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It seems like everytime you pick up a paper you
read about another ballplayer of football, baseball,
or basketball - trouble for using drugs.
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nlmnst farcins, athletes to take pain-killers?
Given past record, it's hard to take the rehabilita
tion programs seriously. If they suddenly invented a
drug that enabled the user to hit .400 but at the cost
of becoming sterile, you can bet the general manag
ers of every major league club would be standing in
line to get a bottle.
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And every time we read about another incident
like this, the Lords of Sport throw up their hands in
disgust and bewilderment and wonder what has
happened to the wonderful sport of (fill in the
blank).
Who do these guys think they're fooling? Drugs
have been part of sports for years. They didn't just
become a problem a couple of years ago. Jim Bouton
and Dave Neggesy and Bernie Parrish told us years
ago that drug use among athletes was common. The
only difference is that back then the jocks were
getting high for the team by taking pep pills and
pain-killers so they could play every day.
Then athletes discovered the recreational drugs,
most notably cocaine, the drug that made Bolivia
famous.
So the Lords of Sport, most notably Bowie Kuhn,
the Big Cheese of baseball, come down with both feet
on players like the Dodgers' Steve Howe and Willie
Wilson, Jerry Martin, and Willie Aikens of the Royals.
OK, I won't make excuses for these guys. They
screwed up. But they paid for it. The only problem is
that Kuhn is making them pay for it all over again.
One can easily imagine Kuhn telling Howe to fetch
his paper and fix his oatmeal while he mulls over his
future.
The fact of the matter is, if Kuhn was going to
suspend every player for using drugs there just
wouldn't be very many baseball cards out there. As
long as the boys were popping pills for the greater
glory of the team there wasn't a problem. But let a
guy get individualistic and it's all over.
The whole affair just reeks of hypocrisy as do the
various attempts by management to provide sup
port programs for the athletes. Where were these
programs when the clubs were encouraging, in some
Speaking of drugs, "a lot of people like to take
drugs and drink draft beer. Draft beer, that reminds
me of the draft. The NFL draft that is. How did you
like that transition, folks?
But I digress. Back to the NFL draft. Why do the
NFL moguls insist on holding the draft in May? This
year's draft was, in the immortal words of one "Mug-.
gsy" Monroe (someone I just made up) "a farce."
There were a lot of first round draft choices who
just weren't available to the NFL this year, thanks to
those upstarts in the USFL
The success ot the USFL in signing so many quality
senior will almost force the league to move up the
date of the draft if they want to remain competitive
in signing college seniors.
Certainly there are disadvantages to moving up
the draft from the NFL's viewpoint. Just the simple
fact that they have moved it up shows that the USFL
is a legitimate challenger to the NFL, something the
senior league is very anxious to avoid.
It is also likely to cost the league a lot of money as
bidding wars with USFL teams will become more
severe.
The draft also tends to get lost in all of the other
sports news at this time of the year. The "news"
includes the Stanley Cup playoffs, the NBA playoffs,
baseball, the Kentucky Derby and Nebraska spring
football. Especially Nebraska spring football. Let's
face it guys, those TV ratings aren't what they could
be. A lot of people would rather watch Donahue
than the NFL draft.
Moving the draft date up would also have an aca
demic advantage for those players who are inclined
in that direction. Players wouldn't have to go to all
those scouting camps and miss classroom time. This
would also enable them to spend more time in the
library reading The New Republic. .
So, there you have it NFL bigwigs. What are you
guys waiting for? Move up the draft!
Have a good summer, everybody.
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Big-iims basketball
lures Logan to UNI
By Kevin Warneke
Nebraska's men's basketball team
may have a new chairman of the boards.
When junior-college transfer Chris
Logan plays his first Husker game next
season, he said, he plans to dominate
the boards in both offensive and def
ensive rebouding.
The 6-5 forward played two seasons
at Antelope Junior College in Califor
nia. He was recruited by Nebraska to
bolster the forward positions, Nebraska
Coach Moe Iba said.
Iba said Nebraska recruited Logan
because of his excellent leaping ability.
Logan is a member of Antelope's track
team, he has hit 61" as a high jumper.
Antelope Coach Bob Murray said
Logan can soar.
"He's a 6-5 forward who plays like
he's 6-7 or 6-8," Murray said.
Logan's statistics speak for them
selves, Murray said. Logan has a 41
inch vertical jump and pulled down
more than 440 rebounds in 32 games,
which ranked him second in California
and broke the school record.
Murray said that because Logan was
one of the taller players on the Ante
lope team, Logan's main responsibility
was rebounding.
Besides all that, Logan can score,
Murray said.
"He's a very unselfish player and only
shot 13 to 15 times a game," Murray
said. Logan averaged 13.8 points a
game in 1983 and 15.9 in 1984.
"My game is centered around pass
ing, but I can be an outside shooter,"
Logan said. "I'm confident from 15 to
16 feet."
Murray said Logan enrolled at Ante
lope because he was better at track,
and was overlooked by college basket
ball recruiters.
"I'm looking forward to coming to
Nebraska and playing big-time ball," he
said.
But Logan said he must be ready to
compete on command because he is on
borrowed time. Being a junior, Logan
has only two years to compete for
Nebraska.
"I plan to 'come prepared to play
mentally and physically he said.
Iba said he thinks Logan will be an
asset to the Huskers because of his
experience.
"He seems to understand the game
and knows how to play," Iba said. "And
he's also older."
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