UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI!

COLUMBIA

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

I hope, though, that you can see that this idea
was false. The number of passes to lettermen is carefully
restricted here by Committee regulations, and all of our
jobs are endangered if violation of it is discovered. Also,
in the light of admissions accounted for the number of
passes you mentioned could not heave been accommodatede

The one item which you might question is listed as
"yearly" passes. This is difficult for me to break down,
but I can relate personal experience which might illustrate
the composition of this items According to regulations I
am entitled to three passes to all athletic contests in
Columbia,= one pass for each member of my family. These
are issued to me in September and are known as "yearly"
passese Each member of our staff, of the athletic committee,
the university president, etc., are issued these passes. The
total number shown on the report for the Kansas game was 157.
Of course, if a coach from another school drops in on a game
we issue a pass as was done for you when you scouted here.
That complimentary is listed under the heading of "staff"
passes.

From the reports submitted by the two schools on our
games of last year I worked out a comparison sheet and am
sending it along with this letter. A little study of these
certified statistics indicates that Kansas has no grounds
for criticism of Missouri's policies and administration of
complimentary tickets. According to Mr. Spurling a review
of the game reports for the last decade shows similar
differences. I will be interested in the statement for our
game last week.

In conclusion, it seems to me that conference business
Managers are obligated to agree on policies regarding the
giving of passes. As long as the present scheme prevails
there will be many incidents which direct suspicion at one
or another and throw us at each other's throats. Until
this situation can be corrected I, for one, will not question
what Kansas does with its tickets, and hope that you will
develop some confidence in our attempts to be accurate and
fair with yous

Yours truly,

George R. Edwards.