Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 12, 1993                   TAG: 9305120131
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

RECEIVER STARTED BALL ROLLING AGAINST SCHULTZ

He also received four loans from the Virginia Student Aid Foundation, and it was his testimony that helped lead to the resignation of NCAA executive director Dick Schultz, the athletic director at Virginia from 1981-87.

Schultz stepped down Tuesday when it appeared his credibility would be damaged by a report prepared by special investigator James Park. Park concluded that Schultz knew of interest-free loans provided to student-athletes in violation of NCAA rules.

Although Schultz continued to deny any knowledge of the loans, Park felt otherwise after talking with Snead and his mother, as well as with former UVa and VSAF officials.

Snead, a receiver, got his last loan from VSAF on Nov. 27, 1985 - less than two months before he left school. He subsequently transferred to the University of Florida.

" [Snead's] mother stated that Mr. Schultz would not consent to her son's transfer to another institution until he paid the amounts which he owed the institution," Park wrote in his summary.

"Although [Mrs.] Snead expressed a dislike for Mr. Schultz as a result of her telephone conversation with him, her testimony was supported by the documentary evidence, and she also was a convincing witness."

Snead and former teammate John Ford are identified only as SA-1 and SA-2 in the report. They first came to VSAF in December 1984 and received money - later viewed as a loan - for plane tickets from their home to the Peach Bowl in Atlanta.

Snead said he and Ford met with Schultz, who recommended they see Davenport for a loan. However, when contacted by Park, Ford said he had no recollection of any meeting with Schultz.

When Virginia conducted its investigation of the loans, Snead was not among the 140 people who could be reached for interviews. After hearing of Snead's statements to the NCAA, Schultz requested a hearing with Park.

Snead's mother said she talked two or three times with Schultz, who she said was nasty to her about the money.

"I had one telephone conversation with her," Schultz told Park. "She and I did not have some `hassle' on the telephone and have it out. That just did not take place. . . . That's not my style in dealing with situations like that."

Neither Snead nor his mother could be reached for comment.