Show Athletic Apportionment A Misunderstanding Should Utah increase its yearly apportionment to the athletic There seems to be some controversy on this issue since it was introduced in Monday's Executive Council meeting by Jeff senate representative from Athletic In arguing against this proposed there seems to be a general misunderstanding among students concerning the use of this The money apportioned to the athletic department by the Student Activities is not to some academic m nor is it used to recruit new The winch is per cent of the athletic is used exclusively for student admissions to the various athletic All scholarship money is obtained from private donations by downtown businessmen and This money is placed in t lie athletic fund earmarked for The point that the athletic department is trying to emphasize is that the money apportioned to it is not nearly adequate enough to cover student The average amount of student fees apportioned to athletics by other schools in the Skyline Conference is During the school each student Utah will pay 00 to the athletic department as compared to in during the period between the and the school the apportionment of other student activities has increased to a far greater degree than has the amount to the athletic For the apportionment to the graduate manager's office has increased per the offices per the Chronicle per cent and the theater 30 per The average increase of all students activities has been 64 per cent while the increase to the athletic department has been It must be remembered that all of these facts and figures represent just one aspect of the Utah will enter a new conference next fall and this conference is going to provide much more competition and prestige than did the If Utah students want a winning team they must provide the athletic facilities to accomplish and this in turn requires an increase in athletic The alternative action is to de-emphasize athletics and be represented by an So from it becomes very evident that the athletic apportionment issue is just not a question of a few it also involves Utah's athletic |