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Show The Colorado Faculty j;,thletic Contarar,ce , consisting ot the university of Colorado , the .l!.gricultural College ot Colorado and Colorado college was organized January 20 , 1909 . Represel.tatives of these institutions cat , and a set of eligibility rules and a constitution .... ere formally adopted , these rules being chiefly a codificotion of the unwritten rules , generally accepted . The na.m.e was changed on t.!arch ? , 1910 to the Rocky l.!ountain Faculty Athletic Conference . foll(Y.~ing The Colorado School of Uined , Golden , !lovelliber 4 , 1909 Univer3ity of Utl:lb , U~rch 26 , 1910 University of Denver , May 10 , 1910 Agricultural College of Utuh , February .a8 , 1914 Montana Stllte College , Jo.nuary 6 , 1917 Brigham Young Univerdity , JanUE:.ry 12, 1918 Universi ty of,IYOo.1n3 , JLnu~ry g , 1931 \iestern States ;vorm.::tl School , Gunnison , Colo . , Dec8l:lber 6 , 19 ... 4 Colorado State Teachera College , Greeley , December 6 , 192:4 Final decision in £11 matters of policy , rule::! , eligibilityace. :3ohedules , etc . , rests with the faculty rep-resentatlves , one of w::..tich i3 Cll03en by esch institution . Coaches sl:d managers dre' .... up schedulea but the final decision reated with the faculty representativea . Tile conferel. cs wsa orgs.lized to maintain a compact group of institutions of learr..ing , for tho purpose of governing intercollegiate athletics with. the aim of ma;dng athletics a pfrt of the educational plan and 3ubserviel.t to the general pur pose ot edUClition . It ~/as inte .. 6ed to foster friendly and effective coopera tiOD among the ms.nber::J , to promote good sportsmanShip , to a llay rwnors and mistrust and to develop public eppreCiE:tion of the education!:.l , 0$ opposed to the cOllll!lerci!:ll and publicity vclue orothletlca . The confereJ.ce hes done much to make college athletics cleaD , limiting athletic activity to bona fide studer.ts, thus eliminating t he migrant &thlete. F&.culty othletics ',/SS a requisite for l:I.ecbership . The Univeraity of Utao wae t:"l.e first Utah be admitted . Dr . Joseph F . ..:err1l1 was respOLslble for this msmber3;"1ip . He ·,/SS Else Itlrtiely responsible for the sdmittsr.ce of the Agricultur(·l COl103e of Utah , the Brigham Young University and the t!ontano .3tate College . The athletic situation in Utah betore 1910 \HlS serious . liAny contests \lere called of! on account at a lack of common under3tanding and of e. common aoceptb.Dco of athletic stan- This I p.rge COl ferer:ce of t welve schools ;I8S unwieldy . rhe larger schools were often overruled-- by deoisions of the s.Ql.t'ller schoo!.) . Unfortunately financial q,uestionsv.etll often involved . The break had to come , ar.d so in 1938. sevElr::tl of the large $ohools witlldre.~ frOlll the confereJ.ce and or.;/}; ized the Mountain StEltes Jithlettc Conference . .. tteldanee was Ic.eren .. 1L.g, daLu. Lds for ge:.es \'ere be1as made . .. 8l11!l.ller eonrerenee mIldepo33Ible better schedules and a lI1;)re aeeer.table understendins . !.r!::BER,.." OF 'I'!-.:- ~'OU: Titr.. 3".!.' •. T:W .,T:-:t3I'IC CO.1!'ERZiiCE UniversIty or Colorado Colorado 3tate College UnIver:JIty or Deaver BrlghD.lll YOU03 Unlverdity U'nlveraH.y or Utah Utah ... tate "srlou.lturul CollBBe Unlv.ratty or \fyom.1ng DigiUlltm.", 0 2006. UniYHsityofl/l.lh.Allrightl~M.-....cI_ |
