Word: aau
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Despite the angry accusations and flaring tempers, the issues in the dispute are quite simple. The NCAA, irritated over the years by the AAU's handling of the selection of U.S. Olympic teams, has been seeking what it calls "adequate" representation in the selection procedure. The AAU, long-time sole representative of the United States in international athletic matters, has jealously proclaimed its right to continue in this position. As proof of its determination to retain its monopoly, the AAU recently declared that all athletes participating in meets sponsored by the NCAA fostered Track and Field Federation were ineligible...
...retaliation, the NCAA decided to ask its members to boycott all AAU competitions. This action threatened to wreck nearly all open track competition in the U.S. (The dispute, by the way, involves more than track and field; the NCAA is also contesting AAU jurisdiction in basketball, gymnastics, and baseball...
After it decided the NCAA was serious, the AAU announced it was ready to allow some NCAA representation, but only on terms which would allow the AAU to maintain control. Last Spring the ECAC offered a face-saving coalition plan, but this was generally ignored. A seeming armistice was arranged by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy some months ago, but it lasted only a few weeks...
Part of the reason the AAU felt able to withstand the assaults of the NCAA was the fact it had the support of the International Olympic Federation. Rumors are that the international group was more responsive to the AAU because American colleges have aroused considerable resentment by recruiting for top athletes in foreign countries...
Abstaining from the AAU-sanctioned Knights of Columbus games in Boston Saturday, the winter track team has hastily scheduled a dual meet with Brown at 1 p.m. Saturday in Briggs Cage. Coach Bill McCurdy says he welcomes the opportunity for the exercise, but that is about all it should be for the powerful Crimson squad. The feature event is the mile where Brown's Dave Farley could give Crimson captain Ed Hamlin a good...