Thursday, April 22, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
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Sports fans brace for another strike;
NFL players talk about walking out
Sports Shorts
Remember last year about this time when it seemed
like all you ever read about was the baseball strike? Well,
get ready, sports fans, because in a few months you'll be
in for more of the same.
This time it's the NFL players who are going to be talk
ing strike. And, considering how far apart the two sides
are, chances are good that the players will walk out at
some time during the season.
Of course, this is nothing new for the NFL. You might
recall that the players walked out of training camp a few
years ago. But they've learned something since then by
Jeff Goodwin
watching the baseball players' strike last year: If you're
going to walk out, do it during the season when the own
ers are most vulnerable.
The football owners are vulnerable for a number of
reasons. First of all, they can't afford a long strike. If the
NFL is out of commission as long as the major leagues
were last year, more than half of their season will be
wiped out.
Of course, the NFL owners have said they would be
willing to use non-union labor if it comes down to a
strike.
Well, I don't know about you, but I'd like to know
where the owners are going to find someone crazy enough
to cross a picket line that has someone like Jack Lambert
of Conrad Dobler on it. They'd have to comb every insane
asylum in the country.
The NFL has another problem in the event of a strike:
NFL draft. . .
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19. New York Giants - Gerald Will
hite, RB, San Jose State. Willhite could add
a lot of spark to the Giants' "punt and
pray for a fumble" offense.
20. Denver Broncos Lindsay Scott,
WR, Georgia. How can a team that needs
so many players be drafting this low? Scott
is good enough that they could be drafting
this low again next year, too.
21. Philadelphia Eagles - Luis Sharpe,
OT, UCLA. The Eagles draft Sharpe be
cause their current tackles are getting old.
How old? Hint: Their names are Cain and
Abel.
22. Buffalo Bills - Emil Boures, OG,
Pittsburgh. What the Bills really need they
cannot draft. They need a warmer city.
Boures will learn the rolling-bite block
from Bills guard Conrad Dobler before he
gets a starting spot.
23. Green Bay Packers - Bubba Paris,
OT, Michigan. When you think of locations
for professional sports franchises, you
don't automatically think of Green Bay,
Wis. Bubba Paris probably didn't either.
24. New York Jets - Bob Crable, LB,
Notre Dame. The Jets are hoping that
Notre Dame's 5-6 record last year was not
Bob Crable 's fault.
9 25. Miami Dolphins - Lester Williams,
college football. Last year there were minor league base
ball and soccer games to watch during the strike, and
some people actually did. But neither of those sports has
the support that college football has. Add the fact that,
among a lot of people, college football is more popular
than professional football anyway, and the NFL has a
potential problem on its hands.
The main problem keeping the two sides apart is the
issue of revenue. The players say they should get a share
of the revenue from the games because, after all, it is their
labor that is producing those profits.
The owners say: "Wait a minute. You guys get enough
as it is. Those revenues are ours. We need them to show a
profit."
And the fans say: "All we want to see is a football
game."
At first glance it may seem ridiculous that someone
who is earning an annual salary in the neighborhood of
six figures is out walking a picket line.
But when you stop to consider the NFL's latest tele
vision contract with the three networks, it doesn't seem
that odd.
The contracts call for the NFL to receive more than $1
billion for the rights to its games. We all know who's going
to be playing those games. And that $1 billion doesn't
even include the revenue teams get from local radio and
television, all the products the teams market and all that
beer they sell on Sundays.
It's anybody's guess what will happen, but at this
point, a strike seems inevitable.
If a strike occurs it probably would be during the
season as that would have the maximum impact.
Maybe the most frightening aspect of the whole thing
is a question that no one really wants to think about.
What will America do on Monday nights without Fearless
Frank, Humble Howard and Dandy Don?
Radio station KBHL-FM will provide live coverage of
the NBA play-offs and championship series which began
this week.
A minimum of 19 games will be broadcast over the
Mutual Broadcasting System. Announcer Tony Roberts
will do play-by-play announcing for Mutual, along with
Hubie Brown, former Atlanta Hawks coach, John Kerr
and Tom Hawkins.
The spring sale of 1982 student football tickets begins
Monday at the Athletic Ticket Office, South Stadium
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year for defensive linemen. But the Dolph
ins will draft Williams, a hometown favor
ite, and hell be in the Pro Bowl in a couple
of years.
26. Dallas Cowboys - Rohn Stark, P.
Florida State. A punter in the first round,
you laugh? In the first place, Stark is to
punting what Mercedes is to cars. In the
second place, the Cowboys can no longer
afford to risk Danny White as the punter.
Remember, White is both punter and
quarterback, so as long as he's back there
on fourth down the Cowboys are a high
snap away from a season of Glenn Carano
at quarterback.
27. Cincinnati Bengals - Darrin Nelson,
RB, Stanford. The Bengals get a modest
revenge on the 49ers, who wanted Nelson
badly. Of course, the Bengals would rather
have drafted after the 49ers, because that
would have meant the Bengals had won the
Super Bowl. He who drafts last, laughs
best.
28. San Francisco 49ers - Reggie Mc
Elroy, West Texas State. While the 49ers'
offensive line should not be known as "The
Golden Gate," don't be surprised if
McElroy is the best player in the unit by
the end of next season.
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Track teams to vie at Drake
Don't blame Gary Pepin if he tells you he thinks some
body up there doesn't like him. The women's track coach
said an accurate way to look at the injury situation of his
team, heading into today's Drake Relays in Des Moines,
would be to compare it to the healthy list.
"The healthy list would be shorter," he said.
Pepin said bad weather at meets has caused many of
the mishaps but said bad luck has also played a role. What
else can it be called when team member Nancy Kindig is
injured when she gets hit by an errant javelin throw?
"We're just trying to get the team healthy again,"
Pepin said. "Anyone who has magic potions or knows
some witch doctors is welcome to help us."
Pepin said his squad will have only seven or eight en
trants in the relays, far fewer than he would like to have
entered. He said he is hoping just to get his team back to
gether again, saying the scant representation at the Drake
Relays will not achieve that. Injuries have hit too hard.
On the men's side, the situation is looking good. Fresh
off an impressive outing against Iowa State, Frank Sevigne
said the quality of the Drake Relays should be a boost to
his squad.
"It's a national meet of national quality and is very
meaningful as far as the kids competing in it are concern
ed," he said.
In the Iluskers' win against Iowa State, several athletes
set personal records. Eleven members of the squad
achieved career bests-
Mark Fluitt, a men's assistant coach, said more person
al records could be set in Des Moines. The Huskers will be
concentrating mainly on the relay events, the featured
events of the meet.
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