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By Steven Merritt
SPORTS EDITOR
The long-awaited question of
whether the Texas A&M football
program would receive further sanc
tions from the National Collegiate
Athletic Association was answered
Monday.
NCAA assistant executive director
of enforcement David Berst in
formed A&M president William
Mobley of the association’s intent to
terminate its inquiry into allegations
of wrongdoing in the Aggie football
program.
Berst’s letter stems from the
NCAA’s investigation of a published
report in which former A&M run
ning back George Smith said that
former head coach Jackie Sherrill
paid him over $4,000 in “hush mon
ey” for his cooperation in remaining
silent about NCAA rules violations
within the football program.
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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. In fact, the
committee stipulated that he can't
take any personnel from the
Saints front office with him so as
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