Thursday, September 8, 1988/The Battalion/Page 15
erzeg resigns as Oiler GM
wner Adams says he won’t accept decision
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston
iler General Manager Ladd Her-
:g,embroiled in a paternity suit, re
el Wednesday but the NFL
s owner, Bud Adams, refused
i accept Herzeg’s decision to step
awn.
“I submitted my resignation from
^^■Lmston Oilers as executive vice
RHclent and general manager on
^^Rasis of a very personal and pri-
ite matter,” Herzeg said in a
fnent read by his attorney, Steve
fnejerwood.
^Because of the public nature of
iy position, I felt it was in every-
ne’s best interest to revert to being
private citizen rather than remain-
■ public figure.”
Blit Acjams said in a statement
Tad by Oiler Director of Adminis-
ation Rick Nichols, that he would
not accept Herzeg’s resignation.
“I have respectfully refused to ac
cept his resignation and have asked
him to continue to execute his duties'
as executive vice president and gen
eral manager of the Houston Oil
ers,” Adams said.
“I consider this a very personal
matter and will treat it as such. I am
fully supportive of Ladd.”
The disclosure of Herzeg’s plan to
resign came earlier Wednesday from
Underwood during a paternity law
suit brought against Herzeg by
Joann DiNicola.
State District Judge Thomas
Stansbury in Rosenberg, southwest
of Houston, awarded Miss DiNicola
$3,000 per month in child support
and an undetermined amount of
money for the child’s medical insur
ance policy.
Miss DiNicola testified she re
ceived $1,500 monthly from Herzeg
and had lived for the past four years
in a townhouse owned by Herzeg.
The child was born Sept. 13,
1987.
“1 have a daughter who I love very
much named Megan Diane who was
conceived and born while Kathy (his
wife) and I were separated,” Herzeg
said in his prepared statement.
“Kathy and her family have been ex
tremely supportive of me and Me
gan prior to and after her birth.”
Herzeg said he had agreed to re
port to work on a day-to-day basis.
“I will treat this issue as a personal
matter and make no further com
ment,” he said.
Miss DiNicola testified she no
longer felt secure living at the town-
house.
She obtained a restraining order
Aug. 3 after claiming Herzeg came
to her home and took some of her
personal belongings.
On another occasion, she said
Herzeg called her from his car tele
phone and said he would drive
through her garage if she didn’t al
low him to enter her home.
Miss DiNicola also testified Her
zeg had promised to marry her after
he divorced his wife.
Miss DiNicola, a former Pan
American airlines flight attendant,
retained custody of the child.
Herzeg, starting his 13th season
with the Oilers, has gained a reputa
tion as a tough negotiator on player
contracts and frequently has been in
volved in standoffs with player
agents.
ramm gets rights to buy Cowboys
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dockattt IRVING (AP) — If you have $100 million to
ffiM'e and want to own an NFL franchise, call
■ ■! Street where Salomon Brothers Inc. of New
M (, ° r ^ can P ut a deal together for the Dallas
V I I Cowboys.
Hex Schramm, club president of the Cowboys,
I Hretained the Wall Street-based investment
Hung firm as exclusive financial advisor, Salo-
noji Brothers announced Wednesday.
^fctramm said Wednesday he has been
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together whose interests were to see the Cow
boys’ success, rather than a pure business invest
ment by somebody.
“So he in turn suggested this alternative, and
the Salomon brothers were very, very interested
in their part in putting together an investment
group.”
Bright had no comment, refusing to return a
telephone call from the Associated Press.
Schramm said the sale could be to one person
or to a group of investors.
“The most important thing is getting the right
people or right person,” he said. “I would love
for that to be someone from Texas, but right
now the economy is not conducive for that to
happen. So we might have to sell from someone
outside the area, but it would be to someone who
has the Cowboys at heart and isn’t making a
speculative investment.”
Schramm said Salomon was contacted about
three weeks ago. He said he and Bright dis
cussed doing it last spring.
“There probably won’t be any quick sale,”
Schramm said. “You could have a letter of un
derstanding in 30 days, but it still could take a
long time for the sale to be Finalized.”
Bright suffered big losses in the Texas oil and
real-estate bust. Forbes Magazine estimated his
personal worth fell from $600 million to $300
million.
He lost $26 million during the past year be
cause of the collapse of First RepublicBank
Corp. His Bright Banc Savings Association
needs a cash flow.
Bright was asking approximately $100 million
for the f ranchise, $50 million for Texas Stadium
operations, $20 million for the team’s Valley
Ranch headquarters, and the assumption of $34
million in team-related debt.
Metcalf suspended
for season opener
AUSTIN (AP) — University of
Texas tailback Eric Metcalf, the
key to the Longhorn offense, said
he was “shocked” to learn of his
ineligibility to play Thursday
night against Brigham Young.
Metcalf, a senior who ran for
1,925 all-purpose yards last year,
learned Wednesday morning of
his ineligibility, due to a minor
rules infraction reported to the
National Collegiate Athletic Asso
ciation by UT.
“I was shocked because after
we had talked to everyone
(NCAA people), and while we
were waiting for a decision, (I
felt) that I had a good chance of
being able to play this week,”
Metcalf said.
“But as soon as they came on
the phone and said I wasn’t going
to be able to play, I was shocked.”
Metcalf said he accepted
money from the UT athletic de
partment to pay for summer
school this year, then did not at
tend either summer session.
“It was a minor mistake and
the money was paid back to the
university out of his own pocket.
Still, it is a violation. We turn in
all violations to the NCAA and
will continue to do so,” said Ath
letic Director DeLoss Dodds.
Metcalf, in an interview with
KVUE-TV in Austin, said on
June 1, the UT athletic depart
ment gave him a $760 check for
one session of summer school. He
decided he would not go to the
first session, then in mid-July he
decided he would not go to the
second session.
On July 13, Metcalf was told by
the athletic department to pay the
money back. He says he finished
paying the money back Sept. 1
Metcalf was contacted by re
porters Wednesday afternoon on
campus near the football dormi
tory. He was with former Heis-
man trophy winner Earl Camp
bell, a special assistant to the UT
vice president of student affairs.
“I feel that we’re both (Metcalf
and the athletic department) to
blame for this. They said I could
have the money so I took the
money,” Metcalf said.
“If I wouldn’t have taken the
money, there would be no prob
lem. If they wouldn’t have given
me the money, there would be no
problem.
“It’s a two-way street,” Metcalf
said.
Upon deplaning at Salt Lake
City International Airport on
Wednesday, Coach David McWil
liams said Metcalf would be ineli
gible for the BYU game and thus
would not be going to Provo.
“I’m disappointed for Eric. I
think the penalty is a little stiffer
than it should be,” McWilliams
said.
He said Metcalfs absence from
the BYU game would probably
hurt his quest for the Heisman
Trophy. “I hope they won’t use
that against him, but I am not
going to sit here and say it doesn’t
hurt because it does,” McWilliams
said.
He has touted Metcalf, a 5-
foot-9-inch 178-pound senior, as
a candidate for the trophy.
McWilliams said team mem
bers are confused and angry
about the decision because they
believe Metcalf, the son of former
pro football star Terry Metcalf,
would not intentionally violate
NCAA regulations.
He said he talked to Metcalf by
telephone while on the flight to
Utah at about 11:15 a.m. CDT,
and Metcalf told his coach he had
been called by the NCAA and
been told he would be ineligible.
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