NFL players against
‘single-business’ plan
United Press International
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —
The National Football League
Players’ Association, holding its
annual convention this week,
opposes an effort by league offi
cials and team owners to obtain
what the union calls an antitrust
exemption.
Ed Garvey, executive dire
ctor of the NFLPA, said the
league’s attempt to be declared a
“single business entity” instead
of 28 separate teams was anti
consumer and antilabor.
A resolution adopted by the
NFLPA Board of Player Repre
sentatives said the exemption
would allow the owners to set
“exorbitant league-wide ticket
prices,” change the televising of
games from networks to pay TV
and move franchises “at the
whim of the commissioner or
any owner.”
Garvey said the NFL failed in
efforts to obtain the single
business declaration through
the courts.
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they’re going back to Congress,”
he said Monday. “Our position is
that it would hurt the public and
hurt the players.”
NFL Commissioner Pete
Rozelle, speaking Monday dur
ing the owners’ meeting in
Phoenix, said that he hoped the
legislation would be introduced
within two weeks.
Rozelle said the league was
not seeking an antitrust exemp
tion, “but we are seeking the
same treatment as a multi
faceted company.”
Garvey said the resolution
opposing the plan was being
signed by players at the conven
tion and would be presented to
Congress. He said the NFLPA
had been assured by some con
gressmen that full hearings
would be held when the propos
al is introduced.
The NFLPA convention,
which began Monday, comes in
the middle of negotiations be
tween the players and owners.
The two sides have met twice
this year and are expected to
meet again early next month.
The current contract expires
July 15.
Garvey, calling the talks the
“most important bargaining ses
sion in the history of sports,”
said the NFLPA wants 55 per
cent of the league’s gross re
venues and negotiations on such
issues as free agency, life insur
ance and retirement and the eli
mination of artificial turf.
He urged the more than 500
association members at the con
vention to remain united and
support the union leadership
during the negotiations.
“Everyone in this room is
committed to getting you the be
nefits you deserve,” he said.
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. —
Every manager has a favorite
ballplayer, only he usually will
never say who it is.
He doesn’t want to alienate
the rest of his players or get their
noses out of joint.
Tony LaRussa isn’t looking to
do that with his Chicago White
Sox. He’s likes togetherness, too,
but every now and then he
admits he develops a special
feeling for some particular play
er or other.
“I do have favorites,” he says.
“I get to where I think more of
some of my guys than others.
The more they contribute to the
ballclub, the more I get to like
them. I’ll tell you one of my favo
rites — Mike Squires. I say that
for a lot of reasons. I appreciate
the way he comes to the ballpark
ready to play every day.
“He understands the various
aspects of the game and he
it hasn’t been easy for in the big
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the American League in 1981.
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the plate, though. He did great
the first half of the season, hit
ting .312. Then came the strike
and he nose-dived to .214 dur
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“I guarantee that you’ll be
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