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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1981
ports
Out of
the Blue
By Rick Stolle
LEGE STM
rand
Welcome back to the on-pressing saga of Texas A&M sports. A
:ontinuing drama of the lives and events of the people that make up
he Texas A&M sports world.
Sometimes known as Search for Another World with a Guiding
ight through a General Hospital in Texas or All My Children and
lyan Hoping for One Life to Live without becoming Young and
'estless.
If that’s too complicated for you, just call it As the World of Aggie
iports Turns for short.
As we resume the show, what will become of the fair-haired young
loctor who has tried valiantly for two years to revitalize the youth
irogram. Will he be able to survive all the pressures from the mean
ild hospital administrators on Mt. Olympus or will he be fired?
Can he revamp the program enough to get a smile from Mt.
lympus or will he be asked to report to surgery ... as the patient.
The good doctor Tom, you know, old doctor Wil’s son, took over
aging program and tried to continue its winning ways. But,
nderhis direction, the program changed and was filled with new
ideas.
But, as happens so often with new ideas, rough roads soon came,
ith the tough times, came great criticism from Mt. Olympus (or
e hospital administrators) and their evil cronies, the group who
nd the hospital with the big bucks.
They did not like what was happening to the program (losses in
:ey areas like the Houston and Dallas branches). Even though they
ladbeen pleased with Tom’s victories over t.u. (A strange disease
hat turned the patients a sickly color of orange.)
The adminstrators thought good doctor Tom should try other
hings and they told him so. They felt whatever he did was wrong no
alter what happened.
Produce, they said, or we will find someone who will. Tom
winted to his record and said, I have. Breaking even, the Olym-
ians growled, is not producing enough.
Can the good doctor handle the pressure? Will he be able to
urvive another year at the helm of the program? And what is
appening to program while the Olympians grumble and growl?
Already, the good doctor has saved one life. Halfway through the
peration, things looked pretty grim for the young surgeon but he
ulled the patient out of the fire with some fancy footwork.
But, the mean old administrators were waiting in the background
strike if doctor Tom should lose his poise or the patient.
Can the good doctor Tom hold off the Olympians long enough to
st going or will he be dismissed along with the long list of past
rectors? Stay tuned for more.
In another scene of this ever-pressing drama, Magical (call me
lerlin) Metcalf is awakening from a long sleep that he and the giant
ere put into.
Just when the giant was starting to get up from a long sleep that
ad lasted over half the season, he was sent back to naptime once
lore.
Who can defense against a ‘magical’ shot from the jumping jack of
lefunnyfrogs? It was designed to put the giant and Magical (call me
jflerlin) Metcalf to sl6ep for a long time and it worked.
But Magical is awake and plotting his revenge upon those funny
logs and others in the kingdom who have laughed while the giant
(as asleep.
And what will the evil Duke Sutton of Mutton have up his sleeves
fb thwart the giant and the wizard?
Will they be able to stomp the funny frogs, bumbling bears and
trid pigs into the castle grounds and take their rightful place at
3 head of the kingdom or will they be put to sleep indefinitely.
Stay tuned to this channel for more...
Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas
Schools sue over TV contract
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The
question of who owns the lucrative
television rights to collegiate foot
ball — the NCAA or its individual
members — likely will be deter
mined where most property dis
putes end — in a courtroom.
Tuesday, three of the nation’s
most prestigious collegiate foot
ball powers — defending national
champion Georgia, Oklahoma and
Texas — filed suit on behalf of the
61 members of the College Foot
ball Association, seeking a judg
ment on that fundamental ques
tion and asking the courts for pro
tection from punishment from the
NCAA while that question is
being decided.
The NCAA offered no reaction
to the court action, but the schools
did.
“The members of the College
Football Association contend that
each university has a property
right to its own athletic program,’’
said Fred Davison, the president
of the University of Georgia and
chairman of the board of the CFA.
“Unfortunately, the NCAA has
continued to threaten CFA mem
bers individually and collectively
with sanctions affecting not just
football but all sports should a
CFA member elect to participate
in the CFA agreement with NBC.
In view of the NCAA position and
the resulting confusion, it was de
termined that the question of
ownership of a university’s athle
tic program could best be decided
in a court of law.
“It is for that reason that the
University of Oklahoma and the
University of Georgia have filed a
class action suit in federal district
court and the University of Texas
has taken similar action in state
court. The CFA membership
should be free to select the agent it
prefers in the sale of football tele
vision rights without threat of
sanctions.
“Hopefully the courts will re
spond promptly and permit the
CFA universities to continue as
members in good standing in the
NCAA and also have the oppor
tunity to exercise control over the
property right which properly be
longs to each university,” he said.
The CFA is comprised of every
major college football conference
except schools in the Big Ten and
Pac-10. The group also includes
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such independents as Notre
Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh,
Florida State, South Carolina and
West Virginia.
The CFA recently negotiated a
revolutionary four-year, $ 180-
million television contract with
NBC to broadcast games of its
member schools, beginning in
1982. That pact with NBC is sche
duled to run in direct conflict with
a $263-million television package
negotiated recently by the NCAA
with ABC and CBS.
While not offering reaction to
the court suits directly Tuesday,
the NCAA did announce that a
special convention “has been cal
led by the NCAA counsel to con
sider a series of amendments that
would restructure the member
ship of Division I and I-A foot
ball.”
James Frank, president of Lin
coln University in Jefferson City,
Mo., and president of the NCAA,
said the convention would begin
sometime the week of Dec. 6. He
also said the chief executive offic
ers of all Division I institutions —
which include George, Oklahoma
and Texas — had been invited to
attend a special meeting in con
junction with the NCAA’s regular
scheduled gathering of selected
chief executives Sept. 28-29 in
Chicago.
“Any Division I chief executive
interested in attending is welcome
to do so,” said Frank. “We hope a
significant number will be present
to discuss the restructuring prop
osals.”
In Oklahoma City, Dan Gib-
bens, OU’s faculty representative
to the Big Eight Conference, said
Oklahoma entered the federal suit
with Georgia to protect itself and
other CFA members from NCAA
sanctions.
“These suits (in Oklahoma City
and Austin) will hopefully main
tain the status quo until the courts
provide answers to questions ab
out the legality of CFA and NCAA
television arrangements, ” he said.
In Austin, Ronald Brown, vice
president of student affairs at the
University of Texas, said: “We feel
it’s necessary to make sure the
property rights of Texas-Austin
are protected. Out long range goal
is to establish an improved en
vironment for athletics over what
is offered by participation in the
NCAA.”
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