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Page 14 The Battalion Monday, February 13,1989 i FLOWER ^ * MARKET dStVE THRU WINDOW Corner Xexas 8c Rosemary by Casa Tomas Daisies, Tulips ICI. ROXED & More! 846-3441 MasterCard, American Don’t Worry accepted when an accident or sudden illness occurs CarePlus is open when you need them 7 days a week with affordable medical care. Faculty, Staff and Students receive a !0% discount CarePlus^ .h FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER 1712 Southwest Parkway College Station, Texas 77840 (409) 696-0683 Open until 8 p.m. 7 days a week Anderson Bus HOT TIPS FOR YOUR SUCCESS!! BUSINESS ETIQUETTE WQRKSHQP yjSFEB. 15 8 FEB. 16 /&K 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. --SKI Special Presentations FEBRUARY 15 Susan B. 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IT 11 Briarcrest Drive Bryan, TX 776-4375 AH Work Performed by Students Under Supervision of Liscensed Instructors MARKETING It Makes A Good Life Better NATIONAL MARKETING WEEK February 12-19 Sponsored by the Texas A&M American Marketing Association For banquet infornation call 845-6AMA Bright, Cowboys still looking for buyer DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Cow boys have been for sale nearly a year now, but owner H.R. “Bum” Bright’s quest for a buyer shows no signs of coming together. The Wall Street investment firm Salomon Bros, has marketed the team and Cowboys’ president Tex Schramm has scouted out potential owners through his network of NFL contacts. Bright reportedly wants $150 mil lion for the team and its leases on Texas Stadium luxury boxes, but several barriers to the sale persist. NFL teams are no longer looked on as money trees they once were be cause of a flattening of television revenue, higher salaries and two players’ strikes since 1982. The Cow boys haven’t turned a profit since 1986. A potential new owner can’t now predict future player-related costs because owners and players are at an impasse trying to reach a new collec tive bargaining agreement. Several prominent names have surfaced in discussions of a potential Cowboys’ sale, including New York billionaire Robert Tisch, Los An geles billionaire Marvin Davis, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss, Dallas Mavericks owner Donald Car ter. Even an unnamed Japanese bil lionaire has expressed interest in the Cowboys during the past year. “Teams for sale have sat there for a long time,” said Art Modell, who owns the Cleveland Browns and be lieves selling an NFL franchise is a “matter of timing.” “Not everyone wants a football team. There are many other ways to invest $150 million,” he told The Dallas Morning News. “As the prices of NFL teams have increased, a purchase can be more difficult to justify from a bottom-line basis,” Schramm said. “To most busi nessmen, this is the most important gauge they look at when considering the acquisition of property...a foot ball team isn’t going to measure out as well as other business ventures.” Edgar Kaiser bought the Denver Broncos in 1981 for $36 million and sold controlling interest in 1985 for $75 million. Bright hoped fora simi lar return when he bought the Cow boys and Texas Stadium from Clint Murchison in 1984 for $84 million. But the days of rapid appreciation of sports franchises may be over. “Today, neither the league nor the purchasers seem to want to in vest in football solely for the a ciation,” Schramm said. “Therf really no foundation for theappri ciation. You play in stadiumswk the capacity is fixed, and other ements of income are pretty lived The Cowboys finished 3-13 season, but the team’s marketabi could receive a boost from the pi pect of increased ticket sales froi fans eager to see Troy Aikman, UCLA quarterback whom theCoi boys are likely to take in the round of the NFL draft. “Despite their record last sea: they remain one of the most pm nent franchises in all of profession sport,” Modell said. “It’s a matter finding the right man, andthev Id. V They’ll be sold. You need patience, Fort Worth’s Curry fights media after loss GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Af ter losing his boxing title, Fort Worth’s Donald Curry had to suffer verbal jabs, including a suggestion that he quit, during post-fight inter views. The American boxer told report ers after losing to France’s Rene Jac- quot on a 12-round decision that he just was worn down, but others said Curry’s problems in the ring seemed mucb more serious. Promoter Bob Arum, the presi dent of Top Rank, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Jacquot’s future looks bright, but his advice for Curry was less encouraging. “He should retire,” Arum said. “He should have quit after the Mc- Callum Fight.” Curry’s First bid for the 154- pound title ended in a one-punch, Fifth-round knockout delivered by then-World Boxing Association ju nior middleweight champion Mike McCallum in July 1987. Curry had won four Fights since, but Arum re mained unimpressed. “He doesn’t have it anymore,” Arum said of Curry, whom he used to bill as the “best boxer, pound-for- pound in the world” during Curry’s reign as undisputed welterweight (147-pound) champion. “And even if he does come back and beat a con tender, where’s the kid going with his career?” Jacquot’s victory was hailed as one ol the biggest upsets in me History ot French sport. Jacquot thought otherwise. He pointed to his head and said, “I knew that Donald Curry was a better Fighter than I am, but in my mind I was the strongest Fighter in the world. When I wanted to become world champion, I did it. So it is not an upset in my mind.” Asked about a rematch 20 min utes later, Jacquot said, “Yes, I can give it to him. But I know now that Donald Curry is not the best man in the world. And I want to fight in the United States — that has always been a big dream for me.” Jacquot’s dream was Curry’s nightmare. “I’m all right,” Curry said to trainer Paul Reyes moments after sitting down in the dressing room. “I just got tired.” He weakly slapped Fives with Ak- bar Muhammad, the executive vice president of Top Rank, Inc., and his representative. Curry then asked if he could lay down. “I’m all right,” he repeated. “Guy just wore me down.” “Tell you what,” Muhammad said. “You’ve had a helluva run. Two- time champ. You should go back home and decide what you want to do.” Lying on his back, eyes closed, Curry said quietly: “One more go. I’ll Fight him again.” Curry was asked about hehadft during training camp. “1 felt I was in the best condb: in my whole life,” said Curry, like Jacquot is 27. “The seveni eighth, ninth rounds ... my went. I just got tired. Then aboultl 10th round, 1 really got tired, winded.” Reyes, who has been at Curr side for 19 years, began to pie with the champ to pick up) his pace: the corner after the lOtb round Reyes told the Fort Worth 5a Telegram that he was disappoint for Curry. “Maybe Don took lightly. Only he can answer that 1 don’t feel that bad because gave it all he could.” TANK MCNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hind A .|dM--MlTTlKlG» BACKUP CATCHFR JL^T MAP Ml5> SALARY TR\PF£P WH&PE potmen AP&ITPATOP^ come FfiOM, ANYWAY ? The Bat E Monde By Staci ENTER!/ For chi tory cai S arnes. 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