Players tough out strike...
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -
While the nation's pro football
fans found alternative ways of
spending their game-less Sun
day, Ed Garvey, Jack Donlan
and their associates resumed
negotiations in the player un
ion's first regular-season strike
in the 63-year history of the Na
tional Football League.
But even before the talks
began for the first time since
they broke off Sept 17, there
were signs that more than just
this third regular-season wee
kend (14 games) would be af
fected
Gene Upshaw, president of
the union, said on one TV pro
gram both sides were "very,
very far apart"' and that the
strike could be prolonged
because of the league's con
tract with the three television
networks.
The networks will pay the NFL
about $30 million for this week
end's games and another $30
million for next weekend s The
money will be refunded next
year only if the game are even
tually canceled
Upshaw told his interviewers
on "Face The Nation'' that CBS.
ABC and NBC are in an "unten
able position We feel the
networks have to be investigat
ed There's no room in this for a
third party '
"Something needs to be
done This has to be looked
into," Upshaw said "The
networks' funding the strike
puts us in a difficult position All
they're doing is extending the
time we ll be on strike
"We re very, very far apart,"
he said "It's really difficult for
people to understand We re
reasonable people We want to
play football, but we won't go
back under the system in place
now"
Upshaw said he expects that
within the next few days, 'the
owners will say to themselves.
We re in an illegal position,'
(because they have shut down
their facilities), will open the
doors and will try to bribe
players, invite them in But the
players are too smart I'm not
saying no players will go in. but
I'm saying enough will stay out
that we ll hold together "
. . . while football-less fans fret
Franco Harris, a Steelers run
ning back, was cheered wildly
by fans at Three Rivers Stadium
in Pittsburgh on Sunday, as he
has been on numerous other
occasions in his pro football
career
But the thousands of fans
were outside the stadium, not in
it And Harris was cheered not
because he scored a touch
down or made a key gain, but
because he showed up at a
giant tailgate party that had
been suggested by Pittsburgh
radio personality Jack Bogut in
lieu of a football game
It was the first Sunday of the
National Football League
players strike, the first interrup
tion in an NFL schedule in 63
years
Other tans throughout the
country adapted in various ways
— those who adapted
There were major league ba
seball games in several cities,
and golf where weather permit
ted. even family outings — a
chance to break away from what
has become a Sunday routine
Although many churches in
the nation have reported in
creases in attendance since the
strike began. Monsignor Leo
McFadden of the Our Lady of
Snows Catholic Church in the
Reno-Sparks Area said there
had been no attendance in
crease
"Maybe they're still at home
watching the rerun of last year's
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Super Bowl," he said. "I know
that's what I'm doing. I'm root
ing for San Francisco, and
they're way ahead, but Cincin
nati is on the rampage I'm
watching the game between
masses "
A rerun of the last Super
Bowl, won 26-21 by San Fran
cisco, was carried on CBS-TV
Other sports fare on television
included baseball — ABC car
ried the Baltimore-Milwaukee
game nationally — and a Can
adian Football League doub
leheader on NBC
“I'm not going to watch that
Canadian junk,” said Janet
Divers, a legal secretary from
Fremont, Calif "I don't even
know the players I keep up with
all the NFL players, but Can
adian football just isn't the
same It's Greek to me. "
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