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dson didn’t let his presence deter
m from coming to A&M.
■ “I don’t think you can be success
ful if you think like that,” Richard-
Bm said.
“To tell you the truth, I knew who
was and I knew that he was a
eat quarterback coming out of
h school, but he had never played
fore in the college ranks,” he said,
hat’s really all you can ask for.
Jiy school you go to, there’s going
<: ^begood players — anywhere.”
Richardson, who got the nick-
vely, and of our players,” Amedee
said. “Our players feel very comfort
able with him. They feel he’s a guy
they can depend on, a young guy
who’s very tough. He takes charge
and that’s what they like about him.”
me Bucky from a Little League
ch who “said I looked like a
cky,” knows that quarterback is a
dership position and that as a
:shman he must work to earn the
ipect of his teammates.
Being a quarterback, you have to
— ept the role of being a leader,” lie
not really imp, j “You have to get people’s re-
ct through your actions. You
1’t ask for respect. So if you go out
--gd play good, people are going to
1 it more t; 5 pectyou. And that’s what I try to
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Because of his ability, attitude and
le of play, his teammates are
irning to respect the 18-year-old
ishman.
“1 think he’s caught the eye of all
Although he had an impressive
debut, Richardson knows it is too
early to judge his overall talent as a
quarterback.
“It’s really too early to tell,” he
said. “I’ve been in one time. The
next time I go in, I might do horrible
— throw three interceptions and
fumble twice and not move the team
at all. It’s just one of those deals
where I can’t set my year on this one
play.
“I have to come in and prove my
self. I’m not a proven quarterback. I
haven’t done anything to prove to
the people I can play quarterback.
I’m just going to go out there when
they call my name and do the best I
can.”
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By Doug Hall
Assistant Sports Editor
It’s day 11 of the NFL strike and
|ings are starting to get NASTY.
What with union players slowly
it surely beginning to cross the
cket line, and
i t h the
FLPA threat-
g to “thwart”
weekend’s
placement games, and with the
Yorkjet’s Mark Gastineau scuf-
ng with union teammates, it’s
king like an old-fashioned rhu-
rb.
Viewpoint
But if there’s one certainty
Hi nongst all the turmoil, it’s that
ne Upshaw, the NFLPA’s head
honcho, had better read the hand
writing on the wall.
That writing, in clear and bold
words, is that it’s time to stop criss
crossing the country and chatting
with disgruntled union players. It’s
time to negotiate and get something
accomplished.
And that piece of advice is not
coming solely from sportswriters
and fans across the country. It’s
coming from NFL players like Dal
las’ Danny White, Tony Dorsett and
Randy White. And from Pittsburgh’s
Mike Webster. And from St. Louis’
Roy Green. And from some 40 other
union players who have crossed the
picket line.
More players are expected to
cross the line today in order to be eli
gible for Sunday’s replacement
games.
Danny White said he decided to
go back to work on Thursday after
he heard Upshaw say, “the union is
in for the long haul.”
“I realized then and there that he
(Upshaw) wasn’t representing me,”
White said.
Both White and running back
Dorsett, who was less than enthusias
tic about crossing a picket line he
strongly supported at the strike’s
outset, have experienced financial
troubles over the past several years.
Financial problems or not, White
hit the nail on the head when he said
that Upshaw wasn’t representing his
views.
Other NFL players across the na
tion have said the same thing, only in
milder terms that don’t mention Up
shaw’s name.
Buffalo Bill’s quarterback Jim
Kelly said Thursday night during an
ESPN interview that he doesn’t want
to strike. Nor do his teammates.
They, however, are still supporting
_ the picket line.
But how long will the Bills, and
players from other teams alike, con
tinue to hold out and lose money.
If Thursday’s events are any indi-
cation of things to come, they aren’t
going to hold out quite as long as
Upshaw would like.
Why is the union’s stance weak
ening? It’s very simple. The NFLPA
went to the proverbial well one too
many times.
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