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UT to probe media allegations lANIi Lawyers hired to investigate 'Horn football AUSTIN (AP) — University of Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds said Wednesday that a law firm has been hired by the school to “get to the bottom of any alleged vio lations” of NCAA rules by Longhorn football players. Dodds said the move is in re sponse to reports in the Dallas Morning News and Austin Ameri- can-Statesman alleging NCAA rules were violated by players, coaches and boosters. “The University of Texas will use the services of Vinson and Elkins, a law firm in Houston, to investigate this for the university,” Dodds said. “We’ll keep the NCAA informed at all times of what our findings are and we will be working in cooper ation with the NCAA on the matter until it’s resolved,” he said. In its Wednesday editions, the American-Statesman reported that John Fainter Jr., the lawyer hired by the school to investigate fund-raising events during Fred Akers’ nine years as head football coach, has contrib uted more than $20,000 to a Long horn booster organization. Fainter, an Austin lawyer and for mer Texas secretary of state, was hired by the university last spring to examine alleged improprieties re lated to fund-raising barbecues and golf tournaments. The barbecues were sponsored to raise money for Akers’ assistant coaches and the money from the golf tournaments in several Texas cities was used to underwrite Akers’ weekly television show. Painter’s verbal report in January to UT officials exonerated Akers of any wrongdoing, the American- Statesman said. Dodds said Fainter was paid about $7,000 for his work. Fainter, a UT law graduate and chairman of Gov. Mark White’s re- election campaign, has been a mem ber of the Texas Longhorn Educa tion Foundation since it was orga nized in 1980 to raise money for UT athletic scholarships. Fainter told the American-States man he did not see that his mem bership in the foundation caused any conflict of interest with his being hired to investigate fund raising. He said he does not know the ex act amount he has contributed as a member of the tax-exempt founda tion but annual dues were $3,000 a year until they were raised to $4,000 this year. John Sutton, a UT law professor UT’s Bret Stafford (10) pleads for quiet against A&M last season. However, now Stafford may be who was a reporter for the American Bar Association committee that wrote the national association’s code of legal ethics, said he could see no professional problem with Painter’s involvement in the investigation. In a copyright right story Wednesday, the News reported that sports agents and UT boosters gave Longhorn football players cash, li quor, meals, free dental and legal services and discounts at apart ments. Seven of the 11 former Longhorn players who admitted accepting money said they established long term relationships with boosters who they called their “sugar daddies” or “sweet daddies.” In two months of interviews with 28 former Texas players, whose ca reers spanned 1978 to 1985, II told the News they accepted cash pay ments while they played football at Texas. In some cases the payments totaled more than $10,000. Such gift-giving would be viola tions of the NCAA extra-benefit rules. Akers, interviewed by the News in his Austin office on Friday, said he was unaware his players had re ceived benefits beyond the tuition, room, board and books provided In their athletic scholarships. “I am really, I am surprised,” Ak ers said. “I am surprised, and I in tend to turn this over to the NCAA.” Tony Degrate, who signed re cently with the T ampa Bay Bucca neers of the National Football League, said his relationships with alumni didn’t begin in earnest until his senior year, when he won the Vince Lombardi Award as the na tion’s outstanding college lineman. “My senior year just got hotter and hotter,” Degrate said. “From alumni walking up to me in the locker room, to my room, shaking my hand and giving me a hill (money).” The News reported Sunday that some players had sold complimen tary game tickets to boosters for in flated prices. Dr. Norman Mason, an Austin || DALI jlrzyzeys Bach Four, sau l ied abou ■ “I’m t( sure and onto it,” phone n other thr ■ “I tal Bobby K get prepc The tc two-poin sas Satur ville and Kina Stai Photo bv John MiM I h e b ; The sun asking to quiet the noise being made by themedii NCAA ' over Texas’ alleged NCAA rule violations. 8:12 p.m ffi Krzyzt ^■evils ha Ibut of th< “I dot LSU I bah Dale Bn I “1 km Sampson-less Rockets sock Pacers, 110-101 NBA Roundup INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Akeem Olajuwon scored eight of his 27 points in the final two minutes and pulled down 21 rebounds Wednes day night as the Houston Rockets, playing their first game without in jured Ralph Sampson, rallied to a 110-101 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Sampson, the Rockets’ 7-foot-4 center who had averaged 19.5 points a game, injured his back in a fall at Boston on Monday night, and is ex pected to be out at least one more game. The Pacers built leads of 10 points in the first half and still were ahead by seven midway through the final period before Houston scored eight unanswered points. Indiana’s last lead was at 101-100 on a free throw by Wayman Tisdale with 1:53 to go. Olajuwon then put Houston ahead to stay. Tisdale was called for a three-second lane violation, and Robert Reid, who backed Olajuwon with 21 points, put Houston on top 104-101. Bullets 120, Mavericks 112 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Dan Roundfield scored Washington’s fi nal eight points in the third quarter to help squelch a Dallas comeback Wednesday night, and the Bullets went on to defeat the Mavericks 120- 112. The victory, the third in four games under new coach Kevin Loughery, clinched a playoff spot for the Bullets for the 16th time in 18 years. Only the Los Angeles Lakers have equalled that mark dur ing a similar span. Other Wednesday Scores: (home team in capitals) BOSTON 121 Milwaukee 115 Cleveland 110 NEW JERSEY 108 PHILADELPHIA 112 Atlanta 103 Denver at UTAH (late) Seattle at PHOENIX (late) San Antonio at L.A. CLIPPERS (late) dentist who in 1977 foundedaU professionals’ organization lo friend black UT football pfcwL, s.ml he and some colltMiiueiS| 0Iie u ' pi t >\ H !<•( I her lrn.il. medical ve i dental services to some blackl» we ve ie playei s ^^st shot Many of the players would had no other way to pay ford servic es. Mason said. “To some extent, I havedi some extensive treatment (onpll ers), hut it is not a situation Kill I’m just giving away services,"Ma told the Associated Press Wcdn <l.i' I m.idr some type ot^Kiis,” H rangements with them wherebjM magical have paid me h.nk It mav notbBig-" been in terms of money, butinl The kind services." lii ves tf I exas hoostei Jon Leer, whoiBfted hi is a prolessional sports agenh? nal Fou acknowledged that he gave pla«l Saturda money. the Nets s said. ville “Yeah. I v iolated \LAArules,®iampi( please don i pm i hat (in thenewi|H “We’t per). You don’t understand h<M “Maybe pot taut football is to this town.M but that’ ruin me in Austin. 11 really will,’ His pi H “The forward keep up . . f we have coach to stress » > grades at UTSi seeminp SAN ANT ONIO (AP) - t Ta'h''a Burmeister. an assistant at thelj versity of Arizona for three ve*!* was appointed head basketball col Weehiesda\ .it the University Texas at San Antonio. Burmeister, 38, considered out New basketbo the nation's top recruiters, repk' down tf HOU Don Eddy , who resigned Feb." Houstot Leading 50-48 at halftime, after Dallas shot only 36 percent from the floor, the Bullets opened up a 61-52 lead early in the third period. Cliff Robinson, who also scored eight points in the third period, fin ished with 21, and Gus Williams had 15. Eddy stepped down after anj ton Chr vestigation was launched into at® Ravel cident in whic h he shoved aM second during a game. told the Burmeister, who graduated^ of his d< St. Mary’s University of San Ani«B B ut ■ in 1971. said the emphasis in hisfl inforrr gram will he cm academics, Wedne; “I have the strong beliefthailB a l on 1 will recruit student-athletes emphasis on the student first,wee meistersaid. 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