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Sports Writer
Ray, babe, tell me it isn’t so.
Sports fans and avid soap opera
watchers must be equally engrossed
with “The Saga of Ray Childress,”
the man who cannot get enough.
For those people who haven’t fol
lowed every twist of Ray’s negotiat
ing plan, I’ve got the whole conver
sation down on tape.
“Hey dad,” Childress yells, “um,
do you still need someone to drive
that construction truck for $100,000
a year, plus a signing bonus.”
Papa Childress says, “What the
hell are you talking about? Get me
another beer and get yourself a real
job.
“What do you think I sent you to
college for, to play games?”
Childress answers with a slight
whine in his voice, “Well dad, as a
matter of fact, I was playing a little
football in College Station, but, gee,
those guys in the National Football
League are kinda being mean to
me.”
“I was the Houston Oilers’ first-
round draft pick,” Childress contin
ues, “and I do deserve something for
being their favorite guy of’85.
“All I asked for was a lousy con
tract that was better than Dean
Steinkuhler’s (he was the Oiler’s No.
1 pick in last year’s draft). He got
$2.6 mill over four years, so why
can’t I get a little more?”
“Listen son,” says the elder Chil
dress with a sigh, “just sign will ya.
“I’m getting tired of all those news
guys writing all kinds of rotten
things about you. Hey, where’s my
beer?”
Ray says, “Dad, my agent says I’ve
got them where we want them and
I’m asking for 20 percent more than
Dean’s contract calls for. Isn’t it ex
citing?
“Like, so what that I haven’t
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DALLAS — Southern Methodist
could receive a crippling blow to its
football program if the NCAA takes
away the Mustangs’ scholarships,
Head Coach Bobby Collins said
Tuesday.
In an interview at the Texas High
School Coaches Association, Collins
said, “A loss of scholarships could be
devastating.”
A 26-month investigation into the
Mustangs’ football program is now
in the appeal stage with the full
NCAA Council weighing the evi
dence. The panel meets in mid-Au
gust in Boston with a verdict ex
pected by early September.
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Mustangs would include loss of
scholarships for a year and no tele
vision or bowl appearances.
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and football will suffer,” he said.
“SMU has been under a fine
looking glass now for a number of
years and it has definitely hurt our
program, but there’s no way we’ll
ever know how much,” Collins said.
on the specific NCAA charges, but
admitted “it doesn’t look favorable.”
He said he would feel “directly re
sponsible,” if something happens to
the Mustang program.
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said. “I’ve never tried to duck that
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Papa Childress retorts, “Listen
son, first of all your mother has
about 5,000 of those posters in our
closet, so don’t mention that around
her, OK?
“Second of all Ray, your agent
(Joe Courrage) just decide to take a
vacation to god knows where.
Doesn’t that kind of concern you?”
Childress says, “Geez dad. Joe’s
tired. Don’t you realized how much
it takes out of someone to keep say
ing ‘no way,’ ‘no comment,’ and ‘Ray
can always work in construction’ all
the time? Joe’s a sensitive guy and it
hurts him.”
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“Son,” Papa Childress says, “all I
know is that your mother is kind of
worried about the whole thing, be
cause we’re not sure you can handle
all that cash. And we’re beginning to
think you like negotiating more than
playing football. Your Uncle Jerry
called you a wimp yesterday when
we went bowling.”
Childress reacts angrily, “I AM
NOT!, I AM NOT!, I AM NOT!,”
stamping his feet on his hard hat un
til it looks like a shattered egg shell.
“I just want what I deserve.”
Papa Childress says with another
deep sigh, “Son, I have a feeling that
you might just get your wish.
“And, hey, where’s my beer?”
Bill Madlock says fans, at least the ones in Pittsburgh, won’t care if maf!
league baseball players go on strike. Dale Murphy says fans will be ufif.
And Jack Morris says the fans just don’t understand.
With the strike deadline seven days away, set for Aug. 6, some plait:
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say a walkout could be a double-edged sword — something they need to
but something that could hurt them in the long run.
“The fans will definitely look at the players for the blame,” said Tt*
Brunansky of the Minnesota Twins. “We’re in a no-win situation.”
“If we end up striking, for what we feel we deserve, the fans will hatet'
but at the same time we end up cutting our own throats if we don’t stnlt
We have to protect ourselves.
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for them.”
Madlock, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, agreed that a strike would givellt
players a black eye.
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fans don’t think of us as heroes anymore. We’re thought of as money hm
gry drug users.
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strike.”
Several players said they know how fans would react if there was
strike, such as the one in 1981 that interrupted the season for seven week
They predict fans will not be very tolerant if the players, whose average a'
ary is around $350,000, go on strike.
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phy. “It’s ridiculous. If we don’t work it out, I’ll be very upset because I’m
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