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Equalization Plan:
(Continued from Preceding Page) This is currently being attempt-
the only, extensive training pro- ed by the Big Ten and is working
gram for the Olympic athletes of quite well. The Conference has al-
the United States. While other ready tightened to the point where
countries subsidize their Olympic some of the former powers have
training programs, the United1faln ndsm nec erap
States leaves its athletes on their peared on top.
own. The only ones that can af- However, the rumors around the
ford to train well, then, are those league all say that the program
that are on scholarship at the is failing because it is not being
colleges and universities, enforced strictly. One hears fre-
quently of another school that has
AND, FINALLY, and probably slipped through some illegal aid.
the most important aspect of Granted, these sort of rumors
college athletes-or at least the multiply greatly, but they usually
sne that makes them the most do not start without some founda-
difficult to argue against-is the tion.
fact that they entertain the public.
But whether the public wants THE LOGICAL solution lies with
it or not, things are in need of a group that goes by the name
change on the college athletic of the National Collegiate Athletic
front. Association. This organization has,
Actually, a choice must be made, in the past, been almost powerless
and the alternatives are: amateur to attempt anything that would
or professional, necessitate the enforcement that
Either college athletics will have this suggestion demands.
to admit that they are operating However, it is necessary that it
a professional system where every- be done on this level. Part of the
one gets paid, or else they will trouble that the Big Ten has had
have to clean it up and face more is the result of equal restrictions
rigid amateur standards, not being in effect at neighboring
To remain amateur is the ob- schools.
vious choice, since the battle is While Big Ten recruiters have
against going "big time." To admit their handa tied by the Big Ten
that college athletics are profes- Aid Plan, the schools in the Big
sional would be inviting trouble Seven have come into the basket-
in bigger "slush" funds, increased ball states of Indiana and Illinois
help in "under the table" loans and run off with the best boys.
and gifts and probably a greatty This same story has been re-
increased circulation of betting peated in other sports, and some
and bribery that have already Big Ten coaches have pointed out
taken a toll at some institutions, that even theIvy League is able
to offer an athlete more money
THE PROBLEM then, is how to than the Big Ten is at present.
become more amateur, and
how to cut down on the "big time" WHAT IS NEEDED, then, is a
without ruining the public appeal universal aid plan, in which
of college athletics. every school in the country that
Actually, it is quite simple, and wants to compete in the NCAA is
needs effort only in the centraliza- allowed the same number of schol-
tion and organization on a na- arships and the same amount of
tional level. What has to be done money. This would be exactly the
is an extensive program of equali- same as the Big Ten operates
zation. All money matters must under now.
be run on a rigid basis, where no Schools that failed to abide by
one school can offer any more- this would be dropped from the
money-wise-than another. (Concluded on Next Page)
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