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THE BATTALION Pag-e 8 College Station, Texas Thursday, February 25, 1965 Pro Grid Leagues Retain Loophole On Early Inkings By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Associated Press Sports Writer The professional football leagues have passed a rule, with teeth in it, barring the signing of college players until they have completed their eligibility, includ ing bowl games. But they have left the signing of redshirts—the five-year-man—particularly open. Now if a redshirt starts his final year he will not be both ered. But the pros have decided that if a redshirt drops out of school on his own for personal reasons and does not register for his fifth year, he may be signed. In other words, the pros could talk the redshirt into not taking the final year. But if he does take his final year the pros won’t sign him until he finishes his eligibility—there will be no sign ings during the season, secret or otherwise, and the redshirt can play in a bowl game before his eligibility is declared at an end. There is considerable opposi tion to the redshirt program, ac centuated by the recent contro versy over George Sauer, the Texas end who quit college foot ball with plans of signing a pro contract. It now appears that the action taken by the pros might have more effect on getting rid of this program than the opposition among the college people. The colleges may take the view that it would be senseless to have a redshirt program since the pro clubs might talk the five-year men into signing before they de cided to take their last season. There are strong arguments on both sides regarding the red- shirts. Whether the good over balances the bad is what is caus ing all the talk. The Southwest Conference has had a redshirt program for at least 30 years. It was inaugurat ed with some very worthwhile ob jectives. It was designed to help the boy who might be injured and lost a season, give the boy who ran into scholastic difficulties a chance to make it up and still have his four years of college competition, aid the boy who might have to stay out of school for personal reasons and to help the junior college transfer. The boy who came from a jun ior college was guaranteed four years of college competition. The one-year junior college boy got four years at a senior college to get in three (he had to stay out his first year just like the regu lar freshman). The junior col lege graduate’s eligibility started as soon as he reached senior col lege and he had three years to obtain two varsity seasons. But the rule has been used in other ways. The coaches would hold a boy out his sophomore season if he seemed to need de velopment or if the team was well-stocked with players at his position. In some instances the boys were held out in their junior seasons. This, said some, was in conflict with the educational processes— a boy should get through college in the regulation time and not be held over a year just to play foot ball. Also, it allowed a boy to actually get in five years of foot ball since he would be with the squad and work out like the oth ers even in his redshirt year. Also, some said, it provided the larger and richer schools with an advantage—they could sign up more boys than they needed and hold out players that the other schools might use if they had them. But, in favor of the rule, came the observation that many stu dents needed five years to get through college, especially if they took difficult courses like law, medicine and engineering. Also, the athlete, who was play ing for his school and thus put ting money into the athletic treasury, didn’t have as much time to study as the non-athlete.' And there was still another point cited by the lovers of sport: the redshirt program made bet ter football. This, however, wasn’t a strong point since it seemed to emphasize sports over education. Prominent redshirts in the Southwest Conference the past few years have included Don Trull, the great passer at Bay lor; Fred Marshall, star of Ar kansas’ undefeated, untied team that claimed the national title when it won the Cotton Bowl; Donny Anderson, Texas Tech’s All-American halfback; Eddie McKaughan, ace quarterback of Texas A&M; Steve Garmon, TCU’s all-conference guard; Mar vin Kristynik, Texas quarter back. Latest Billboard: That s The Way The Cookie Crumbles BUFFALO, N. Y. Cookie Gilchrist stormy fullback of the Buffalo Bills, was traded Wednes day to the American Football I ^ague’s Denver Broncos for full back Billy Joe, the AFL’s Rookie of the Year in 1963. It was a straight player deal and no cash was involved, a Bills’ spokesman said. Gilchrist, with the Bills for three seasons, was fired temporarily Nov. 17 for what Coach Lou Saban said was “the good of the team.” He was let go, Saban said, be cause he refused to reenter the Boston game just before halftime and complained in the dressing room at intermission that quarter back Jack Kemp had not given him the ball often enough. Thirty-six hours later, Gilchrist was reinstated after he asked his teammates for another chance. He also apologized to Saban for his actions off and on the field. Gilchrist, who was paid $28,000 last season, reportedly had asked the Bills’ owner, Ralph Wilson Jr., for a $3,000 bonus after Buffalo had defeated San Diego for AFL championship in December. He did not receive it. 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