NATIONAL ASSOC TATION

OF Beg Sako’ Tiberasl COACHES

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BULLETIN NO. 2 SERIES 1936-37

EDITOR: George R. Edwards,
University of Missouri

 

 

 

A CONFERENCE SEEKS TO EKEDUCE
ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES

The December issue of this Bulletin contained a plea from Dr. Carlson,
Association President, for a change of emphasis on the part of coaches from
the continuous bivkerine over interpretations to a more constructive program
leading to better administration of contests. For many years the financial
agents of colleges and high schools have discussed contracts, guarantees, com-
plimentaries, and admission prices. It has been customary for business men
to write out their agreements and to base their operations on such codes.
Gradually the financial phases oe interschool athletics heve become uniform
through such practices.

Coaches, on the other hand, have ignored the examele of the business
officials in schools and have done little or nothing to standardize geme ad-
ministration through written agreements. Meany well-knit conference froups
have been moving in this direction for some time, but little hee been done to
correlate these steps. The writer is of the opinion that this Association
might adopt as a worthy project a collection of the administrative acreements
of a large number of conferences and, with these as a basis, prepare & compre-
hensive sect of regulations.

Simply as an example of some of the material needed the suggestions
of two major groups of the Missouri Valley is given here:

l. Officials should notify athletic authorities upon their arrival
in town.

2. The home authorities should notify the visitors of the exact
starting time of the game.

3. The home team is to wear white uniforms. The visitors are to dress
in their school colors.

4. A copy of the official box seore shall be mailed by the home
team to the conference secretary immediatciy after the geome.

5. The visiting team is to send to the home team at least four
days in advance of the game the names and numbers of all players who will
meke the trip;together with a probable starting line-up.

6. The home team may use as many players as it desires. The vis-
itors are limited to ten players.

7, Each school is to exchange with all conference members informa+
tion about its squad, primarily for publicity purposes. This information
should include number, name, position, height, weight, aze, home tovn, year
on the soued, men Lost by graduation, veteran lettermen returning, end other
player and teem records which might be of interest.