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meuberships and nearly as many which have allied associated and affiliated
memberships, These membership fees net the N.C.A.A. over $7,000.00 annually,
Henes there is no great need for the N.C.A.A. Executive Committee to take all ot
of the basketball money for a “hobby pot" and a traveling fund.

Now back to tournament schedules, The winner of th Western
N.CoAsA. in Kansas City will meet the winner of the Hastern NeCeAcAe in
Madison Square Garden on March 28, ‘Then the winner of the New York Invitation
tournament will meet the wimer of ‘the N.C.AsA. tournament in Madison Square
Garden on March 30, The gigantic Red Cross benefit game between the wimer
of the New York Invitation tournament and the NeCeAeAe Champions in the
Garden justifies the ventwre mainly because something like $50,000 will
accrue to this great international ageney of meroy. .

Thus we see that money can be an agency of mercy. Paradoxically
it can be the root of all evil. RBigetime football also has its money troubles.
Excessively large gate receipts stimulate proselyting. We have two exact
Opposites on the stage of American football «= the lily whites, or have-nots, -

‘those who observe the eligibility rules and become the doormats of the

conference ; the other is the tainted-money but prosperous boys - the proselytors ««
generally the champions of the conference, ‘Tho champion's illegitimate success
breeds a certain renpuctabality because their winnings draw huge gate receipts
plus bamer headlines on the sport pages.

Some athletic beards of lily white schools stress the importance
of following the rulea of the conference, At the same tine they schedule
games with the tainted-money boys for gate receipts, and gate receipts alone.
Under no other conditions would these lily whiters schedule games with these
alleged outlawse ‘The unfortwa te coach of a doormat team suffers loss of

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