Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University is not considering renting Harvard Stadium to Boston's recently organized professional football team, a high Administration official said yesterday. The Corporation is expected to make an official decision at its Monday meeting...
William H. Sullivan, Jr., president of the team's syndicate, confirmed that at a meeting held here yesterday an official told him the University thinks using the Stadium for professional football would connect the Harvard name directly with professional sports, and would be "inconsistent with its philosophy of athletics...
...Harvard name, raising the question of whether Harvard, which sponsors only amateur athletics, should be connected so directly with commercial sports. Furthermore, the University could not easily deny the use of its property later to other professional groups, once it allowed the Boston team to play in the Stadium...
...This holier-than-thou attitude would only raise the ire and resentment of Boston-Cambridge residents who have much at stake in the future of the new professional team. There are, however, several practical considerations that would satisfactorily justify to all concerned the University's refusal to rent the Stadium...
...college football did not have enough to battle in student apathy, television, and high expenses, the University would be inviting more trouble by renting the Stadium to professionals. Fans who have no emotional attachment to Harvard football would much rather pay about $1.50 on a Sunday (the pros generally price tickets on a sliding scale) for the same seat that costs $4-$5 on a Saturday (Harvard, like most colleges, has a uniform rate...