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le ‘Realising the inequalities of rules of the BigeSix that exist between
various sports, 1 desired to distinguish the difference in the rules concerning
= aii and the other major sports as legislated by the faculty representatives

es Wo where in other sports do they disorimimte against a particular sport
and state thet only a certain number of players may be dressed for home gamete

Realiging the right of free speech, I dictated a statenent to Mre Hornce

  
 

  

Magon, our Sports Publicity Director, so that he might give it to the presse I did
mot blaze away or fire back at anyone. Neither have I changed my idea one iota in

regard to the rules disoussed, if the directors of the BigeSix worked out a plan
and gulmitted it te the fueulty representatives the basketball coaches of the BigeSix
did not hear of ite In all previous legislation the general plan has been to at least
: the coaches and get their opinion and if the coaches desire |

appeal to the directors, and then the matter is passed fran the directors to the
faculty representatives for legislations |

We recognize the inherent powr of the directors and the faculty representatives
to mke rules, but the mere flagewaving and lipsservice given to President Roosevelt's
National tefense Program by college administrators does not strike a very responsive

chord, when such legislation ag we have mentioned ig here considereds |

? Tn many institutions mo money is fortheaning from the athletic department for
is very amfille At our institution not one penny is given by the athletic department
toward intxvemurals beeause they have thoir own financial problems ie

uy intent we constructive criticism end not to stir up malices

We certainly would have no desire to enter into any personal controversy
with our two good friends, Ite Helle King and Direetor Mel's Ahearn of Kaneas State;
however, neither one of them did answer this very pertinent points Why is it
that there is a curtailment on mumbers in basketbell for home games when no other
sport is legislated against by this rule?

| Only ten men oan be dressed for hone basketball games which certainly
ig a curtailment of mumbers in sports, :

After this rule with limitations was reemphasized last year by the
directors and faculty representatives, Kaneas State was the first to violate the
ten-man rule by carrying 16 men to Lawrence, “ebrasim was the second by taking
@ like muuber to Manhattan, and later in the seas the University of Missouri
sent 12 men to Lawrences liowever, the Missouri people dressed but two of
the mon being sent ag a reward for their service during the season, while the two

Last night Coach Drake dressed 15 men at Norman but actually played
omly 10, Porsomily, so far as I was concerned, he could have played all 16
d I would have offered no objection because certainly this rule is discriminatory

These are merely statements of factas

 

 

 

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