Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-13 | Page 10 | Open Subsidization Urged some Foresee Pro Charges

Open Subsidization Urged I Players Players' Deserve Help Editors Declare Some Foresee Pro Charges By STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Edit Editor r NEW YORK Subsidization Jan 13 Subsidization 13 of football players sh should l be e br brought into to the he open in n the opinion Q of a majority of the nations nation's sporting editors T Of Ot who answered the question Should college football players be openly subsidized rather than se secretly secretly se- se voted yes and 62 no Many who favored open subsidIzation subsidization subsidization stressed they did not believe outright salaries to gridiron stars should be the medium Instead they believed that in return for the profits he helps bring a a. college the football player should be openly re remunerated remunerated remunerated re- re with a scholarship meals lodging and a n One editor expressed the sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment of dozens when he ho said Players should be openly subsidized subsidized sub sub- but only to the extent of at their being given an opportunity to provide their own tuition board and room room with free board and room provided them during the gridiron season seMon and real work afterwards afterwards aft aft- aft I but not to tho the extent that that it will interfere with their scholastic scholas scholas- tic ambitions Most editors favoring open I subsidization frowned upon actual salaries A few typical answers favoring op open n subsidization They should not bo bb subsidized to the extent that they are paid players play play- ers but there should be less len about helping them through college Either players should be openly I or not at all Certainly the tho boys arc entitled to some of at the profits they make for tor forthe forthe the college Several editors suggested that It would not be bo a bad r players players' to forfeit their scholarships and privileges should they fall below a certain academic grade Another noth r stressed that by helping football stars through college thousands thousands thousands' thousands thousands' thou thou- sands sands' of at boys who ordinarily would not have enough mone money to go to college could do so because of ath letic prowess The The negative votes mostly stressed th that t given giyen subsidization college football would d develop into a purely professional gains gome game which would lose laze flavor with the ilie fans There could never never bo be per percent percent percent cent open subsidization one writer declared If It such a plan were carried out students could not regard re re- re regard regard gard the football players as brother students Another said If It open subsidization tion were adopted football would lose its People still like to think of ot eleven cloven boys out there thereon on the field fighting their their- hearts out for dear dearold old alma mater