Realizing the inequalities of rules of the Big-Six that exist between
various sports, I desired to distinguish the difference in the rules concerning

basketball and the other major sports as legisiated by the faculty representatives
and directors.

No where in other sports do they discriminate against a particular sport 4
and state that only a certain number of players may be dressed for home Cameke

Realizing the right of free speech, i dictated a statenent to Mre Horace ;
Mas our Sports Publicity Director, so that he might give it to the presse I did
not blaze away or fire back at anyone, Neither have i changed my idea one iota in
regard to the rules discussed, if the directors of the BigeSix worked out a plan
and submitted if to the faculty representatives the basketball coaches of the BigeSix
did not hear of it. in all previous legislation the. general plan has been to at least
consult the coaches and get their opinion and if the coaches desire something they
appeal to the directors, and then the matter is passed fron the directors to the
faculty representatives for legislations :

We recognize the inherent power of the directors and the faculty representatives ©
to make rules, but the mere flegewaving and lipeservice given to President Reosevelt's 4
National tefense Program by college administrators dees not strike a very responsive :
chord, when such legislation as we have mentioned is here considered. a

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in many institutions no money is forthcoming from the athletic department for
intramural athletios. As a general practice, many schools speak about the earnings 4
from the athletic department going to intremurals but generally the amount contributed

is very small, At our institution not one penny is given by the athletic department

toward intramurals because they have their own financial probleme

My intent was constructive criticism and not to stir up malices

We certainly would have no desire to enter into any personal controversy
with our two good friends, Dre Helle King and Director MeFe Ahearn of Kansas States
however, neither one of them did answer this very pertinent point; Why is it
that there is a curtailment on numbers in basketball for hone games when no other
sport is legislated against by this rule?

Only ten men can be dressed for home basketball gemes which certainly
id a curtailment of numbers in sports. |

After this rule with limitations was reemphasized last year by the
directors and faculty representatives, Kansas State was the first to ‘violate the
ten-man rule by carrying 15 men to Lawrences ebrasim was the second by taking
& like number to Manhattan, and later in the season the University of Missouri .
sent 12 men to Lawrences However, the Missouri people dressed but ten, two of
the men being sent as a reward for their service during the season, while the two
othvr institutions dressed 15.

Last night Coach Drake dressed 15 men at Norman but actually played
only 10. Personally, so fr as I was concerned, he could have played all 15
and I would have offered no objection because certainly this rule is discriminatory
and paradoxicals

These are merely statements of facts,