The Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the World

Series in baseball, orsany other supervised activity the participating
penne get the major portion, but in basketball the NeCebeAe organization
has seen fit to. gut the earnings of the NsC.A.A. ‘basketball tournament.
Q Basketball in ‘the Dignoiea: WAS abtaiaad tetas much effort,
Ke Buy LW. at dpi Bnd the writer were on the committee 5 ob=
tain basketball in ‘die Olympics, but only the writer did any of the work.
in obtaining ‘that result. After. basketball was placed onthe Olympic
calendar, basketball was sold down the abet by the WeCeAsA. 4 the A.A.U.
The eek. desired to name the coaches-in four. of ‘ee gports, track
and field, wres ee swimming and crew, and: the officers of" the N.C. AAs
made an agreement with the A.A.U. that if the A.A.U. would permit: the
N.C.A. iC to name oe oo those four sports they would relinguieh
any claim they man have eae permit the A.A.Us to name the coach of |
biseo be in = Olympics. This was done.

In the Sc eaiies fon of the TiC Ache henipionehip in bawket-
ball, Harold Olsen as ‘chairman, John Pian ea the writer stotied ne
the Executive Committee of the N.C.A.A. a plan whereby 80% of the money
taken in the tournaments would be given to he competing teams, and 20%
to the N.C.A.A. ii bnats failure to submit the does report to the
Eeccadtiee Covi tse ar ce NeCehe Ass of eetieges saiees this not to be

in 194,
“ent, into athe tn. And after the Rites tournament in fenbns City er
a large sum of ae was realized it was then that the N.C.AsA. took all.
° oF ‘the money, and only after the personal ee by ofie/ sob ae of the

basketball committee was a compromise effected wianee the schools got

any of the money whatsoever.