ATHLETES AND LEAGUE FOOTBALL
The West Coast (North Island) Amateur Athletic Centre asked the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association for a ruling last night as to whether an amateur athlete would endanger his amateur status if he plays League football even if he receives no payment. The reply of the reinstatement committee was that, provided the athlete does not receive payment for playing and does not compete or take part in any game or competition for a prize or token which cannot be suitably inscribed as prescribed by the N.Z.A.A.A. rules, he does not infringe his status by playing League football. In reply to questions, members of the reinstatement committee said that an athlete could "play football among players who were paid provided he himself did not accept payment, but if he was a member of a team which competed for a money prize his-amateur status vas-affected.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 85, 9 April 1936, Page 8
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