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Mejor Criffith Page 2 Sevember 30, 1940

Auditerium whereby we could pot fail. i hed a «inimal charge of —
pleced on the hall which wes ridiculously lew. If wo made money, of

course rentsl would increase with the size of the income. “e arranged

then to take 204% net ef the gate from the pley-eff ef the district te go

te the fle Se As Ae Although the fe Ge Ae Ac wes not guaranteeing any of
the expenses, we were errenging te teke 204 of the earnings. find in the
Rig Six pley-eff at Vichite we held out $664 es 20% of this earnings 4n
the Fifth District pleyeoff between Oklahoma Aggies end Kansas et Gitshene
City we held out $398 or 20%, Thet mede $862 which we had intentionally
withheld so that this sould be applied toward decreasing the £26800 deficit.

I am showing you, Major vi th, thet every sccount of ours was bent
toward insuring te return of the money te the Be Ceo Ae Ae, and further
than that we desired to show : ° our competing coaches «ho entered the
tournament thet we desired alse to make a profit for their schools by their
activities. dust eff the recerd, I wish te tell you thet for severe!

. ie Ord thet they heve never been able to
pay the full guarantee unti’ 1 late in August, due to the fact that
they always borrow soney to belance their budget each yeer. ‘This is true
of almost every one of the schools in our district with the except
Nebraska. Just as you stated 16 your ofitoriaie ont your comments thet
there sre ebout 640 colleges in ‘ner’

80 arc meking ony money out. of athle , : a he | |
pot enough for these teams. to ‘meop them interested and make them feel thet
throngh their setivity sot enly are they enjoying the pleasure of competition,
but thet they ere getting @ s=ell remumeretion which will help Gust a little
toward reducing e budget thet does net balence. Certeinly our ‘ationel
Administretion feees about the same problem that alvrost all of our athletic
administrations experience, thet of a bedly impaired budget.

I remember distinotly John Bunn, Ole and 1 several yeurs age discussed
thet if and when we cade sone thet we should recommend to the Be Cs As Ac:
direstors thet we give 204 of the earn | to the Bs. Ce Ae to It was at
that time thet Ole thought thet this besketball money could be earmarked
ee

eollege team to the Olympic. EOmee

It wes always my ides and I also thought that it was the thought of
our committee thet these findings should be transmitted to the bs Ce Ae Ae
exesutive committee and some action teken. “The fact that this wee not done
by your directors naturally left us in ® very bed position beceuse we could
net go te our coaches with amy definite inform-tion. Frankly, there was
greet dissatisfaction from the coaches because they said "Ye went to know
whet we are going to gete" — And z waens in @ position to tell them; this
crested misunderstend ings . S :

 

 

 

  
  
  
  

 

 

  

 
 

 

Major Griffith, these couches are not dhhudiores Tt is sush easier
for these fellows to clese their serson end quit worrying sbout basketball
then for them to keep the tear in training an? face the criticism of certain
faeulty members whe sey thet = season ie already too long and through this