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The Battalion
Tuesday, June 21
Planet Emmitt
Cowboy's Smith takes to big screen
promoting his line of Reebok shoes
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Coming soon to
a movie theater near you: Dallas
Cowboys running back Emmitt
Smith and his new line of
Reebok footwear.
Smith, winner of the last two
NFL rushing titles, is featured in
a commercial for Reebok's Pre
season collection. The spot will
be seen on 4,200 movie screens
in more than 120 markets,
Reebok officials said.
The shoe company is spend
ing $7 million to promote Smith
and Chicago White Sox first
baseman Frank Thomas in two
separate black-and-white ads
meant to give viewers the feel of
being part of the action in a pro
fessional game.
“Things move so fast in this
game. It seems like you never
get to know people. Hi, Fm Em
mitt. Nice to meet you," Smith
says as he bowls through a de
fender.
Smith's commercial debuted
last weekend at showings of
The Last Action Hero, starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Smith's ad will remain in the
aters for three more weeks.
But it may be a while before
Smith gets to promote the shoes
on his main stage.
The defending Super Bowl
champs haven't signed Smith
for the upcoming season,
though they need him more
than ever now that quarterback
Troy Aikman underwent back
surgery last weekend.
Smith also is featured in the
Reebok Preseason Workout
Guide, a 12-page booklet devel
oped for athletes and coaches
preparing for outdoor team
sports.
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Million dollar players - 'average Joe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Imagine if you can go into
the bank armed with an $80,000 paycheck.
Not $80,000 for the year, or even $80,000 for
the month. Try $80,000 every two weeks.
For most, that's a bi-weekly figure too high
to conceptualize. However, that's roughly
what your favorite million-dollar baseball
player hauls in twice a month.
“Most people don't realize it, but ballplay
ers are paid just like the average Joe," said
Chicago-based agent Barry Meister, who rep
resents Mark Portugal, Xavier Hernandez,
Juan Agosto and Tom Edens of the Astros.
“The procedure is basically the same. It's
just that the numbers are so much bigger. But
the deductions are also a lot bigger."
Most major league teams offer players the
option of having their salaries paid over a six-,
nine -or 12-month period. Meister said most
players opt for the six-month plan.
Take a player whose annual base salary is
$1 million. If he chooses to be paid over a six-
month span, his bi-weekly checks will total
$83,000 and some change before deductions.
Incentive clause bonuses are paid at the end
of the year in one lump sun.
“People would be surprised how normal
the financial life of a ballplayer is," Meister
said. “They're concerned about the tax codes
and paying bills just like everyone else is.
“I recently talked to a player who makes $2
million a year and he was concerned because
his washer and dryer just went out. Their con
cerns are just like ours, just on a larger scale."
Some players prefer to be paid by direct de
posit, whale others get their checks hand-deliv
ered by the team's traveling secretary some
where around the 1st and 15th of the month.
Trying to deposit a check that large tends to
turn a few heads at the bank.
“I can remember going to the bank with a
$10,000 check and having the teller say 'What
are you doing with that?,"' said former Astros
relief ace Joe Sambito, who now works for
Alan and Randy Hendricks' sports manage
ment firm. “I eventually explained it to them,
but they were a little hesitant to take it."
In addition to the large salaries players re
ceive, major league rules require teams to give
each player $60 a day in per diem while the
team is on the road. The per diem is consid
ered taxable income.
There are even times when the ballclub will
pick up the tab for a player who has been
fined, but that isn't usually the case.
“When a player is fined, he usually just
writes a check to the league office," said Tom-
"I recently talked to a plays
who makes $2 million a yei
and he was concerned beca
his washer and dryer just
out."
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my Tanzer, who represents Astros cente:
er Steve Finley. “And if a player gets
ed, a lot of teams refuse to pay him it
games he missed. The policy differsfrorr
to team."
There was a time when deferred pan
were popular, but new tax laws have
that practice almost nonexistent
ferred payments, the player would
take less money up front for a greater
over the long haul.
“You don't see as many deferred
as you used to," Meister said. "The w.
tax laws are now, it's just too difficult to
compensation."
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Outside, the complex will be
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areas, three basketball courts, and
an outdoor activity area.
Corrington explained the aim
of the complex to be all-encom
passing. He said that the focus of
the new complex is to provide
everyone with an opportunity to
participate in recreational sports,
but as evidenced by the 15,000
square foot weight room, the em
phasis is more on the serious
workout participants.
"It will provide opportunities
for sports and recreations," Cor
rington said. "In most facilities
like this, there are about one mil
lion participants per year. Right
now we're at about 300,000 so we
hope to pick up substantial partic
ipation."
Women's Athletic Director
Lynn Hickey explained the need
for such a complex and how it
will be beneficial for all students.
"It's been needed for a long
time," Hickey said. "It will be a
benefit to the athletic department
with the new natatorium and soc
cer fields. We're real excited."
Deware Field House, current
home of the existing facilities, is
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the new complex is completed,
but both Corrington and Hickey
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best interest of the student and
the building itself.
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game after the umpire changed a
lineswoman's out call on a return
by Karbacher on the previous
point. Karbacher held to 4-1 and
went on to take a 5-2 lead.
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sity at the right points were still a
little foreign to me at that stage,"
Agassi said. “I wasn't quite com
fortable. I just wasn't feeling
good yet."
After Agassi held again, Kar
bacher dug himself into trouble
with a double-fault to 0-30. Kar
bacher made two errors off
strong backhand returns by
Agassi.
Agassi completed his string of
five straight games, dropping
only four points in the last three
games of the set.
“As soon as I got the break
back, I started getting in the com
petition and really enjoying it,
and I knew from that stage on it
would only get better," Agassi
said. “In the beginning you're
scared it will snowball, and
you're a little nervous he'll hit
some good serves at the right
time, and the next thing you
know you're down two sets."
Agassi was soon up two sets,
and Karbacher was dealing with
a lingering case of bronchitis.
“At the end of the match it
was a big problem, because I got
tired," said Karbacher. “Every
thing is much harder when you
cannot breathe well. And then if
you play hard, you go, like, 'huh,
huh,' and you miss the next
shot."
Sullivan
Continued from Page 3
no where to be found in any of
fensive categories. The All Star
balloting in its present form is
worthless.
Mark McGwire is on the dis
abled list.
The fans aren't the only peo
ple to blame for all of this mess,
the league officials have made
their own mistakes. Their
biggest mistake is believing that
a team that brings in 10,000 fans
a game can compete with a team
that sells out 60,000 nightly. It is
almost impossible for the Cleve
land Indians to give ample sup
port to their more than deserv
ing outfielder Albert Belle. Yes,
other fans around the league can
vote for whomever they want,
but when Dave Winfield is seen
by a sell out crowd nightly and
Belle and the Indians can barely
get a car load of fans to their
games it is easy to see who will
loose out in the end.
Mark McGwire is on the dis
abled list.
So what is the answer to all of
this? The fans should not have
the final say in who starts the
All Star game. It should run just
like the NFL votes on its All Pro
team. The players and coaches
vote on each position and can
only vote for opponents players,
not their own. These are the
people that see each player day
to day. The players and coat
know exactly who's hota
who's not.
Mark McGwire is on the
abled list and the fans A11S
balloting should be the next
go. Each year there are at*
players voted on to the All 5
team that just don't deserve
honor. It doesn't matter wh
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time and the fans are cheat!
themselves out of the best
ball they could possiblys f
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But such sports-inspired street
rumbles are not unique to Chicago.
Earlier this month, hockey fans
joined crowds outside Montreal's
Forum for a rampage following
the Canadiens' Stanley Cup victo
ry over Los Angeles. Stores were
trashed along with police cars,
buses and subways. Some 115
people were arrested and 168
were injured, including 49 police
officers.
In February, a rally celebrating
the Dallas Cowboys' Super Bowl
victory left 18 injured and 26 un
der arrest. Groups of youths
among the crowd of 400,000 at
tacked bystanders.
The past decade has seen simi
lar disturbances in Detroit and
San Francisco. While troubling,
such incidents are not new.
Fighting and vandalism associ
ated with sports were common in
the 19th century. Authorities in
this country and Canada even
banned boxing in many places be
cause of violence that followed
the fights.
The University of Missouri's
Charles Korr, an expert on the so
cial history of sports, recalls liv
ing near the baseball stadium in
Philadelphia, watching angry
fans reacting violently to an um
pire's disputed call.
“The biggest thing that's new
is the ability to instantaneously
see the riot taking place in Mon
treal," Korr said. “People see that,
and in their minds they say, 'We
got to show them we are as hap
py as the people in Montreal
about our victory.' "
Soccer hooliganism is rampant
in Europe, where Dutch fans have
even tossed bombs at each other.
Korr said British police now use a
sophisticated network of inform
ers and computerized projections
to determine where best to mar
shal their forces each week.
“If you walk to a first divis
match, you'll see the police lift
the streets, at other matches yc
see nobody," Korr said.
What motivates fans toy
lence? Lapchick believes be!
part of a crowd gives some a
cense to misbehave.
“It's a situation where peof
act in ways they wouldn't fl r
day-to-day basis," he said. "1^
think that they can do on thisf*
ticular night something they $
do on another night."
Bruce Kidd, a sports histor ; '
and political scientist at the b 1
versity of Toronto, calls it a #
tion of “permissive misrule/'
“It's a moment of social le'®
ing," he said. “People say,'If 01
guys won everything than may 1 '
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