Show As A's Men s Chief Differs With ACE Views This is another in a series of or articles g giving gim im opinions on the college college col col- col lege presidents' presidents 10 point program to control college collect athletics By Rod Jensen LOGAN S Special p e c cia I a 1 Cliff Poole president of the Utah State A Mens Men's organization doesn't agree with the approach college presidents have taken to put collegiate sports back on a sensible basis Poole former captain of the Utah Aggie football team during during during dur dur- ing the late and now head football and basketball coach at Logan High School thinks the American Council of Education Education Edu Edu- cation is defeating the Amer Anler- ican purpose with some of its recommendations Here is where Pooles Poole's disagreement disagreement dis dis- agreement arises 1 1 Curbing postseason football football football foot foot- ball games isn't going to wipe out any evils Perhaps the bowl games should be controlled controlled con con- trolled to a great extend but not discontinued They're only trying to destroy the game of football entirely by doing this 2 Subsidization of athletics is all right as long as it is carried carried car car- ried ned on in an upstanding manner manner man man- ner ncr by the individual institutions institutions t ons themselves If alumni I organizations or similar groups have financial aid to give the college I think it should be as long as the school itself extends aid to the athletes properly 3 Spring football practice should be curtailed curtailed and and I dont don't mean just cut to 30 days or 20 practices There isn't a great deal achieved from it anyway It only gives coaches a chance to look over new talent they might be qualified to get from junior colleges or other schools If this was out it would give all colleges an equal chance Poole who has been directly f associated with sports the tile greater grealer part of his life is also of the opinion that basketball seasons are arc too extended basketball When athletes play I from September to April they have little time to handle their studies And the idea of going to college simply to play athletics athletics athletics ath ath- is wrong I III 1 think though that a complete complete complete com com- investigation should be made to put collegiate sports back on a sane sane basis And I think this can be done without injury to the games themselves them them- selves College sports have become be be- come the tile American way vay of life |