Evening star., 1929-12-15


BE It resolved, that tfa Southern
Conference as whole, and as indi-
vidual members, have no objection to
athletes receiving legitim 1T aid from
the institutions in which they may be
enrolled, but reiterates its absolute op-
position to any form of subsidy espe-
cially created for athletics as a class
And, be it further resolved, that the
Southern Conference herewith appends
as an addenda to section D, rule 6,
article 13, of the bylaws of the con-
ference, which shall be an interpreta-
ton of that section, the following: An
athlete may hold any scholarship that
is formally established by the institu-
ton in which he is student, and which
is controlled and awarded by the
regularly constituted university author1-
ties.
80. An athlete may hold any scholar
ship which is open to students who are
not athletes.
"3. An athlete may benefit from any
loan fund that is regularly administered
by university authorities or by any
formal committee recognized and
sanctioned by the university authori-
ties.
Pay Rate so Cents an Hour.
90. An athlete may hold any posi-
ton for which he receives reasonable
emolument. provided such position is
recognized by the university authorities
and be not reserved solely for athletes
"5 An athlete may receive pay
direct from the athletic association OF
his institution for any work that he
may do for that association. provided
he is paid at a reasonable rate. not to
exceed so cents per hour. by the hour
for each hour of service actually
rendered.
"6 No athlete whose way through the
university is being paid directly by an
alumuuS, or who is the beneficiary of
any loan fund or any other fund not
known to, recognized and approved By
the university or who holds any position
not open to other students. shall be
eligible to represent any institution IN
this conference"
There is not the least doubt that the
whole tenor of the Southern Conference
is to stamp out any SurreptitiouS aid
that may be at any time proposed or
offered to athletes by alumni. or
through the use of any funds of any
kind from any source that in the usual
athletic parlance are claSsed as slush
funds. It is the intention of the con-
ference to find out in the case of every
athlete what aid if any that athlete is
getting and see that no athlete who gets
aid of any kind that is not legitimate
is allowed to play on any team.
Want to Bar Discrimination.
It is Just as firmly the intention of
the conference to see that athletes are
not Disseminated against and that, if
they are eligible for a regularly eStab-
lished and legitimate scholarship, they
may be awarded it.
In other words, the whole tenor of the
conference might be stated in the fact
that it is intended to lay the cards on
the table in any way wherein may be
concerned help that some athlete may
be getting.
AS Dan McGugin of Vanderbilt put
it, I'VE don't care what rules we play
under; we don't care anything about
scholastic regulations, or about aid that
some athlete may be getting, but what
We do care about is that We establish
uniform conditions for all"
Barring the outlining of a policy in
connection with help for athletes, the
conference meeting was productive OF
very little of general interest. The at
tempt to create for Florida foot ball
game to be the basis of an orange bios
som festival On much the same basis
as the rose bowl game at PASADENA,
gained little headway.
There were no changes of any impor-
tance in the regulations of the con-
ference.
Jockeying of Schedules.
The main business transacted dur
ing the gathering here was in the
ioCkeying of schedules for various
sports and the forming of a central
booking office to control the handling
of appointments for foot ball officials
In connection with foot ball schedules
Tor next year there seems to be a great
shifting going on. Never before have
so many big Southern schools been
vexed with open dates, most of them
having been occasioned by new align
mentS. Any one of the universities
from Virginia, North Carolina or
Maryland could have filled half a
dozen schedules from the games they
have been offered since they came here
Thursday night. Even several Western
Conference schools have had kilograms
here seeking to arrange contests.
1t seems that schools from Virginia,
Maryland and North Carolina, however.
are about the only cn"s that have had
their lists of gridiron gas completed
for some time.