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Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, April 23, 1986
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Tip to NU: Withdraw Rodgers offer
For almost every ray of hope, there
seems to be at least two disappoint
ments surrounding Terry Rodgers.
Rodgers, the son of former Nebraska
wingbatk Johnny Rodgers, remains un
signed two months after the NCAA
allows prep athletes to accept scholar
ship offers.
The mystery is exclusively the work
of Johnny Rodgers, a former Heisman
Trophy winner.
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As strange as it might sound, it
appears that Johnny Rodgers is trying
to use his sor. for leverage in his efforts
to start a college players' union.
This union, which Rodgers already
has co-founded, is trying to make col
legiate athletes professional by giving
them a monthly salary to cover their
"expenses."
The idea may sound justifiable, but
Rodgers knows that his players' union
has about as much chance of getting
anywhere with the NCAA as Oklahoma
does of being declared the favorite
athletic program in Nebraska.
So, in an effort to increase his
virtually non-existent odds, Rodgers is
trying to use his son who is compared
by many to the likes of Marcus Allen
as bait to get an 'inside track' on
getting such legislation passed.
The last time I talked to Johnny
Rodgers in his home in California, he
was concerned about the cost of sending
his son to Nebraska.
Even though all of Terry's tuition,
room, board and books would be paid
for by his athletic scholarship, Rodgers
said he was concerned with other
costs, such as a set of winter clothes
and tire chains.
I can understand how a person who
lost his entertainment magazine to
bankruptcy and who now owns a pro
motional company titled "John Wayne
Sports Promotions" could be concerned
with economics, but this thing simply
has gone too far.
If Rodgers is so concerned with costs
outside of the athletic scholarship, why
doesn't he send his son to one of the
other two schools he has narrowed his
choices down to, say USC?
There had been rumors that the
Trojans had withdrawn their scholar
ship offer after they, like me, became
impatient with the games Rodgers is
playing.
But you can bet that if Terry Rodgers
gives even the slightest hint that he is
interested in signing with USC, Trojan
coach Ted Tollner would jump at the
chance of signing the prep running
back from Sweet Water High School.
Rather than just take what is offered,
Rodgers is trying to make a yard out of
an inch by getting more than is being
bargained for by either Nebraska, Ohio
State or USC.
While this may sound surprising to
some, it really comes as no surprise at
all to me when you consider your
source.
Rodgers fathered two sons Kevin
and Terry when he was still in high
school in Omaha, and his robbery
attempt of a gas station while he was
still a member of the Nebraska football
team certainly proves that he was no
saint off the field.
Rodgers also was recently charged
with using a firearm to commit a felony
when he pointed a small pistol at a
cable TV worker to stop him from
disconnecting the cable at his home.
All of these actions, keep in mind,
come from a man who was once so
praised as a Cornhusker that Nebraska
fans worshipped the ground he walked
upon.
Terry has been quoted in both the
San Diego Times and the San Diego
Union that he is "interested" in Ne
braska, but Johnny has apparently
botched any attempts for the Corn
huskers to sign him to a letter of intent
by refusing.
With Johnny Rodgers holding all the
cards in the deck, maybe it's time
Nebraska learned its lesson from such
a ridiculous situation and withdrew its
scholarship offer.
It's true that the freshman squad
would be left without a scholarship
I-back for next season, but I'm sure
Nebraska coaches are expecting great
things from two walk-on running backs
they have received verbal commitments
from: Darwin Snyder of Winnebago and
Table Rock's Jim Gilbert.
So, after a full analysis of the situa
tion, I really see no need for Cornhusker
coach Tom Osborne to continue to
make his phone calls to Rodgers' home
in hopes that a miracle has occurred
and Johnny has come to his senses.
The situation, to put it bluntly, has
gotten out of hand.
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