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  • Tennis ignored? APRIL 27, 1978/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/PAGE 3 Top player refuses award in team protest by AL LAGANO Contributing Writer "Of the 17 schools we played this year, only two other schools besides WCU did not give tennis scholarships." said tennis player Eddie Thomas to the Big Cat Club at their annual award banquet. "And those schools that do give scholarships, usually give three or more." Thomas refused to accept the Big Cat Award in tennis in protest of what he and other tennis players call "unfair treatment of the tennis program compared to other sports programs at WCU." Thomas, a sophomore at WCU, told the Big Cat Club that the award was a "tremendous honor" and was refusing it only "in hope of improving the tennis program, not for any personal reason." He gave three reasons for refusing the award. The first was the lack of any scholarship or tuition waivers for tennis. The second reason was the lack of programming money for the sport. "Players give 100 per cent while on the court—but off the court each player had to spend at least $50 of his own money to play tennis." The final reason concerned WCU tennis coach Dr. Joseph Meigs. Meigs, a professor of English, receives $500 to coach tennis in his spare time. Taking into account the number of hours he puts into tennis, this comes to about one dollar and hour. According to Thomas and fellow tennis player Doug Beam, other varsity coaches have course load reductions which amounts to substantial money paid for just coaching in comparison to Meigs' salary. The WCU athletic department could not provide the Western Carolinian with any information as to the salaries of the varsity head coaches at WCU. Beam, a three year letterman, said "lack of scholarships offered by Western in tennis is hampering progress towards making WCU truly competitive in Division I tennis." He said the smaller schools won't play us because we are Division I and "we are at a decided disadvantage when competing with the schools our size because our program is so limited." Beam said he recalled sleeping in the weight-room at Guilford College and the gym at ASU because the team could not afford to stay anywhere else. "This is not conducive to playing one's best tennis the next day." Over spring vacation the team sold used tennis balls to raise money for meals during the Easter vacation matches. Beam and Thomas said the team ate a number of meals at Dr. Meigs' house because of lack of funds. Beam said "we have to wear our own clothes for away matches and all the school supplies is one pair of EDDIE THOMAS pants, two pair of tennis shoes and two balls per player per match." Thomas said that a player will use at least two tennis rackets a year and wear out three sets of strings. Beam said the athletic department does not provide money for restringing rackets as most schools do. The 1977-78 tennis budget was $1,900, the lowest of any men's varsity sport besides golf. There are no scholarships offered in tennis compared to $90,800 offered in football and $25,000 offered in basketball per year. Six of the eight WCU tennis players met with head football coach and Athletic Director Bob Waters Monday to discuss the problems with tennis. The team received assurance from Waters that they would not have to spend their own money in the future. Waters reportedly told the team that future plans for tennis may include one $1,000 scholarship in two years and a $400 increase in the tennis budget for next year. Beam said he felt the increase was too "gradual" and the tennis team will still lag way behind other Southern Conference schools. Waters told the Western Carolinian that he had talked to Meigs before the Big Cat Club banquet and discussed the problems concerning tennis. He said State, county office candidates From page 1 before the audience. Cecil Ward and F.lizabeth (Lib) Dewees were the candidates who were present and they were questioned about the controversial open classrooms that have opened at Fairview Elementary. Ms. Dewees tried to defend the new style by saying, "the quantity achieved (by students) or how they have learned, is greatest at Fairview and Qualla (which is under contained classroom system) while Cullowhee is way down." A teacher at Fairview elementary disagreed with Ms. Dewees as she termed working in the open classroom an "undue hardship" for teachers. The teacher continued by telling how the only time she has the full attention of her students is when sne takes the class outside, away from the open classroom format. Ms. Dewees turned down an invitation by the teacher to "visit for a day" at the school because she said she "had too tight a schedule." Hooper, a 1958 WCU graduate, said that he would open his office back up to the people of Jackson County. Hooper also mentioned that he must be good at managing money since he had "a surplus of $4.36" in his campaign money. Incumbent Bruce Wike spoke next, saying he was "runnineon his record." Wike said that he has seen "a lot of progress" since he started seven years ago yet he is "the man that's doing things opponents can critisize." The candidates for part-time commissioner who were present were from the republican ticket; "Chig" Cagle, owner of Cagle and Son Ford in Sylva; Jim Allman, a former school board member; and Lawrence R. Painter. Candidates for the democratic party who were present were: Jim Hamilton, head of the department of health and physical education at WCU; Jim Moss, a local businessman; Veronica Nicholas, former President of the League of Women Voters and Bill Stump who is also a businessman. One of the big issues that came before the candidates concerned what federal grants, if any. would they turn down if in office. Commissioner Wike spoke first and said that the only federal grant he has turned down while in office was for public housing because, "we don't want the city to get burdened with public housing." A difference of opinion was expressed by part-time commissioner candidate Cagle who said "I am for public housing...we can ill afford to turn it down." Mr. Cagle referred to the poor housing situations in Cherokee and Little Canada to back up his opinion. Another debate erupted between Wike and several other candidates whether a "spoils system." in which people who have helped candidates get into office should be appointed positions on the board by the chairman or if a merit system is best. Commissioner Wike said he believed that "no one should hold a high position in office if he does not agree with the present administration." Several candidates voiced disapproval over Wike's opinion, including Veronica Nicholas who said that different opinions were necessary for the best results of any board. Ms. Nicholas continued, "The value of dissent is extremely important...(and) there has not been a dissenting vote on the board of commissioners since the present administration took office. That's a record I certainly don't want to follow if I'm elected. Thomas' action at the banquet "was not the reason that this thing came about." referring to the improvements proposed in the tennis program. Waters said. "They will never have to spend money oul of their own pockets to play tennis for. WCU." He said at the time there was no money for a "high-powered" tennis program at WCU but would like to see a scholarship in the future. Thomas and Beam nun with WCU Chancellor H. F. Robinson later Monday afternoon. Thomas, who walked out midway through the meeting after an argument with Dr. Robinson, described the meeting as "useless" and Dr. Robinson as "completely uncooperative." Beam, who stayed and talked with Dr. Robinson for 35 more minutes after Thomas left, said, "I tried to explain the dire situation of the tennis program at WCU and got no real positive results." Thomas said he apologized to Dr. Robinson "for causing him any embarrassment" but refused to apologize for not accepting the award. "1 did it for the good of the team." he said. Dr. Robinson said he tried to explain to Beam and Thomas that Waters was in charge of athletics and that there were better ways to go about solving the problems concerning tennis than Thomas' action at the Big Cat Club banquet. Dr. Robinson said "Eddie and Joe Meigs have done a fine job this year" within the tennis program at WCU. So where will varsity tennis go from here? Thomas said he had tried all the normal channels to improve the program but failed. "I had to do something drastic to bring their attention to the problem." Beam and other tennis players said they had no idea Thomas was going to refuse the award. Beam said he feit "it was a very difficult decision for Eddie, and was done with the team in mind." "Tennis is a varsity sport just like football, and should be treated accordingly," Beam said. Thomas savs spring sports at WCU were treated unfairly in the past and all they were trying to do is correct the problem in the future. The entire athletic budget was $387,300 for the 1977-78 year and of this tennis got less than $2,000. There are 12 varsity sports at WCU, the requirement for a Division I school. Tennis may not be the only sport that is unfairly treated when it comes to budget appropriations, but for now. it is the sport which is voicing the most disagreement. What will happen with tennis in the future is uncertain, but Eddie Thomas the player offered the Big Cat Club Award said, "If things don't look better next year—1 won't play." discuss issues Veronica Nicholas
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