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Abbie Hoffman — Part 13
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former linebacker for the St. Louis Carding
in San Francisco, California, snoke next.
MEGAYSSEY also spoke of the exnloitation of athletes,
especially in collese, and a college foothall player works
at about the rate of 25¢ an hour. MEGAYSSEY stated the
plaver had to pay the price of winning at any cost so the
team would have a chence of being on television once a year
and mavbe a bowl game, which would make_the Athletic
Department a total of about $450,000. MEGAYSSEY
basically advocated change and not the continued exploitation
of athletes. — did not feel MEGASSEY talked
militantly.
ey: next to speak was CONALL Db.
O'LEARY, a raduate student, who mostly talked against
WADE STINSON, KU Athletic Director, for not permitting the
use of the stadium. O'LEARY stated he received a cal] the
night before from ABBIE HOTFMAN. O'LEARY. stated HOFFMAN
would probably have called GOLDBERG, butthe KU Athletic
Department has refused to give him a phone. O'LEARY stated
HOFFMAN said he, HOFFMAN, could not be there as he had
to stay and help because of sister ANGELA DAVIS having just
been arrested. HOFFMAN supposedly gave the Yippie support
behind GOLDBERG.
ae. SMYTH, whe has been described
as former -Amer1 unior College Halfback and presently
editor of "Daily Cal" newspaner at the Universjty of
California at Berkeley, was the next speaker.
MYTH also talked of changes in athletics.
- MYTH did not appear to be overly militant,
4 fou anguage, and he does recall that SMYTH ended his
speech by saying that the Fagle was the emLlem of the Romars
and the Eagle is the emblem of the U. S., "Fall motherf-----~ .
a: COLDBERS was the last
speaker an e recalls that GOLDBERG declared JACK SCOTT
as the chairman of the Woodstock Nation Athletic Association.
GOLDBERG proclaimed MEGAYSSLY the first to the Hall of
Fame of the Woodstock Nation Athletic Association and gave
MEGAYSSEY a e award was a cigarette, supposedly
marijuana. GOLDBERG said very little of
significance and not militantly in his opinion.
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