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Summer Nebraskan
Tuesday, July 10, 1962
Football, Basketball, Track and Swimming in tbe Big 8
'61-'62 Statistics Indicate Grants Spell Victory
By HAL BROWN
Editor's note: This story,
dealing with grants-in-aid to
athletes in the Big Eight Con
ference, was written by Hal
Brown in the Depth Report
ing class at the University.
The story had a circulation
f over three million in news
papers in the midwest, and
was one of the stories which
placed Brown second nation
ally in the Hearst Foundation
Contest and helped to place
the University of Nebraska
School of Journalism first in
competition with 44 accredit
ed schools.
The story is being rerun in
the Nebraskan for those sum
mer students who have not
had an opportunity to see it.
Colorado in football . . .
Colorado in basketball . . .
Kansas in track . . . Okla
homa in swimming.
Sounds like Big Eight cham
pions. It is. But it is also
the Big Eight schools with
the most number of bo)'s on
scholarships in the respective
sports.
In four of the five Big
Eight sports completed for
the current school year, the
champion in that sport also
leads the conference in num
ber cf boys on grants-in-aid
for that sport. In other
words, the statistics thus far
for 1961-62 indicate. that scho
larships spell victory.
The only sport in which
this doesn't hold true is
wrestling where Oklahoma
with 30 wrestlers receiving aid
finished second to Oklahoma
State with its 19 wrestlers on
grants-in-aid.
Wins, Grants Relationship
But, using figures obtained
individually from each of the
athletic directors in the con
ference, the relation between
winning and number of grants
stands up in football, basket
ball, track, and swimming.
(The figures do not include
sports in which there is no
championship competition in
the Big Eight. This excludes
such sports as gymnastics
and skiing from the charts.)
For instance, Colorado's
Big Eight football champions
topped the list of football
players receiving aid with
110. Not all of these were
full grants, which is also the
case at all schools.
The Buffaloes also led in
money spent with $146,964 for
football grants. Money fig
ures, however, mast be care
fully weighed because of vary
ing costs at the different
schools for tuition, room and
board.
According to Big Eight reg
ulations, the maximum an
athlete may receive is tuition,
registration fees, room, board
books, and $15 per month for
laundry and incidentals. The
$15 per month is limited to
football and basketball at
most schools.
Athletic Dormitory
Oklahoma, for example, has
no room costs because it op
erates its own athletic dormi
tory. The last place team in foot
ball, Kansas State, had C4
players on grants-in-aid. Only
Iowa State with 75 was low
er.
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Nebraska's 85 grants put it
in a tie for 5th with Okla
home in number of grants.
However, Oklahoma finished
fourth and the Huskers tied
for sixth in the standings.
Colorado also leads in bas
ketball grants with 30. And
the Buffaloes won the Big
Eight title in that sport also.
Kansas, the lowest school in
basketball grants with 19, fin
ished in a last-place tie w ith
Missouri. Nebraska with one
more grant than Kansas fin
ished in a tie for 6th.
The same story holds true
in track with Big Eight cham
pion Kansas leading the
Big 8 Conference. The
Jayhawks have 31 athletes on
track grants. Iowa State,
last-place finisher, gives only
12 track grants.
Oklahoma State leads in
baseball scholarships with 17
and is perennial Big Eight
champion in the sport. The
conference's swimming
champion is nearly always
Oklahoma and the Sooners
top the grants in that sport
with 12.
The only sport where the
comparison between grants j
and standings falls down is
in wrestling. Oklahoma State, '
the Big Eight mat champion,
gives 19 grants while OLla-!
home second-place finisher j
heads the chart with 30.
Kansas State's 25 wrestlers
receiving some form of aid is
misleading since only S5,519
is split among these 25.
In many other instances
one must judge both the mon
ey and the number of grants
to come up with a fair ap
praisal. A good case for this is Iowa
State which ranks last in foot- j
ball grants, but in money
spent on these grants ranks
fourth. Mainly responsible for
this is the large number of
out-of-state players receiving
aid, thus doubling tne tuition
cost.
This aid refers to money
given in compliance with Big
Eight and NCAA regulations
and does not take into ac
count any money such as is
under study at Colorado, or
that brought Oklahoma a
probationary sentence from
the NCAA or that has
brought investigations at two
other conference schools.
For a high school graduate
to qualify for financial help,
he must have ranked, in the
upper two-thirds of his grad
uating class or earn a per
centile rank of a t least 50 on
a test prepared by the con
ference. S1.3 Million in Grants
The Big Eight grants-in-aid
represent a payroll of $1.3
million paid to 1,396 athletes
for the current school year.
Some would call it a fair
sized business venture. Oth
ers contend that it is not a
business.
Whenever discussions arise
over athletic scholarships the
question, "Is it worth it?" is
always asked. Those who con
tend that it is worth it can
point to the standings in var
ious sports.
Gordy Chalmers, athletic
director at Iowa State, points
out, "The proportion of a
school's success is relative to
the scholarships available."
Whether you call it a busi
ness or not, it has been grow
ing by leaps and bounds in
me past tew years, u n con
tinues to grow at the present
rate, by 1967 Big Eight
schools will be spending ap
proximately $2 million on
grants-in-aid.
60 Per Cent Increase
The figure has jumped by
60 per cent since 1956-57. In
that year, conference scnoois
spent $811,104 tor m Doys
Today they are spending $1,-
354,264.
Part of this increase can
be accounted for by the addi
tion of Oklahoma State to the
conference, but it doesn't ac
count for the entire total.
Again the question comes
up. Is it all worm it? some
say it is while others contend
that the days of pure ama
teurism were better.
Among those in the .atter
category are such as George
(Potsv) Clark, former ise-
braska athletic director, who
says, "No matter how much
is spent, at least four teams
are going to finish in the sec
ond division.
Four Waste Money
"Only four of the teams
can finish in the upper divi
sion so that means whatever
the other four spent is
wasted," he continues.
Iowa State's Chalmers says
he would favor returning to
the days before all-out re
cruiting. But, he cautions, "That
would be utopia and could
not be reached nnless every-
(In the four Big Eight sports completed since Hal
Brown made this study, the correlation between spend
ing and winning is not as great as it was in the fall
and winter sports.
Oklahoma, winner of the outdoor track meet, se
lected 30 tracksters for aid; while Kansas, who finished
fourth, helped 31.
Missouri, the Big Eight representative in the College
World Series, was sixth in the number of grants-in-aid
given to youngsters who had been neglected by big
league scouts. The Tigers were third in the total amount
spent.
The winner of the tennis crown, Oklahoma State,
placed second in both the number of grants given and
money spent.
Oklahoma State, winner of the golf title, was third
in the number of grants given, but passed out the most
money.
la baseball, Missouri seems to have attracted a
couple of outstanding pitchers with their monev. Also,
the Tiger baseball team has to thank their 'football
squad for a pair of outfield-playing brothers who came
to Columbia on football grants.)
BIG 8 GRANTS-IN-AID & STANDINGS 1961-62
Numbers in parentheses show team's finish in, that sport.
Team Foot- Basket- Base
ball baU Track ball
Colorado 110 (1) 30 (1) 25 (6) 11 (6)
Iowa State 75 ( 5) 22 (3) 12 (8) 5 (4)
Kansas 94 (2) 19 (7) 31 (1) 7 (3)
Kansas State .. 84 (8) 21(2) 19(7) 16(8)
Misssouri 100 (2) 24 (1) 24 (4) 10 (1)
Nebraska 85 (6) 25 (5) 24 (2) 12 (5)
Oklahoma 85 (4) 25 (5) 30 (5) 15 (7)
Oklahoma St. 100 ( 6) 22 ( 4 ) 20 ( 3) 17 (2)
Totals 733
183
185
93
Westl-
ing
7 (5)
10 (3)
25 (6)
12 (A)
30 (2)
19 (1)
103
Ten
nis
3 (2)
1 (6)
3 (3)
2 (8)
0 (7)
0 (5)
6 (4)
4 (1)
19
Golf
4 (6)
1 (7)
5 (3)
1 (5)
0 (4)
0 (8)
6(2)
4 (1)
21
Out-Swim-
door Totals
ing Track
7 (5) 25 (3) 222
5 (3) 12 (8) 143
9 (2) 31 (4) 199
2 (6) 19 (7) 189
24 (6) 182
11 (4) 24 (2) 188
12 (1) 30 (1) 239
20 (5) 206
46 185 1,581
one in a conference agreed to
the terms. One school could
not give up recruiting and
still expect to compete in
sports with the others."
Nebraska Athletic Director
Tippy Dye is satisfied with
the arrangement. "The
game is better today because
of recruiting," he says. "We
could never go back to the
previous days, because com
petition for top athletes is too
great."
More Athletes in School
Dutch Lonborg, Kansas AD,
agrees that- teams are better
now because, "There are
top-notch athletes able to go
to school.
"Of course, there are some
problems connected with
modern-day recruiting prac
tices, but it has helped many
fine athletes who wouldn't
have gotten an education oth
erwise, Lonborg adds.
Bebe Lee, athletic director
at Kansas State, explains that
he does not favor a return to
previous conditions. "It would
merely encourage under-the-
table dealmg," he observes.
The question also raises re
garding out-of-state recruit
ing. All Big 8 schools recruit
out-of-state, but some put
more stress on it than others.
Nebraska's Dye explains
"The backbone of your team
has to be home state boys,
but in many cases you have
to supplement with out-of-state
material. This is expec
ially true where population
is scarce."
Missouri Athletic Director
Don Faurot believes it is pos
sible to win with home state
material, "If you get your
own good state boys."
At Kansas State, Lee says,
"The emphasis is on recruit
ing in the state. Other recruit
ing is limited to neighboring
states.
"We feel this is the only
sound method of developing a
winning spirit."
Growth of Grants
The growth in grants-in-aid
has grown greatly since
1956-57 with most schools now
spending as much on football
as they did five years ago on
all sports.
Many questions arise when
discussing athletic recruiting
and scholarships. Among
them are: Where will it all
lead? Is there a point beyond
which it cannot go? Is it all
worth it?
Those questions probably
will remain unanswered for
many years as proponents of
both sides debate the issues.
But one thing is certain.
The program is growing.
Know Your University
MPs Growth Increases
104 Times Since 1871
BIG 8 MONEY SPENT OX GRANTS LV-AII) 1961-62
Figures obtained individually from athletic directors of each school.
Team
Foot- Basket-
bail ball Track
Colorado 146,064 30,005 14,348
Iowa State 107,025 30,844 11,684
Kansas 100,019 25,948 28,176
Kansas State 79,307 23,016 13,185
Missouri 108,600 23,989 21,400
Nebraska 95,862 18,092 20,142
Oklahoma 82.314 21.409 26.385
Oklahoma State .. 107.758 25,234 16,439
Base
ball Wrestling Tennis Golf Switmning Totals
5,446
4,865
5,709
6,862
9,000
5,330
12514
17,070
: Totals
xDoes not compete.
836,549 198,531 151,759 67,196
2,652
9,770
x
5,919
x
1,035
21,109
18,909
59,394
464
957
I. 439
500
none
none
6 608
4.833
II. X01
965
957
1,052
231
none
none
3,316
3,965
10,486
1,184
4,905
2,934
668
x
2,131
13,317
201,123
171,007
165,277
Dean Ross
Begins Duties
The new dean of student
affairs, Dr. G. Robert Ross,
assumed his position at the
University of Nebraska last
week.
Formerly dean at Ball
State Teachers College (Mun
cie, Ind.), Dr. Ross said he
was fortunate to have the
next few weeks to learn more
about his job prior to the fall
opening of school.
The 34-year-old native of
Texas succeeds J. P. Colbert.
whose retirement from ad
ministrative duties was man
datory because of the 65-year
age limit. Dean Colbert will
teach classes next fall in the
College of Engineering and
Architecture.
Dean Ross said he was im
pressed with the University
and the State of Nebraska.
The University of Nebras
ka s growth has increased ov
er 104 times since it began
its classes with 90 students
and one building on January
b, 1871
One year after the first
classes began at the Univer
sity, the Agricultural College
was established on the down
town campus, not being
moved to its present site un
til 1874.
The new University grew
in size and prestige and ten
years after classes started
the enrollment had grown to
Za9. In spite of the many
serious problems which arose
hi the early years in 1886,
the University became one
of the first graduate schools
between the Rocky Mountains
and the Missouri River.
One of the problems which
accompanied the Univer
sity's growth was that in 1883
the Medical School opened its
doors, but due to poor financ
ing it only lasted for five
years. In 1902 the University
became affiliated with a pri
vate medical school in Oma
ha and eleven years later
consolidated with the school
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are staying with their grand
parents in Texas, awaiting lo
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was temporarily slowed down
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ENROLL NOW
Esfob(fhed 1918 Serving th Mr.
joori Volley to th Wef Coast.
501 Stuort BldQ Lincoln t Ncbf.
and in 1891 the College of
Law was established in Lin
coln.
By the turn of the century
the University had gained
considerable stature among
the leading education institu
tions of the Nation. In 1902
the Engineering College was
organized, and the school of
Fine Arts was established in
1912. The College of Pharm
acy was officially recognized
in 1915 and the School of
Commerce was added in 1917.
WWI Interferes
Although the growth mo
mentum of the University
The drought and the de
pression of the 30's again
slowed the growth, and it
was not until 1938 that the
Nebraska Union was built. A
new wing was added to the
original building in 1959.
Temporary Classrooms
The Field House was start
ed in 1943 but because of
World War II it was not fin
ished until 1949. After the
war students overflowed into
temporary classrooms, con
verted army barracks, until
the University was able to
build badly needed class
rooms.
To compensate for increas
ingly crowded conditions, tha
Union Terminal Building was
purchased in 1958 from the
Elgin National Watch Com
pany, adding classroom-labor.
atory-research facilities four
times as large as any of its
previous classroom buildings.
Also completed that year was
Lyman Hall, which gave
much needed classroom space.
Today the University com-
prises three campuses con
sisting of over 172 major
buildings. The Lincoln "city"
campus covers 131 acres;
that of the College of Agricul
ture, 340; and the College of
Medicine campus at Omaha,
25 acres.
Enrollment, which hit
9,440 students in January,
1962, requires over 560 instruc
tors. As of June 10, 1962,
there have been 66,932 stud
ents receiving degrees from
the University of Nebraska.
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