REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION

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NAME
The name of the association is the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball.

OBJECTIVES

The primary objective of the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball shall be
that of sponsoring the National Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Tournament
and such elimination tournaments as are necessary to qualify teams to play in it. Addi-
tional objectives and a program for the best interest of intercollegiate basketball, na-
tionally, will be submitted at the National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, March 9,
10, and 11, 1940, by an Objective Committee to be appointed from the Board of Man-
agement and other members of this association. The following suggestions have been
made and will likely be presented for consideration by this committee:

A. Working toward a more uniform players’ eligibility code.

B. A publication devoted to basketball.

C. Schools and clinics to bring about more uniform officiating.

D. More uniform game equipment such as balls, baskets, and back-stops.

E. A central office through which aid may be given in arranging intersectional games and
trips.

MEMBERSHIP

Any college or university, excluding colored, in the United States, offering standard,
four-year, fully accredited, academic work is eligible for membership upon payment of
$10.00 yearly dues payable before December 1.

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

The Board of Management shall consist of the Chairman of the thirty-two districts who
will be appointed for the year 1939-1940. After the year 1939-1940, the District Chair-
man will be elected by the members of the association in a district. The District Chair-
man will head a committee chosen by him from the membership of the Association in
his district. This committee will have charge of plans to qualify a team to represent
that district in the Championship tournament in Kansas City. It will act as a member-
ship committee and will have general administration responsibility of the Association
within the district; the arranging of clinics, pre-season tournaments, and other activi-
ties arranged for the best interests of intercollegiate basketball.

TOURNAMENT

Any member of this association is eligible to make application for qualification to play
in the National Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Tournament, subject to the ap-
proval of the district committee, without payment of additional fees. Non-members, that
meet the qualifications for membership, will be allowed to enter the qualifying plans
upon payment of a $25.00 tournament fee.

6. MEMBERSHIP DUES, TOURNAMENT FEES, AND TOURNAMENT INCOME

Membership dues shall be used to defray expense of administration and to build a re-
serve fund for additional administration expenditures. Fees collected from non-mem-
bers for entering qualifying tournaments to play in the Championship Tournament will
be included in the tournament income.
Income from qualifying tournaments: > hee
90% of net to be distributed by the committee in charge of the qualifying
- tournament. It is expected that the greater amount will go to the
team qualifying for play in the Championship Tournament.

  
  

  

10% of net to be sent to managing director of the Championship Tourna-
ment, which amount will be included in Championship Tournament
income.