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Show The Salt Lake Tribune. Rising Costs: Colleges Chief Worn Centinued from Page ranked teams lute season r the in They conflict directly with the traditional games around the country, and it is the traditional m ain- which generally draws the best gates. Hence, with Utah and Utah State playing, or Wyoming and Colorado State meeting, there will be the conflict of Notre on the tube, for free. Dame-Michiga- Go for .Money Game In an effort to bring in added revenue, college athletic directors have been forced into signing "The Big Game", which outmatches his team, but provides a guarantee which may add $100,000 to the football receipts for that yea This, too, offers its dead-tailA team plays a couple of these powerhouses, bnngs home a bag of guarantee money, but kills off its season with a couple of losses. the football Meanwhile, coaches, whose jobs are on the demand more line, recruiting money, scholarships and coaches to be able to compete more equally with the biggies on the schedule. A good example appeared locally a couple of years ago. Weber State was signed to play Utah State in football and immediately Coach Sarkis Arslanian of the Wildcats demanded more scholarships to equal the number USU had. At the same time. Chuck Mills of USU looked at the Aggie schedule which included Oklahoma and Texas, and he demanded his scholarships be increased so he had a chance to compete against the Soon-er- s and Longhorns. The w hole intercollegiate picture is one of holding a wildcat by the tail you cant hold on under the current situations, but you can't let go, cither, unless a school wants to face an alumni suddenly deprived of us football team. Possible Answers The answer may be forthcoming in August when the NCAA attempts to reorganize into three, instead of two, divisions. Hopefully, this will provide a class of competition for the teams. However, already the teams winch ought to be giving a thought to getting in a neighborhood where can they afford to live, are talking about keeping up with the the bowl Joneses and mafia. The NCAA already has taken some steps to curtail the manpower, by placing a limit of 105 total football scholarships on a school, and this includes freshmen, red shirts and varsity. Meanwhile, while all the talk is going on. Little Nell, as personified by College Football. is being drawn inexorably toward the saw in the sawmill, just like in the old mellerdrammers. So far. a hero has appeared in the nick of time to save Little Football just as the saw was tearing through the final bits of log before getting to the heroine. The Doom Prophets argue this can't keep happening forever and they have the list of schools which have dropped football to prove it. e gone to . . GARFF MAZDA 8th South & Slat Ph.511-M6- 4 EccAomy 8 Power is v.hot you get in o LEASE A Gortt Moda Rotcry X A7DA PirV p. UV equipped tor Cosh Price S 7 CO ot 36 months $2740.00. Security Deposit of 00.00. Tuesday. July |