aec Hall's money: the right to know "The (Cornell) University's intercollegiate prograrri seems at times a fiscal cousin to the United States Pentagon. No matter how widely inflated the budget for athletics may appear, to question it is to be automatically labeled a spoilsport, an egghead, a pansy...lf it turned out that slashing football's $200,000 budget would enable the university to cut the dormitory rents or the price of a cheeseburger at Noyes Center, perhaps the slash should be made. But all of this, of course, entails a confrontation of the assumption that a lavish athletics program is critical to a university's strength and prestige. And that's not unlike opposing the latest glittering missiles system. It's an uphill fight all the way." —The Cornell Daily Sun October, 1971 Throughout the history of higher education, the place of athletics, and lately intercollegiate athletics, has been challenged by the academic community. The eye of this hurricane is the educational value intercollegiate athletics has for its participants, but the girth of the storm is, not surprisingly, money. As a rule of thumb—and there are exceptions—the degree of tolerance by the community reflects directly on the financial success of the athletic program. As another rule of thumb—and there are fewer ex ceptions—only the largest universities now escape deficit situations. And a projection into' the future only finds' more inflationary and recessionary dark clouds. Robert Scannell, dean of the College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation and head of the Penn State Athletic Department, agrees that the very existence of intercollegiate athletics rests with the academic community. More specifically, Scannell points to a social pendulum of student interest that dictates the ranking of nonessential university activities such as athletics. Stan Kenton used to be Ali not sure of next opponent CLEVELAND AP)—A subdued Muhammad Ali said esterday he wasn't sure when he would next defend the heavyweight championship. But speculation was that his next fight would be a major one. "I'll fight in eight weeks against Joe Bogner the European champion," Ali had said after his mismatch victory against Chuck Wepner Monday night at the Coliseum. But Ali, who was in such a quiet mood he did not hold a day-after news conference, said at breakfast yesterday, "I don't kitow if I'll fight in eight weeks. I'm sore." "Ali's thinking of the big tight—Frazier or Foreman," trainer Angelo Dundee said. While Ali said he did not expect to fight in June, in another breath he talked of a bout against Bugner in Chicago's Soldier Field as a giant tribute to the late Elijah Muhammad—a fight for the masses with $25 tops. Promoter Don King said, GREAT SNACK MENU The Train Station WC=DRING'S _ FLORISTS have DAFFODILS at only 94` a bunch! 145 S. Allen St S LEGAL TENDER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE however, that nothing definite had been decided along that line. He agreed with Dundee that there is talk of going for the "big fight." "If Ali fights Bugner, it would be in June," King said. "But a bout with Joe Frazier or George Foreman would not be staged until the fall." A third fight against Joe , 7 . ~,„„ Rick 4. ... , ~ f . ,:,..,:4 Starr ~..: , J '' the campus rage, • now it's Joe Patetno. But there's no getting around one inconsistency in all of this, and it's evideq at Penn State: the limited information available to the. university community concerning the financial facts of its athletic department. j Why not public disclosure of athletic department finances? An argument against public disclosure is that the cost of providing the information would exceed the l possible benefits. Scannell disagrees, stating the cost would be next to nothing. The possibility that the information would be unassimilable to its readers also exists, but Scannell also said that was not a panger. What Scannell fears is the maw of the public, the scrutiny and reaction this information would generate. "This raises questions of how deep do you go, in what sense are you hiding something, and are you just initiating more problems?" Scannell said. "You are then in a position to question everything...lt's a question of need to know, right to know, and practical efficiency. Does it increase or decrease output?" Scannell said it would bog him down with an unreasonable amount of new questions, since even total disclosure leaves questions unanswered. Altheugh all athletic department administrators feel eminently capable to efficiently run their programs. public Frazier could bring Ali as much as $lO million, twice the amount he earned when he regained the title by knocking out George Foreman in Zaire last Oct. 30. He got $1.5 million against Wepner, whom he. knocked down and stopped with 19 seconds left in the 15th and final round of a fight which INT 4 was dull much of the tilde Ali had maintained he wasn't in top condition. And he did fight as though he were saving himself, doing little in the first eight rounds. Wepner went to a hospital after the fight to have a cut on his left eyebrow stitched and cleaned. He later returned to his hotel. disclosure would reveal any financial deterioration of the program, as well as clues on how to correct it. The public deserves the right to know, particularly the in formation concerning indirect subsidies, and Penn State's athletic departMent is using indirect public subsidies. Public disclosure would also immediately reveal the dependence of the program on alumni contributions, pr TV and bowl money. Making the records public also can be negatively justified. Even thoughl every athletic department undergoes external and internal audits, the threat of public exposure might fur ther check abuses. If big-time athletics is to become a lasting part of American universities, it must become philosophically consistent, and there is nothing a university stands for and seeks out more than the truth. Dean Stop-in and see the latest in men's fashion for spring and summer! Leisure Suits $39.5 0 , &up 62 $7O) Suits —from $59.50 (values to $120) Sport coats.— starting at $44.50 Many are valued to $70.00! Slacks —from $12.75 We have a great selection in spring plaids and solids! FREE: Dinner for two at Dante's, with purchase of $85.00 or more! FREE: Two-pound Easter egg with purchase of suit or sports coat &slacks! FREE: Cupcakes and sodas for all! FREE: Corsages for the ladies! Mr. 2nd Anniversary Sale We carry the hard to fit sizes! (Open til 9 daily) .v .~;~ ~ ~I MR. SUIT • of STATE COLLEGE Village Square • 1686 N. Atherton St. • Next to State Store Phone (814) 234-b325 11, daily Baseball Mets belt Bucs BRADENTON, Fla. belted at two-run homer in the (AP )—Dave Kingman belted ninth off John Moreland. a three-run homer to help the Brett was removed from New York Mets whip .the the game later in the first Pittsburgh - Pirates 8-0 inning after reporting a yesterday in exhibition "snap" in his throwing elbow. baseball. Brett underwent surgery on The Mets' starting pitcher, the elbow after last season, Randy Tate, allowed only one but a Pirate spokesman said hit in four innings, and Jerry yestetday's discomfort was Cram and Mac .Scarce not serious. completed the three-hit shutout. Kingman's homer, which singles by Clines and Cram to came in the first inning off boost their lead to 5-0. An losing pitcher Ken Brett, error by Pirate third followed singles by John baseman Richie Hebner Stearns and former Pirate yielded another Met run in the Gene Clines. Stearns also eighth. 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