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Strike nears;
Talks cease;
What’s next?
Associated Press -
NEW YORK — The baseball players’ union formally rejected the own-
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ers’ latest contract proposal Wednesday and charged management with be
ing “deceitful” and “so lacking in integrity as to be unbelievable.”
With an Aug. 6 strike date looming, no new talks were scheduled be
tween major league players and their club owners, who have been meeting
since last November to replace a contract that expired Dec. 31. The two
sides said they would speak on Thursday to determine when and if talks
would be resumed.
Don Fehr, acting executive director of the Major League Players Asso
ciation, said that “in essence we told them what we believe to be true, that is
that this proposal was made with the knowledge that it very probably would
drive the parties further apart.”
In a rare appearance at the post-talks briefing, former union chief Mar
vin Miller, now an adviser to the union, accused the owners of bargaining
deceitfully on the issue of player pensions, a key item in these talks.
Miller said that five years ago, when the current pension plan was nego
tiated, the two sides agreed that whatever was negotiated in 1985 would be
retroactive in 1984. He said he now found that to be untrue.
Miller said that Lee MacPhail, the owners’ chief bargainer, then with
drew the proposal. MacPhail, however, later said that was untrue and that
the owners were willing to make their pension proposal retroactive to 1984.
The owners made their pension proposal Tuesday, tying it to a hedge
against inflation of player salaries. The players have been asking an annual
pension contribution of $60 million, or about one-third of baseball’s annual
income from a network TV contract that went into effect in 1984. The own
ers’ 1984 contribution was $15.5 million, and they have offered an increase
of about $10 million to $25 million.
At the same time, however, owners said that their primary concern was
to make the game financially stable. Owners project that salaries may in
crease no more than a total of $13 million annually through 1988 to break
even. So, owners asked that for every $1 million over $13 million that sala
ries increase each year, $1 million would be subtracted from the pension
contribution.
The owners themselves predict annual salary increases of $34 million,
but they also have a salary arbitration proposal on the table that might de
crease that figure. Under the plan, if salaries did increase by $34 million,
the owners would reduce their pension contribution by $21 million to $4
million. If players salaries increased by as much as $38 million in a year, the
owners’ pension contribution would go down to nothing.
Martial arts expert warns of warm-ups
By ED CASSAVOY
Sports Writer
Dr. Michael Trulson, a neuro
biology professor at Texas A&M
and a third-degree black belt
holder in the martial arts, says
some sports warm-up exercises
might do more harm than good
to someone.
“I go around the country and
see many workouts,” Trulson
says. “I see types of exercise that
have been done for years and
years, that can cause damage (to
the body).”
Trulson says exercises such as
leg lifts, used to strengthen the
calf and thigh muscles, could also
cause serious damage to the lower
back.
“We’ve learned recently there’s
a muscle attached to the lumbar
segments (lower back),” Trulson
says, “and then goes down the leg
and connects with the upper leg
bone (femur).
“Keeping the knees straight
and then lifting squeezes together
the lumbar segments. Do this re
peatedly and it can lead to dam
age to the discs in the vertebrae.
You could end up with damage to
the lower back.”
Trulson says backward sit ups
can cause the same type of back
damage.
“Number one, it doesn’t do
much good,” Trulson says. “Do
these exercises every day and
you’ll get a lot of problems.
“Plus, you waste time (doing
the exercise), while doing perma
nent damage to your back.”
Trulson says the problem re
ceives little attention because it
takes years for the information
covered in recent sports text
books to trickle down to the huge
number of schools and instruc-
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“Unfortunately, a lot of schools
still do it,” Trulson says, “and will
continue to do it.”
A&M marital arts instructor Dr. Michael
Trulson (above) says warm-up exercises
can be hazardous —“I go around the coun
try and see many workouts. I see types of
exercise that have been done for years and
years, that can cause damage (to the body).”
Kelly says Gamblers
Dallas' No. 1 draff pick becoming No. 1 disappointment
dealt to New Jersey
Associated Press
Associated Press
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. —Ke
vin Brooks, the Dallas Cowboys’
first-round draft pick, isn’t winning
many friends in the early part of
training camp, but three other rook
ies are making the coaches happy.
Brooks, a defensive tackle, has
been fined for being late to a meet
ing and has greeted interview re
quests with less than bubbling enthu-
siam. He’s missed several practices
with various ailments. His latest
complaint was a groin pull.
Also, he’s miffed some of his
rookie teammates including room
mate Tony Champion, who moved
out.
While Brooks has yet to perform
on the field commenserate with his
$1.4 million contract, three other
rookies have done well.
Leon “Speedy” Gonzalez, an
eighth-round draft pick at wide re
ceiver from Bethune Cookman, has
“While (Dallas rookie de-
fensice tackle Kevin)
Brooks has yet to perform
on the field commense
rate with his $1.4 million
contract, three other
rookies have done well. ”
been sensational.
“He just keeps getting better,”
said Cowboy Head Coach Tom
Landry. “We’ve got to find out if he
can do it against competition, but
he’s looked great in practice.”
Guard Crawford “Crawdaddy”
Kerr of Florida, the 290-pound
third-round draft pick, has shoved
defensive players and has offensive
line coach Jim Myers beaming.
“Crawford has been what we
hoped he would be — dominating,”
Myers said. “He’s been tough for the
defensive linemen to handle.”
Linebacker Jesse Penn, the sec
ond-round draft choice, has leveled
off somewhat recently, but line
backer coach Jerry Tubbs said,
“We’ve been pleased with what we’ve
seen.”
Tubbs said Penn’s performance
dropped a little “because it’s easy to
get confused when you have so
many things thrown at you so fast.”
World-class sprinter Mel Lattany
has had his moments at wide re
ceiver, but still has trouble adjusting
to the ball.
“That’s to be expected,” Landry
said. “He’s been out of football since
he was a senior in high school. He’s
done pretty well when you consider
that. I can tell you one thing, you’d
better cover him deep because he
can fly.”
Other rookies who have had their
moments include fullback Gary Wil
kins and running back Robert Lav-
ette, an All-Southeastern Confer
ence performer at Georgia Tech.
Wilkins started off fast but his
production dropped dramatically
once the veterans arrived.
Landry joins IRS quest for Dorsetfs money by imposing fine
Associated Press
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.
Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Tom
Landry said Wednesday he has de
cided to start fining missing tailback
Tony Dorsett $1,000 per day for not
reporting to the National Football
League team’s training camp.
Landry said the fines against Dor-
sett, who was due to report to camp
last week, were effective as of Tues
day night. Dorsett still had not re
ported as~ of Wednesday evening
and was not expected.
Dorsett owes the Internal Reve
nue Service $414,000 in back taxes,
penalties and interest and has yet to
show for camp while he tries to ne
gotiate a better contract. His dead
line for reporting to camp was last
Thursday night, but team officials at
the time granted him an extension to
help him iron out his affairs.
NEW YORK — Reports that the
New Jersey Generals and Houston
Gamblers of the United States Foot
ball League would merge were re
kindled Wednesday after the league
announced a news conference to
feature owners of the two teams.
“I heard it was all signed, sealed
and delivered,” said Gamblers quar
terback Jim Kelly from his home in
Houston, when asked if a merger
was the reason for Thursday news
conference in New York.
“We’re going to be playing in New
Jersey. I heard it from different in
dividuals,” acknowledging that his
sources were in the Gamblers’ front
office.
The league said in a release an
nouncing the conference that Don
ald Trump, owner of the Generals,
and Steve Ross, head of a group
which last week agreed to buy the
Gamblers, will “announce details of
their teams’ future.”
It also said that Harry Usher, the
USFL commissioner, had called the
conference.
Bob Rose, a public relations
spokesman for the league, said he
“could not confirm or deny” any
merger.
A merger of the Generals and
Gamblers was among the options
mentioned when Ross, a New York
developer, and four other business
men agreed to buy the financially
strapped Gamblers from Jerryli;
govitz and two partners.
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Ross said at the time thatamerj;
might be difficult, but Trump if
described by a spokesman as calliit
the idea intriguing.
Ross said his other options weretf
keep the team in Houston oi movt|
to another city. New York and Ste
Stadium, which was abandoned It
the National Football League's Ntil
York lets, was prominently met
tioned.
The Generals, one of the few suc
cessful USFL franchises, plays K
home games in New Jersey's Mead
owlands, about a 20 minute dri't
from mid-Manhattan. The stadiui!
also is home for the NFL’s New Yorl
Giants and Jets, and there couldbt
scheduling problems since the USFl
is switching from a spring-summet
schedule to a fall format next year, j:
The Generals were quarteroackeui
through most of last season by
Flutie, the Heisman Trophy winneil
from Boston College. Recent speni
lation of a merger raised question!
about whether Flutie or Kelly wool
be the first string quarterback.
Bob Woolf, Flutie’s agent, said i
Boston that when he asked Trumfj
about rumors of the merger, tlic
Generals owner acknowledged tlif
possibility but “he was not surewhi
it means in relation to Doug Flutie.'
Woolf said Flutie had not bee
told of the news conference.
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