Show speaking of sports olympic funds are headache to cammi committee atee by ROBERT mcshane 0 ONCE NCE every four years uncle sam must find a way to raise funds with which to send amateur athletes to the olympic games wherever they are held this year the olympic committee will stage a stamp day to raise the necessary to transport and care tor for athletes at the finland games which means the committee will have to take upon itself the trouble and expense of 0 selling sufficient stamps to pay the way for a delegation representing the U S several countries grant government subsidies to olympic teams this country does not the U S team is dependent entirely upon the proceeds of a tag day stamp day or some other similar well meaning but inefficient method of raising money just as regularly as the games themselves the committee under the direction of president avery brundage is forced to report near the end of the fund campaign that sufficient funds have not been forthcoming and that it may be necessary to curtail the number of athletes to cut expenses it the best publicity for uncle sam when word reaches other countries that the richest nation in the world can sot afford the comparatively small expense incurred by its athletes not long ago arthur filers eilers executive secretary of the missouri val ley conference wanted to add one penny tax to the price of each bi big college football ticket annually annual though this would be put into practice in only the larger schools the proceeds would be such that the committee could forget all about their money worries A A U colle college collee 0 e friction the surprising feature is that the amateur athletic union godfather to americas olympic teams flatly refused filers eilers offer at least one logical reason for the refusal has been advanced it is the friction between the A A U and the colleges for control of the olympic team in the past and to a smaller degree at present the colleges rn Z Z AVERY BRUNDAGE is usually forced to report insufficient funds and possible curtailment of america s team felt they should control the committee due to the large number of college men on the teams it is to be regretted that the committee takes this stand As a business proposition it leaves little to be desired as a means to raise money with which to meet olympic expenses no one who could afford from to for a football aicken would object to paying one cent extra for such a worthy cause on the basis of one cent per ticket any football game drawing spectators not an unusually large crowd would contribute to the fund many games dra draw W almost twice as many so it would be a simple matter to collect the necessary in four years only games eames with an attendance of each would guarantee it ithe the end in lidit b A ALL LL is not quiet on the western conference football front this was brought to light when big ten athletic representatives met recently to discuss the matter of recruiting and subsidizing football P players the officials evidently realized that they have dealt in generalities all t too oo 00 long and have decided to take direct action and back of this direct action is the he desire to start a nationwide nation wide movement which will sharply divide intercollegiate athletics into two classes one class operating on the play for cayll pay basis and the other simon pure as regards the subsidizing of athletes western conference commissioner john L griffith is not unaware that various big ten schools may have sinned in the matter of paid athletes but he proposes that the ak 4 n 41 Q MAJ JOHN L GRIFFITH GRIFFI Tn house be put in order so the western conference can refuse to play any of the play for pay group when schedules are being considered in his own words it is manifestly unfair competition for a school which may have boys actually working their way through school in a legitimate way asked to meet boys who ho are subsisting on a regular salary as is the case in some sections on the heels of this meeting came the announcement from ann arbor that 50 university of michigan athletes representing every varsity sport strongly advocated a play for pay policy in the big ten the athletes in a letter to the campus newspaper claimed there is a great deal of ignorance of the conditions under which members of the university teams are forced to live the difficulties they face in financing their education and the sacrifices they make mahe for their college this letter fully indorsed endorsed indor sed a recent editorial appearing in the college paper which called for three meals a day for football players tuition scholarships for all athletes and action through the big ten athletic organization to provide for standard rules of subsidization for all schools of the conference contrary as they may seem the opinions of both students and officials bials have something in common the students want open aboveboard subsidization the officials want none of it but they both want an end to the present underhanded system it is unlikely that much regard will be paid to the undergraduate requests most college boys are apt to overshoot the mark in attempting to win their point never has there been a more logical time for schools throughout the nation to solve once and for all the question of paid players not even the most optimistic can find anything to be proud of 0 under the present system it teaches youthful athletes that the only crime is in 1 being caught and that clever cheating pays good dividends regardless of the outcome any change will be an advantage over the present hip pocket system of proselytizing and subsidization |