THE BATTALION Page 13 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 Have you ever been to... 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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. 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