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uddter iue whereby we could oot fail. i head a viniwel charge ef (500

 

pla on the hell which wes ridiculously low. If wo sade soney, ef
course rents] would inuress« with the size ef the income. “e arranged
then te take 204 net of the gote from the pley-eff of the district te ge

| &O the Re Ce Ae Ae Although too Ye Gs Ac Ace wae not guaranteeing any of
the expenses, we wore arrenging te take 20% of the eerningse (nd in the
Big Six play-off at Wichite we held out $664 es 20% of this sarning. dy;
the Fifth District play-off between Oklebome Aggies end Kangag et Oklahoma
City we held out $508 or 20%. Thet made $662 which we hed intentionally
with~-held eo that this could be applic jing the

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
 
  
 
 
  

T am shewing you, He jor Wwiffith, thet every seceount ef ours wes bent
toverdinewing tis, rtarn of he nanay to the Fe Gx hy og and frther
to mike @ profit for their schools by their
ord, I wish te tell you thet for several

i Be ord thet they heve never been eble to
eng lete in August, due to the feet thet
balance their budget each yeer. Thies is true

OF ‘the eghools in our district cith the exception of
lebraska. dust ee you steted ‘a your editoriels and your comments that.
there sre ebeut 640 colleges in ‘meriee playing football, but only ebout”

80 ere meking eny money out of sthietics. My setive hee been to sweeten the
eh Sie ene Sean 4p Seep Thee Saterested ant anke Uap fect. that
_ through their sctivity sot enly are they enjoying the pleasure of competition,
: out: tent trey ere gettiog a exell resunerstion «hich wilt help just s little
 tqwerd reducing « budget that does net belanee. Certainly our ‘fiat iene]

nietretion feocs .ebout the same problem thet elvost “ of ow athletic
tions experience, ‘thet of a badly impaired budget.

L remember distinetly Jobn Bunn, Ole and 4 gevers1 yeurs ago discussed
thet 5 Sees cha cr noke SObEE land Te steed voomemnd Go Ck Be Ce Ae he
direetors thet we give 204 of the earnings to the He Ce Ae so Tt was ot.
thet time thet Ole thought thet this besketball money could be eerserked
eee” ah ee enent Oe yet for expenres to send an Amer ieon

th ane shen uy tee ck. Zales thought that it was the thenght of

our gounittee tet these findings should be transmitted to tee Be Ce Ac Ae
exesutive committee and some action teen. The fect thet thie wes not done

by your directors naturally left us in 5 very bed poxition becruse we could
o@e go te our sosches with any 4°firite inform<tion. Frankly, there was
greet diesetisfection from the coaches because they said “He went to know
whet we are going to gote* And 1 saan in & position to tell thems this
erented misunderstendings :

Sajor Griffith, these eonubes ere not chisslers. It is aa eosior
for these fellows to elese teeir season end quit worrying ebout besketbel!
then for them to keep the teer in training and face the eriticien of certein
faoulty embers who sey thet the senson is elready too long aod through this

 

 

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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