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Smith’s allegations, published by the Dallas Morning Newsin Novem ber 1988, said that Sherrill and the athletic department wanted him to stay quiet about past recruiting viola tions. Smith played the 1982 and ’83 seasons at A&M before transferring to Clemson University in 1984. Smith recanted on the allegations the next day, saying that he had lied to boost the sales of a forthcoming book and that the payments made to him were loans instead of “hush money.” The loans were not consid ered an NCAA violation. Smith said he received the last payment of $500 on Sept. 13, 1988, four days after the NCAA placed the A&M football program on two years probation. Citing 25 violations of NCAA rules, the Committee on In fractions prohibited the Aggies from participating in post-season play for one year ds well as cutting the pro gram’s scholarships and recruiting visits. The football program will remain on probation until September 1990 and will be subject to the death pen alty for further NCAA violations un til that time. There will be no sanc tions in effect for the current young man from reporting intorma- tion to the NCAA,” Berst’s letter said. fol. The letter continued that the en forcement staff conducted inter views, including several with Smith, but the information developed did not appear sufficiently reliable or substantial to allege violations of NCAA rules. “Accordingly, it appears appro priate for the NCAA’s inquiries re garding this matter to be termi nated, and this decision was reported to the NCAA Committee on Infractions during the commit tee’s June 23-25, 1989 meeting,” the letter said. competition or recruiting season. “As you know, the institution sub mitted a report to the NCAA indi cating that, although Mr. Smith re ceived cash on certain occasions from former head football coach Jackie Sherrill following Mr. Smith’s departure from the university, the available information did not sup port that funds were provided to Mr. Smith in order to discourage the Berst’s letter concludes: “It should be noted that following Mr. Smith’s public recantation, he subsequently altered that version in a manner that was more consistent with his original story, but even with his apparent co operation and that of other impor tant principals in the matter, this of fice is unable to distinguish fact from fiction.” ings of which were submitted tj NCAA in January. The A&Mrt concluded that Sherrill Smith money, but did nohij NCAA rules. During the NCAA’s exaraii of the A&M report, Smith to Morning News that he recanio the original allegations after promised approximately J3i From an A&M official, a storyn he later denied. Citing mental strain and exp; ing the need for a fresh startfoflBTAFF football program, Sherrill resi/|| _ on Dec. 12. He was replaced at ^ s football coach by assistant coad|» er - Slocum, while John David CrovB fhe promoted to athletic director. i|P n a * :>( President Mobley said ht@ att ^ e pleased to have the matter resd* ween “We have addressed ourpn and are confident that wt headed in the right direction,’ ley said. “We are unwavering!' mined to strong institutional trol, and we have confidencer leadership we have in place ir Athletic Department.” Our definition of excellenct Smith’s allegations in November prompted A&M officials to conduct a two-month investigation, the find- athletics includes full with all rules and regulationso( pfef ? hel l University, the Southwest CorM rUe ence and the NCAA," Moblevsai: THE CRIPPLE CREEK LIFESTYLE •Swimming Pool/Hot Tub •Tennis Courts •Convenient Laundry Center •Large Walk-in Closets •Next to Sorority Row •On Shuttle Bus Route •Leases starting at $320.00 CONDOMINIUMS Office: 913-F Harvey Road (in Woodstone Center next to the Wash Haus) College Station 764-8682 Retired Schmidt elected to NL All-Star squad NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Schmidt, retired since May 29, and Jose Canseco, disabled all season, were elected Wednesday to start in next week’s All-Star Game. Schmidt became the first retired player elected, but is ineligible be cause he is inactive. Canseco, how ever, can play and will make his 1989 major-league debut Tuesday night in Anaheim, Calif. Schmidt, seventh on the all-time home run list, won the closest race at any position, holding off Cincin nati’s Chris Sabo by 16,136 votes as the National League’s third base- man. NL President Bill White and Manager Tom Lasorda will pick a replacement for Schmidt; a starter does not have to be announced until UP BIG SAVINGS! Buy and Sell Through Classified Ads Call 845-2611 gametime. Canseco, last year’s American League Most Valuable Player, has been out of action since spring train ing with a fractured wrist. Joining Canseco in Anaheim will be Athletics teammates Terry Steinbach at catcher and Mark McGwire at first base. Will Clark led all vote-getters with 1,833,329 and Bo Jackson got the most in the AL with 1,748,697. Dar ryl Strawberry won a spot in the NL outfield, but will not play because of an injured toe. Only one race was decided in the final week. Texas’Julio Franco over came a 7,000-vote margin and passed Steve Sax of New York as the AL’s second baseman. San Francisco’s Kevin Mitchell, leading the majors with 27 home runs and 75 RBI, led NL outfielders. But Texas’ Ruben Sierra, who leads the AL with a .338 average and is tied with Franco for the league lead with 61 RBI, finished sixth in the outfield. Ozzie Smith of St. Louis will start for the seventh straight year as the NL’s shortstop. Baltimore’s Cal Rip ken will start for the fifth time as the AL’s shortstop. Also elected for the AL were Bos ton’s Wade Boggs at third base and Minnesota’s Kirby Puckett in the outfield. For the NL, Benito San tiago of San Diego will start at catcher, Ryne Sandberg of Chicago at second base and Tony Gwynn of the Padres in the outfield. roups ourt liw all< |ions. Org ssue oven atchf Prop lional tu Ibortit hey lext r i^egisla Finks likely to be chose new NFL commissioner Katl Pro-CI itical S' Fears tl Wa< hoice md wi CHICAGO (AP) — Jim Finks, who once beat out John Unitas for a quarterback job but is better known for turning three losing teams into winners as an exec utive, is expected to be chosen Thursday as the NFL’s first new commissioner in 30 years. According to several NFL sources, Finks, who will turn 62 Aug. 31, will be the only recom mendation to the NFL owners by the six-member selection commit tee when the owners meet at 3 p.m. EDT. In fact, Finks met with the committee in New York Tuesday to finalize the details of his con tract. The vacancy was created when Pete Rozelle shocked the owners by announcing in March his in tention to retire after 29 years. “We’re going to recommend one man. We were told to identify a guy and that’s what we’re going to do,” Wellington Mara of the New York Giants, co-chairman of the committee, said Wednesday. Mara would not confirm that Finks was that man and stresseii that the other owners didn’t havt to abide by the nomination. Nine teen of the 28 teams must votefoi the candidate for him to be elected. “We work under Roberts Rule! of Order and we’ll do it that wav, Mara said. “Once we nominate our man, we’ll open the floor to nominations and take a vote. If someone gets 19 votes, then we have our man. “We’re a running a very demo cratic society,” said Art Modellof the Cleveland Browns, another committee member. Nonetheless, other source! confirmed that the Finks, whoii three seasons years as presider of the New Orleans Saints took: team that had never had a win ning season in its 19-year exis tence and led it to 12-3 and 10-6 seasons the next year. 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