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Knight: ISU has wasted too much time with IowaBy ( III CK SCHOKKNF.K I FI Sports WriterDES MOINES (I FI) - Further attempts to encourage Iowa to move another game in Iowa-low a State football series to Ames would be “an exercise infutility,” the chairman of the ISl? Athletic*Council says Kollie Knight said Iowa State officials have explored every possibility in their attempts to renegotiate the contracts for the six game series and all have been iutile He said it appears any additional effort would be a waste of time Five of the six games in the series are to be played in Iowa City, with only the 1981 contest scheduled for Ames Iowa State officials have been trying for months to convince Iowa to alter the contracts so more games could be played in Ames The latest offer w as a $225,000 guarantee for Iowa if the 1979 game was played in Ames. Iowa’s Board in Control of Athletics rejected that offer Wednesday and asked that further discussion of game sites be dropped until after the 1978 contest Knight, contacted at his Iowa State office Thursday, said he was disappointedin Iowa's rejection and doesn't know what the ISU council plans next However, headded it appears council members have exhausted all alternatives “It’s an exercise in futility to get them to move any more games We've wasted too much time already.” Knight said We’ve tried to do everything possible to let as many as people as possible in this state see the games. Unfortunately, the same [eople i low a ticket holders) will see them almost every year It's very clear that there is absolutely•rzero circumstances where they will playany more games in Ames ’’In rejecting Iowa State's latest offer, theIowa loard said the $225,000 guaranteewas a generous proposal, but added questions would be germane only if IowaState gave a “compelling reason forchanging the contracts“Based on its conclusion that neither your recent proposal nor its predecessors provides that compelling reason, the Board in Control voted not to approve your proposal of May 26, 1977, the board said Francis “Bus’’ Graham, associate athletic director at Iowa, said the $225,(KM)offered b\ Iowa State would have come*rvery close to equalling what the Hawkeyes would make on a home gamewith the Cyclones%However, he said considering all other factors in computing income generated by football receipts, we wouldn't gain anything going up there at that figure Kmght said it was too bad the schools couldn't enter a normal relationship for the loot ball series, which is being resumed after a 43 year lag A normal relationship means a home -and-home series. Knight said The point is, we wanted to lie sure we explored every circumstance in trying to move more games to Ames 1 wanted to be sure we didn't miss anything, he said I'm certain now we didn't miss any thingBight now , it appears they w ant to play the games, then be through with it “Our position all along as been to get a home and-home basis for the future I don't see much hope for that happening Knight said unless there is a change in attitude on the Iowa board, it’s likely the series will le discontinued when the current contracts expire in 1982
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Ames Daily Tribune
Ames, Iowa, US
Fri, Jun 10, 1977
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