The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-29
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Oct. 90. For
IN number of years 1 have been
reading about the oyeremphasis OF
football.
l have heard that football brought
in many hundreds Of dollars at
the gate-in some cases more than
a million-and 1 have been asked
what was done with all this dough.
1 sided with Gus H. Fan. mean
to say, what did happen with ali
that dough?
The other night, Bill Bingham Of
Harvard made a talk before a group of
Crimson alumni and newspaper men.
Among the things Bingham, who runs
Harvard athletics, said
You cant run college athletics without
gate receipts"
For some reason this seemed to strike
lot OF people as unusual and unique
Personally, l have always felt that II
couldn't be otherwise.
But. anyway, 1 approached Bingham in
the ante-room and i said
HOW about telling me what this Is all
about2 How much money do you guys
in your yearly scheme? In short, what do
you do with all the money you take in
at the gate2"
Smith OF college athletics. He says what
he thinks. He is the liberal of anything
pertaining to sports.
/ Will send you a letter and tell you
everything you want TO know" he said
And here Is the letter.
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"EOOTBALL this year will fur
Il nish approximately $7750O0 Of
the total receipts taken in by the
Harvard Athletic Association, an
amount which will be, loosely, in the
neighborhood Of $925,OOO.
out Of this SITS 600 obtained from foot
bail receipts. only $3.50 99I will be spent
altogether on football. and S2l7,45 of that
sum VIII be paid 70 visiting teams. This
leaves about $il30 900 to cover all the uni
VersitY costs. some of the major items of
which are as follows
:. Expenses games; $4,000: Quitting.
rubbing. SO 900: services and wages. $8 500;
coaching. $4,000; travel. $1,000, and a
host OF smaller expenses Total planned
year is 1885. 1872
In regard to the salaries of the various
coaches. only four OF them get over SIS, 900
year. No coach gets the same pay as
full-tlme professor in these days.
MISUNDERSTANDING which seems to have
arisen, but only at the most an amount
equal to that which a professor received
"A total of s111 800 Is used for the total
salaries Of sixty-tWo coaches, allowing for
would come to about 81 8O5 per coach
Football is the only sport in which
a net profit is made. and therefore has
TO pay for All the other sports. BaSe-
ball earns sligo so6 ana pays out $2s192
hockey takes in $1,000 but pays out
S3o. 400; swimming. minor sport. earns
50 300 and spends $1,000. ,
Some games like soccer and lacrosse
take in no money at all. and are pure
loss.
"THE athletic association this
Il year has imposed new tax on
the use of the indoor athletic build
ing. The association has regretted
the necessity for its imposition, but
the building was given in large
part by alumni and the cost of run
ming has devolved entirely upon the
Harvard Athletic Association.
The sum of $4,000 is expended
yearly for this building alone. This
cost covers salaries, light, heat,
power, water and maintenance. The
indoor athletic building includes the
swimming pool.
Last year the Harvard A. A. budget, as
planned. would have shown deficit OF
about 50 600 with 276 being expended
and 1861 ,276 taken in. BY cutting down
on spring trips. however. and economizing
in other ways. only .914 was expended
and since 1923 ga was eventually taken in,
a profit of about S35, 900 was made.
"All in ALL the luxury of intercollegiate
competition costs only $4,000 more than
would purely intra mural program, dis
regarding the guarantees which can not
be really counted in the actual running of
the sports, and discounting also items off,
setting each other on the balance sheet,
such as the Harvard A. A. News. which ex-
ponds about $4,000. but takes in more,
the training table, travelling expenses
which are met by guarantees.
you may be interested in the fact that
the total expenditures of the Harvard
Athletic Association have declined in the
last three years. For the year 19303l the
expenditures we're $1026.744. In 1881 80
the total dropped to $97O,276. And this
year the Harvard A. A. should not spend
more than $685. 1893"
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What is this all about? Well,
you have been nearing for some
time about overemphasis in foot
ball. I thought you would like to
know how a big league athletic as
ISOLATION is run. Here you have the
facts. Draw your own conclusions.
PURPLE BARRIERS WIN
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