OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

 

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

April 30, 1940

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear "Doc": ee

This will acknowledge your letter of April 25. The re-
commendation of our Tournament Committee with respect to the
division of receipts from our NCAA tournament and the disposi-
tion of the money which would go to the NCAA is still very clear 4
in my mind. The letter which Olsen sent to each of the district Ad
chairmen this season contained a part of this recommendation.

Since receiving your letter I have taken occasion to dis- 4
cuss in detail this whole matter with Bill Owens and also to go :
over carefully the executive regulations of the NCAA. I. find that
the regulations of our Committee are in conflict with the regula-
tions of the Executive Committee of the NCAA in these particulars:
1. Funds may not be earmarked for any specific sport. Boxing, in
the past, has requested the same arrangement as contained in our
recommendation to the Executive Committee. 2. No sums from the
income of tournaments or meets may be allocated to the Olympic
fund, except as the Olympic Fund Committee with the approval of the
Executive Committee may direct. 3. Funds may not be pro-rated to |
competing teams except for actual expenses. 4. All funds are sup-
posed to be deposited in the general fund of the NCAA without any
restrictions or reservations placed on them.

In view of the above, I can see how the Executive Committee
Gid oppose our recommendation. It is my guess that our recommenda-
tion, unfortunately, has never been submitted to the Executive
Committee. This, of course, is a weakness on our part and leaves
us open for criticism. It was my impression that our Basketball
Rules Committee was given a full report by the Tournament Committee
and that they approved the report. However, I have been unable to
find any minutes substantiating this recollection.

Since we have sent out information to the schools in the NCAA,
and particularly to those which have competed in the tournaments, I
feel that we will be placed in an embarrassing position if the NCAA
Executive Committee does not permit us to keep faith with these
schools, in spite of our negligence. It would be my opinion that
unless the schools concerned would recognize our error and agree to
abide by the regular NCAA rules, we should make a disposition of our
funds for this year in accordance with the recommendations which
were drawn up by our Tournament Committee, and that hereafter the
whole matter should be cleared through the NCAA Executive Committee.