Most of the propositions passed --including the highly publicized Proposal 42 -- were "housekeeping details" because NCAA is revising its policy manual, said Della Durant, University assistant athletic director.

Besides the academic requirements of Proposal 42, all collegiate sports will have voluntary off-season drug testing. Under previous legislation, football was the only sport that had such programs, said Jim Tarman, University athletic director.

"We do test our other sports now," Tarman said. "But not in the off-season. We test our other sports prior to the start of their seasons."

The NCAA also passed legislation creating a board of student athletes to advise the organization on student concerns.

The board will consist of 16 athletes and hopefully will meet twice a year, during a convenient time for the students, Durant said.

"It is thought at this point that it will be implemented in September," she said. "There will be a liaison from the NCAA administration working with that (board) and also the Executive Director of the NCAA, Dick Shultz, will be heavily involved."

Some of the propositions that were not passed at the convention were the expansion of the Pell Grant aid -- Proposition 40 -- and the granting of financial aid to freshmen who begin in the summer session.

Proposition 40 was defeated by one vote at the convention.

John Coyle, the NCAA's University liaison said: "We voted for it . . . I guess we're a leading school in advocating the changes."

"It will be brought up every year until it passes, or people get tired of it," Tarman said.

Athletes who can show the need should be able to receive aid comparable to non-athletes, said Coyle. At this time, athletes are able to receive a maximum of $1,400 in Pell Grant Aid, while non-athletes can get up to $2,100.

One of the main reasons why financial aid to incoming freshman for the summer sessions was voted down was because of budget considerations, Coyle said.

"It was argued on the other side of that that some athletes all ready are taking summer programs . . . if they start one summer (at the beginning of their freshman year), they wouldn't go an additional summer at the end of their academic career."

Another proposition passed allows for an additional pre-season football game to be played, the proceeds of which will go to the football coaches retirement fund and the athletic directors' organization.

The University's NCAA delegates voted against the proposal.

"We felt that young people shouldn't have to give up part of their summer to practice for the benefit of retired coaches and the athletic directors association," Tarman said. "Talk about exploiting young people. It passed, though. That doesn't mean we have to play in it, but it passed."

Proposition 42 actually qualifies Proposition 48 -- which requires athletes to have a minimum score of 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and a 2.0 overall high school grade point average, Coyle said.

Recent concerns that the required 700 SAT score is discriminatory against minorities is only one aspect of the proposal, Coyle said.

"Penn State voted for what we saw as an academic issue," he said. "It's unfortunate that people, essentially coaches, have deflected it to other issues."

Proposal 42 allows athletes who do not meet the requirements of Proposition 48 to be "partial qualifiers," who would not compete during their freshman season and not be eligible for athletic financial aid.

Athletes must meet only one part of Proposition 48 to be eligible as a partial qualifiers, Coyle said.

No one seems interested in the thousands of young people who are not athletes who do not get a 700 and are not accepted into colleges, Coyle said.