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...opposition to the registration rule of the Amateur Athletic Union took shape in a new form. The B. A. A. will support the union and require registration so long as it is a member of the union, but it objects to the principle of registration. Since the A. A. U. claims that the registration fee is necessary to pay its expenses of administration, the B. A. A. has adopted a resolution which disposes of this claim and makes the registration fee unnecessary. The resolution adopted is in part as follows...
Whereas, The B. A. A., while being opposed to the registration rule in general, and especially as applied to colleges and schools, yet nevertheless wishes to uphold the A. A. U. in its promotion and management of amateur athletics; therefore...
Voted, By the governing committee of the B. A. A., that should it be found necessary to abolish the said registration rule, the sum of $250 shall be given annually until further notice to the A. A. U. to help pay its running expenses, on the sole condition that three other athletic clubs contribute annually an amount at least as large...
...rather ludicrous part of the whole proceeding is, that the A. A. U. is laboring under the delusion that what the college athlete objects to first of all is the payment of one dollar, and therefore with the design f humoring the I. C. A. A. A. A. committee, they have kindly consented to reduce the charge to fifty cents. Very likely the charge of $1.00 has kept a number of novices from competing, but that is not the point. The A. A. U. must understand that if an amateur is recognized as such by the Intercollegiate Association, he does...
...then: The attempt of the A. A. U. to make registration general in its effect on college athletes has put a check on amateur sport. An examination of the entry lists of recent contests held under the A. A. U. rules is sufficient to prove this. Further, college opinion has so crystallized that the I. C. A. A. A. A. has demanded as its rights "absolute exemption of all its members from the registration scheme of the A. A. U." There the matter stands. The Intercollegiate Association is far from wishing a break with the A. A. U...