to take part in the intercollegiate athletic program. The Association
believes that this is unfair to the athlete and is a direct professionalizing
influence in intercollegiate sport. A student should be free to make his
contribution to athletics just as he is free to make any other extra-
curricular contribution. If, however, for any reason he does not enter
athletic competition, he still deserves his aid to the extent of the obliga-
tion incurred by the institution, provided he meets, in other respects, the
requirements set up by the institution. ;

d. Financial aid extended to an athlete from any source
other than (a) persons on whom he may be naturally de-
pendent for support, or (b) the regularly constituted
sources of such aid within his institution, shall be ap-
proved or disapproved, on the basis of need, by the regular
agency established in his institution for the granting of
aid to all students.

Note 1—The necessity for a careful and reasonable administration of
this paragraph is fully recognized by the Association. There are, of
course, many cases in which aid from outside sources is legitimate. Some
of the factors that should be taken into consideration in this administra-
tion are:

(1) The length of time the donor has known the recipient of such aid;
(2) The interest which he has taken in the recipient during this time;

(8) The understanding by the recipient of just what the aid involves
and the reason for which it is given;

The protection of the recipient from sudden withdrawal of the
aid;

(5) The appropriateness of such aid from the standpoint of the
institution.

The Association believes many of the difficulties arising under this
par can be solved if administrative officers, recipients and donors
ave a complete understanding of the problems involved.

e. The compensation of an athlete for employment shall
be commensurate with the service rendered.

Note 1—This provision recognizes that an athlete should receive fair
compensation for his services and that he should not receive more than
fair compensation. The Association has found that, where athletes have
jobs for which they do not give value received, a bad psychology is
developed all along the line. The person giving the job feels that he is
being “used” and is often unwilling to give any employment at all to
college students after a bad experience with an athlete. The athlete feels
just as definitely, if not as openly, that he is being paid for athletic par-
ticipation in an indirect and shameful way. The Association makes the
suggestion that, in order to carry out the provisions of this paragraph,
institutions have jobs held by athletes handled by the same college agency
that is responsible for jobs for all students. If this is done, it is possible
for the institution to check with the employer to see that all undergradu-
ates holding jobs are working for what they get. With the job set-up
handled in this way, an athletic department is freed, on one hand, from
the responsibility of a job program and is, on the other hand, completely
free from legitimate criticism except as the institution’s job program
may be criticized.

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