Editorial
Ducks' bowl appearance
was pure salesmanship
Hill Byrne doesn't sell Hoovers or cm vc lopedias.
lit11 tin; Oregon <ilhlt'ti( dirc< tor might be the best sales
m.ill the Oregon loothall team ever had
While many might think the Din ks are going to the
Dec It. Independence Bmvl because they finished 7-4
and led the l’n< die-10 (iniiforenre m scoring this sea
son the truth is Oregon is going to Shreveport, ha . be
cause the Duck athletic department invested nearh
S no tion to be selec ted In tin- Independence Bow l
(.ornmittee
(Granted. Oregon will receive Satin.000 lor partici
pating in the bmvl game but the Athletic Department
had to guarantee Independence Bmvl offic ials that it
could sell 14.000 tic kets .It S2a apiece to lie given the
bid met local favorite Kentucky, which finished its
sensem at 0 .
The; most important thing here is not that the nth
letic department w ill !><• Im ky to break oven cm the
bowl game It is that they are going to a bmvl game in
the* first piac e
The significance of Oregon living in a howl game
tor the first lime sine e t'Mi't lar outweighs tin* financ i.tl
pai kage attac lied In the game In order to build any
semblance of national recognition as head coach Ric h
Brooks has been tr\ ing to do sine e 1077 the* Due ks hml
to go to a bow I game
When people talk about national powerhouses vent
in and ve.ti out they refer to those teams that are annu
ally in a bowl game An Independence Bow*I berth
could be a step to Inggei and beltei things fin the
I )llc ks
(amshler .1 ir,im like Washington Stair I hr l mi
gars play in I'ullm.m. Wash ami while hugene isn't a
major media market, do you think Pullman isv > «*t.
Washington State was being t onsidered for a bowl
game again this year simply because they went to the
l agle Mobil Howl last season and had .1 good showing
How I im innbeiu \ is a very important thing
The lai t is H\ me shouldn't have had to sell (begun
to the Independentf Howl in the first place \lthough
the Dm hs deserve .1 bow l game they should have gone
to the lust round of .111 V A A football tournament 111
sit1.Ill
Main 1 onsidei football the most important ol ail
collegiate sports but the national < hampmnship lias
been dec ided by tin; Assoi cited Press Top 20 poll ev
ery year wbu h became the Top 2 > poll ibis season It
seems ridiculous that the \( A A r annul put together
some type ot football plavull system like it does for
basketball, volleyball and baseball
Hvrne should be highly 1 unintended lot his masiei
till sales |oh in getting Oregon to the Independent!'
How l lull the \( AA should go to a lootball playoll tor
mat so atldetii direi tors like Hvrne don't have to do
the \l AA A work ten them
Sports Action should stay away from NBA
As the football season comes to .1 dose
.inti basketball (:diiii!s roaring in. tin* contro
versial Sports Ac tion lottery filin' is looking
to expand from the gridiron to the hard
w ood
\ toot lad I lot tei \ game was .1 good idea;
state colleges needed the money generated
li\ the lottery toi intercollegiate athletics
While intercollegiate athletic programs
would benefit Irom .1 basketball lottery
game the time is not right, and a hoops
game would lust not work
I he appeal of Sports Action during the
football season (.une from the interest of
\f I. football. ()ne game a u eek is something
the Ians i an get e\< ited about Sports At lion
itself was also something new th.it caused a
follow mg in itself
Although am money generated from
Sports Action is betlei than nothing sales
were generally disappointing during the
first 12 weeks of the game I11 tact the game
had to add two new twists allowing bet
tors to c boose only three games, in addition
to .in "uvei under" line to help increase
sales
Saifs likt'lv would l><‘ vers small during
.m Hit-game NHA season when tan interest is
mm h lower than it is during football season
More people would be im lined to bet on a
Kansas (lit v-San Diego loot I tall game than on
a ( iharlotte Sat ramento basketball game
The proliferation ot a basketball lotter\
game would hurt itself rather than help
With an im reuse in the number of lotten
games, tit ket sales will undoubted 1\ he vers
small.
Altei mils one season, it is too earls foi
the stale lotters commission to evaluate
Sports \t lion foi the long haul and dc< ide il
an AHA sports game would generate big
hut ks and I it ket interest
I he Sports Action football game was a
good idea and was definitcls needed to alle
viate the finant ial burdens ol the state's col
lege at hlet it depart incuts
Hut don't ruin a good thing by trying to
expand it file state loiters commission
should stas ass,is from an AHA lotters game
and lease Sports Action lor the football bet
tors
.Letters
Infiltrate
Hr ashamed protesters )usi
• is ( basing transients from "mu
comiliumU keeping the ( | \
ntt Dill Ciiniplls (illl'S 1)1)1 sol\ i1
tin* prohli'iu it onl) p.issfs it
on to till* next prlsoil
It corruption .uni ilisi rnniti.i
lion .in* in i union somi'onr or
.i group. nri'ils to infiltr.iti- tin*
s\ sli'in .mil i It'.m it up
loo tough:' Just like it was
"too tough" lor M.iitin l.ullii'r
king |t to li*,nl tin* ( i\ iI rights
movi*tin*nl oi (iaudlii leading
his countr\ from Hritisli op
prrssion ?
rii**s** mi'll died lor thi'ii
i .mst*s Art* your convictions
tli.it strong' II so. do something
i onstriK live tor .i i li.ingr. it
not get out ol im I .it e
Kndnev Layton
Li iinomii s
True fans
In response to "Once again"
l()l)l: Nov It.|
(■ r11m* gripe, complain. mm
pi,mi i \ i'll I i nulil tin better
M*ali. \■■•ill. 1'vr hi'.ml ll ,1
million times I in Ihti' In I r 11
vim you rr wrong
You s.n . perhaps the proli
Inin is not tin- plawrs but the
i o.ii lung si.ill Perhaps
vou’vc missi'il .1 tins things
about K ii h Urooks I In look a
I) li'.un .uni (unit'd Ilii'in into
.1 Pill I II I Olllt'lllll'l
I In* last til l' wars Urooks is
liH-2H You do bi'llnr with the
lack ol binding tin- l'ni\t'rsiI\
gives bun Urooks has ibi' ad
miration ot I’ai til i oai bus and
has bt'i'ii nation.ilK rri ogni/.cd
Tin■ plawrs an' not at tault
i-itliiT. lhr\ have plavi'd tin'
bust tlii'\ i an Two Musgravrs
an' too good to In- trni* It tin*
Dm ks \\i*ri‘ (untied In the stall'
(Oregon atbli'tu s arc tin* only
I’.u It) atbli'tu s not state aided)
we could have beltei facilities
and attract a larger diversity ol
plawrs and teams
Urooks is getting tis there by
making people notit e they have
to i>la\ Oregon to beat them
It you disagree with what
I've said, talk to some players
Attn .ill tills is |iisl niv liumlilr
opinion I,ilk to l.atm Item m
SI,ilk Kearns .nut srr \\ li.it lhr\
think nl vuur opinion
(li 11 \ mi likr in i ompl.im go
mill Ini l ung Hr,it h SI .mil
leave the liur I,ins .ilnnr I lie
lirvr I hr pl.ivrrs ami true I.ms
shot)Idn'I have hi pul np with
this slandering nl lilt- coaches
ami train
|oel Strimling
lugrnr
Judiciously
Walking down \ga!r Strrrl
recently. i llapprnni to witness
at tile inlrrsri tion nl IKlh ami
Agatr wliat apprarrii to hr an
rvrr iimrr l ommonplai r event
al tlir I'niversity Ihrsr ilavs A
police officrr engaged in whal
srrnirii a heated lirhalr with
four students
After the offii er was done
will) ills business. I inquired as
to what happened Apparenlh
these guvs started to walk
ai ross llie street while the sig
nal was flashing red and were
pmniptK skipped b\ ilw iitiii i'i
Indore thin hint walked more
than fiv«* feet
I'he ( up then quicklv issued
•nic It ill the tour .1 citation lur
tlu'ii troubles S loll lur .il
templed jaywalking. t!ll( h \,,
quest ions asked
\l\ point is this Judging
Irom the tin reused hostility uiul
diflii ultii's stemming between
the polite nud I'niversitv stu
dents. is this sort of action hen
el ii nil to either party? The po
lice should even ise more care
ful judgment in similar itn i
dents and base their reat lions
in ui i ordain e with the severitv
ol the cases
Had these guvs been hut king
beer buttles through window*.
IM have applauded tin1 onp ■*
efforts Yet I feel the punish
incut In these urns was very
mil,m In s,i\ the least, and I'm
sure it didn't help po
liie student relations .1 hit All
it did was further feelings ut
animosity toward the polu e
force.
I do leel the polii e are a vital
and integral part of our com
inunitx I also feel that in
wielding that power they have
.1 responsibility to use it judi
1 iousK and in .1 fair manner.
Mark S Anderson
Sociology
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