John Heisler, the Sports Information Director at the University. On behalf of the Notre Dame Law School and The Journal of College and University Law, welcome to a Sports Law Symposium entitled ‘‘Sports Reform: College Athletics in Flux.’’ Over the next day and a half you will be hearing from experts in the area of sports law, university administration, and athletics administra- tion, as well as from three representatives of the NCAA. Their assign- ment is to analyze the current state of college’ athletics and its existence, not only as a forum for our nation’s student athletes, but also as one of the country’s major entertainment vehicles. They will look at rela- tionships between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its member institutions and how those relationships have changed since the NCAA, now with more than eight hundred schools under its banner, first began to administer college athletic championships back in 1921. Our first speaker this morning brings with him not only a law degree, but also extensive experiences in administration of both athletics and academics. Executive Vice President of the University of Notre Dame since 1987, he also is a member of the faculty, teaching business law in the College of Business Administration, and is the Chairman of the faculty board in control of athletics at the University. After receiving his degree from the Notre Dame Law School, he returned to Alma, Michigan to work as an attorney in a local general practice law firm. Following his ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1982, he served as the executive assistant to his predecessor, executive vice president Reverend Edmund P. Joyce, and subsequently to then-presi- dent Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh. He is involved in a variety of local charitable and civic organizations including United Way, Project Future, Junior Achievement, National Alcoholism of Michiana, the Saint Joseph Care Group, and the Logan Foundation. He is also a member of the Olympic Sports Liaison Committee of the NCAA. Please welcome the executive vice president of the University of Notre Dame, Father William Beauchamp. Remarks by Rev. Beauchamp, C.S.C. First, on behalf of Father Malloy, the president of the University, and all of my colleagues at the University, I welcome our guests to 1. The terms ‘‘colleges,’’ ‘‘universities,’’ and ‘‘institutions’’ are used interchangeably to denote all institutions of higher education.