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FL adds wildcard teams
[NEW YORK (AP) — The NF1.
cided on T hursday to add two
re wild-card teams to its playoffs,
move designed to bring in more
evision mortey and streamline the
newhat Byzantine tiebreaking sys-
■ dramatic change in the play
off system, to begin next season, was
mounted at the same time the
FI. reached agreement with ABC'
i a new contract that will net it
osetoSl billion over four years. It
ill mean that 12 of the 28 teams will
How make it to the post-season.
Network sources said the two new
ayoff teams were added as part of
the ABC package after the network
demanded something extra in addi-
■on to Monday night games and one
juper Bowl for the price, estimated
it slightly over $900 million.
J The NFL already has reached
agreement on cable contracts with
ESPN at TBS for $450 million each,
ming it already has nearly $2 bil-
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“Additional television revenue
was an obvious factor,” NFL spokes
man Joe Browne said.
"But many clubs had also ex
pressed interest in adding teams.
Some suggested we break all ties
with games on wild-card weekend.
This accomplishes the goal of add
ing new teams without diminishing
the importance of regular-season
play.”
And commissioner Paul Taglia-
bue said of the new format:
“We expect the two new first-
round playoff games ter create added
competition and excitement around
the league.”
T he move comes a week after an
other groundbreaking revenue-pro
ducing step, the expansion of the
season to 17 weeks in 1990 and 18
weeks af ter that.
Under that change, each team will
get one week off next year and two
weeks off in the following years with
the extra week between the
championship games and Super
Bowl eliminated for 1990.
But while each team will continue
to play 16 regular-season games, the
networks will get additonal weeks of
NFL football, meaning more adver
tising revenue for television and
more money for the NFL.
The new agreement with ABC
nearly doubles the network’s pay
ments — from $120 million a year
under the old agreement to $225
million under the new one. It also
nearly ensures that the basic over-
the-air format will remain the same
—with CBS and NBC carrying Sun
day games.
“This expanded agreement with
ABC sports indicates our satisfaction
with their award winning presenta
tion to viewers for two decades,”
Tagliabue said.
Ag swim team
qualifies Lutz
in 200IM
The T exas A&M men’s swim
ming team qualified its first per
son for the NCAA Swimming and
Diving Championships Thursday
at the SWC tourney in Aust in.
Freshman Steve Lutz recorded
a school record 1:48.64 in the 200
Individual Medley. He heat the
existing record by more than two
seconds, and beat the NCAA
qualifying time by more than a
second.
A&M is in fourth place after
the first day of competttion.
Love Raffle
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people to come out to the game.
“I was sitting at breakfast erne
morning when he came up to me
and said, ‘Hey Joe, what about if we
have a ‘Win a Date with Joe Deegan
Raffle?’
Deegan just stared at his coach,
wondering if Thornton was under
too much strain.
“What are you talking about
coach?” Deegan asked.
Thornton then relayeci his wife’s
idea, and Deegan fell in love with the
idea.
That is until things got rolling.
Fliers were distributed around
campus, and the contest was
announced at A&M home games.
“I said ‘sure’, but I didn’t expect
all the fliers and stuff,” Deegan said.
Still, Deegan was willing to do his
part for the team and he also
realized with the amount of playing
time he was getting, it was the only
way he was going to get a little
publicity.
“T his is going to be a blind, blind
date,” Deegan said. “The way I look
at it, my playing time’s been a little
limited, but if I can’t get any, I might
as well get a little publicity.”
Fliers litter the campus and
newspapers carry the story of the
sophomore guard wher is being
raffled off to love-hungry women.
Joe’s got the publicity he asked for.
The question is, can he handle it?
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