KANSAS CITY, AUG,  -(AP)=--MANY PERSONS BELIEVE THE ROLE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL §S PLAYING IN THE WAR EFFORT HAS BEEN HIGHLY OVEREMPHASIZED,

THESE SKEPTICS POINT OUT THAT WHILE NO ONE WILL DENY FOOTBALL ¥S ONE
OF THE TOP SPORTS TO WARDEN A BOY FOR THE RIGORS OF WAR, THE PIGSKIN PRO-

GRAM DOESN'T AFFECT ENOUGH COLLEGE MENg

"THE AVERAGE VARSITY SQUAD AT A LARGE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CONSISTS
oF But 40 To 50 ATHLETES, WITH AT THE MOST ANOTHER 100 PARTICIPANTS IN
FRESHMEN BALL. 1" INSTITUTIONS THE SIZE OF BIG SIX AND MANY MISSOURI _
VALLEY SCHOOLS THAT GROUP REPRESENTS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN 10% OF THE
TOTAL MALE ENROLLMENT,

AND, THEY ADD, NO DRAFT BOARD OR RECRUITING STATION IN THE NATION |
HAS YET INSISTED A PROSPECTIVE MEMBER OF THE ARMED SERVICES PRESENT A
MONOGRAM OR A LETVER FOR ADMISSION, : ae

“TWEY ALSO BELIEVE TOO MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF PROSPECTIVE FISCAL CON=
TRIBUTIONS THROUGH THE ATTRACTION OF COLLEGE-SERVICE TEAM GRID GAMES,

THEIR ARGUMENT 1M THIS CONNECTION 1S THAT PRACTICALLY ALL SUCH GAMES

ARE ON A 50-50 SPLIT BASIS AFTER THE DEDUCTION OF GAME EXPENSES,

‘THE SERVICE TEAM'S SHARE, OF COURSE, GOES INTO THE ARMY OR NAVY RE-
LIEF COFFERS, suT THE COLLEGE Team's DIVIDEND GOES INTO THE ScHOOL'S ATH-
LETIC TREASURY, THUS IF EACH PARTICIPANT DRAWS DOWN FROM $3000 ro $10,000
THE COLLEGE HAS MADE NO GREAT SACRIFICE, INSTEAD, THEY VERY LIKELY HAVE
COMNED MORE MONEY THAN THEY WOULD HAVE IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED CONTEST.

ON THE COLLEGIATE SIDE OF THE LEDGER, HOWEVER, IT CAN SE STATED THAT
THEY ARE OPERATING WITHIN A VERY LIMITED SCOPE, MANY STADIUMS ARE NOT PAID ~
FOR, SOME OF THE VALLEY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN LOSING MONEY FOR YEARS=~-MODERN
FOOTBALL HAS BECOME A COSTLY BUSINESS---AND JUST NOW SEE A CHANCE TO GET
BACK ON THEIR FEET. 00, THE GOVERNMENT GETS A 10 PER CENT CUT OF THE GATE
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE SCHOOLS MAKE MONEY OR NOT.

‘MOST OF THE SCHOOLS IN THIS REGION MAVE SET UP COMPULSORY PHYSICAL