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rules are being broken now in college conferences more than they are being
kepte there ts no such thing as an amateur rule being respected in colleges
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The tas oad and American League professional baseball teams are

more amateur in spirit today on account of the shpery leary powers of
Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, than are the so-called big time basket-
ball and football teams of our universities and colleges. So the feverish
hunt is on over the country for the tall boys because there are not enough
"to ts os And because the 6 ft. 8 in. boy can reach the basket without
jumping, insuring plenty of goals on Sha obtonse) sud additional insurance of
the coach realizing that this 6 ft. 8 in. boy can bat the ball away from the
basket before it gets above the cylinder of the basket,

: So the super=tall player is still plaguing tne cis makers ‘because

with a low basket it is still impossible to make a non=discriminatory rule

without raising the low 10 ft. basket out of reach of this hyper-extended

player. This discrimination of not permitting a defensive player to bat the
ball away from the basket, while porn beike the offensive player: to dunk or
push the ball in from off the rim, is shocking in its unfairness. Why
legislate against the defense while permitting the offensive player to do the
very tinue you are prohibiting the defensive player from doing?

It is treating symptoms and not removing the cause. I have
suggested 212 foot’ basket only because of the fact that the 12 foot basket
is entirely out'of the renee of both the offensive and defensive player.
Personally, I do not care whether the rule makers act upon ihe oreseika
change or not, because Kansas has won outright or tied for the Big Six
eheupionshio 9 of the Nhinis the conference has been in existence, and
we have won 17 championships of the past 27 years in the Missouri Valley and

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Big Six conference. However, the raised basket for college and independent