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College Station, Texas
Thursday, January 27, 1972
THE BATTALION
Merger only solution
Colonels face financial crisis
LOUISVILLE, Ky. WP> — The
Kentucky Colonels win basket
ball games. But they are losing
dollars, plenty of them, their
owners say.
The five owners of the Ameri
can Basketball Association team
believe a merger between the
ABA and National Basketball
Association is imperative.
“If Congress votes down the
merger/’ said Colonels’ Board
Chairman Wendell Cherry,
“you’re going to see a tremen
dous flight of capital out of bas
ketball, and it won’t stop short
of Kentucky.”
He said, “We’d have to quit,
that’s all. We’d have to throw
in the towel.”
If the Colonels’ projected loss
for this fiscal year—$402,837—
is correct, Cherry and the four
other owners will be $1,771,649
in the red since they purchased
the ABA team in October 1969.
One reason for the deficit is
the bidding war between the two
leagues for college basketball
players. This bothers Cherry, but
not as much as the ABA league
assessment.
He said it came to $78,113 in
fiscal 1970, was $128,297 during
the past fiscal year, and prob
ably will be $147,300 this year.
“This has been a tremendous
expense,” he said. “We pick up
one-eleventh of the bill and it
has been getting higher each
year, primarily because of attor
neys’ fees. A lot of time and
money has been spent on work
ing out this merger at the league
level.”
Should the merger go through,
he continued, “the league office
can operate much more efficient
ly. Costs would generally be low
er and would be divided among
more teams.”
When Cherry testified before
the Senate subcommittee study
ing the consolidation, its chair
man charged that club owners
enjoy losing money because of
the tax advantages involved.
should have to call it quits, it
won’t be their fault.”
Cherry calls this “absurd. I’ve
said it before: there’s no future
in tax write-offs.”
He explained that under the
corporate setup for the Colonels,
the largest possible write-off for
one of the five owners would be
70 per cent, “provided the indi
vidual has other income to off
set the loss.”
The Colonels are averaging
about 9,300 spectators per game
at home. This figure, which is
sixth best among the 28 pro
teams, includes complimentary
tickets.
Cherry said he has “no axe to
grind with the fans. If we
The fact is, he continued,
“these people (the owners) aren’t
going to put their capital into
something that has no hope
whatsoever of being rewarded.
That’s true in any area of busi
ness, and basketball is no excep
tion.”
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Christian Horned Frogs Mark Stone (54) and Ricky Hall. Threadgill, a senior from New
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Intramural wrestling starts
with next week’s weigh-ins
Intramural wrestling weigh-ins
begin Monday and Tuesday, Jan
uary 3l and February 1, the in
tramural office announced Mon
day.
Any person who has entered
a weight division has to weigh
in on one of these days. He has
to make his weight class on these
days or he cannot wrestle. No
switching classes will be allowed.
Weigh-ins will be conducted in
the P.E. locker room in the base
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between four o’clock and six
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The intramural office also an
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due February 18. Every team
in every class must enter by this
date.
Playoffs are continuing this
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Class B horseshoes. The cham
pionship game in Class B horse
shoes will be Monday, January
31 at five o’clock.
Playoffs in Class B football
begin January 31. Class C win
ners in bowling and golf should
meet in the intramural office at
5:15 on January 31 to set the
final roll-off and final match in
those sports.
Cardinals acquire
Steve Worster
ST. LOUIS (A*)—The St. Louis
football Cardinals announced the
acquisition Wednesday of Steve
Worster, former University of
Texas running back who played
last season in the Canadian Foot
ball League.
Worster was a fourth - round
draft choice by the Los Angeles
Rams in 1971. He signed with
the Hamilton Tiger-Cats but was
suspended by the CFL after four
games because of an arrest on
a charge of possessing mari
juana.
Worster was arrested at his
apartment where he was enter
taining friends. He said he had
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Cherry is optimistic that the
proposed merger will be ap
proved but doubts that action is
likely before the upcoming draft
of college players.
And that means, he said, “that
a lot of kids will be getting
enough money to make sure they
never have to do a full day’s
work again.”
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