SPORTS
Tyson may beat Holyfield, but he’s still a loser
\ THE FINE
, PRINT
BY OAVE CHARBONNEAU
It's easy to toll who the jorks
urn in tho sports world.
Tho sport of boxing — if It
(..in lie culled a sport — has its
sham of jerks Ilut Mike Tyson
gives tho word now moaning
Not long ago, Tyson was the
new heavyweight machine of
boxing. Kvoryone loved him lx>
cause of his overwhelming
power, which eventually
earned him the heavyweight ti
tle.
But at the peak of his popu
larity. Tyson's career took a
nasty turn
The first blow hit Tyson like
one of his own uppercuts His
managers (his D'Amato and
Jimmy Jut obs died
Take a few sis onds here to
feel sum lor Tyson, because
the events that followed are no
one's fault hut his own
holer Don King
King became Tyson's rnunag
or shortly after tho deaths of
D'Amato anti Jacobs King not
only look ovor tho rights to Ty
son, lio tcxik ovor Tyson
Since King Ins amo his man
agor, Tyson has made an otter
fool of himself during countless
Interviews, trying to sort out
the phrases and big words that
King obviously programs into
his head.
Tyson rarely appears any
where without King hanging
over his shoulder, making Ty
son look like he cannot speak
for himself
Result Tyson looks like a
fool
liver yone has heard of Ty
son's whirlwind marriage to
Robin (livens She allegedly
tried to take his money; he al
legedly heal her up on a regular
basis. They eventually got a di
vorce.
Result Tyson looks like a
sucker anti a wife-heater
More than once, IS son has
taken his Job outside the ring,
physically attacking or turning
to blows with someone Result
Tyson looks like a brutish mil
niac.
Finally, we cmnn to his most
risen! catastrophe, the alleged
rape of an IB-year-old heauty
pageant contestant this sum
mer.
This is by far the most seri
ous offense Tyson has fated
Many people in Ixixing circles
believe Tyson should be sus
pended until a verdict is
reached some time next year.
Result Tyson looks like a
pervert.
This has turned into quite a
list Let's recap:
In his carder "Tyson has
looked like a fool, u sucker, a
wife beater, a brutish maniac
and a pervert Sounds like a
jerk to me
(banted, these are all nllcga
tions; 'Tyson has yet to spend
time in jail or pay any other
penalty
However, T\ son s de.i I ings
with the media lor should I sal.
King's ilea lings with the med ia)
m these controversial situations
have Ixten a joke Anti Tyson
has not gist'll the publit any
reason to doubt the allegations
On Nov H. Tyson will finally
square off with undisputod
world Heavyweight Champion
Evander Holyfiold
Holyfiold is the complete op
posite of Tyson He represents
what is good in boxing He's
extremely tough yet extremely
classy He's quiet and very In
telligent
Hut most of all, ho is his own
person
Despite being the heavy
weight champion, Holyfiold
has not let weasel managers
and promoters take over his
11 fll.
When he talks, you know
he's speaking his own mind,
there’s no one behind the
scenes controlling Isini like a
puppet.
Tyson and Holyfleld have
only one thing in common
They are both great fighters
The upcoming fight at Cae
sar's Palace could be one ol the
greatest fights m boxing histo
ry Yet some people believe the
light should be postponed until
after a verdict is reached in Ty
son's rape case
This is a terrible suggestion
because whether people like
Holyfield or Tyson, the fuct re
mains: Everyone wants to sen
this fight.
If Tyson is convicted and
sentenced to the maximum (ill
years in prison, the fight will
never happen, and Holyfield
wdl have to spend the rest of
his career dealing with the
doubters who will say, "You
never would've beat Tyson.”
As of right now, it looks as if
the fight will go on us sched
uled.
A best-case scenario is this
Holyfield knocks out Tyson in
the seventh round, and Tyson
is sentenced to a lengthy prison
term to clean up his act.
Worst-case scenario: Tyson
knocks out Holyfield, is acquit
ted of all charges and marches
on through his own (and
king's) little world as the
henv v is eight champion.
And heavyweight jerk
Uuvr Chiirhuriiimu is a sports
ri'portiT for tho Emerald.
Panel: Coaches want more influence over NCAA policies
KANSAS CITY. Mo. (A)*)
Couches need mom Input into
thn rulesmaking process ol the
NCAA. Duke basketball coach
Mike Kr/v/.cvvski said Monday
during .i free vv heel inf} panel
discussion ol the ills and issues
ill college sports
"T his is not just a problem. It
is a bin problem,'' said
isrzy/ewski, who led Duke to
last season's NCAA champion
ship "Coaches are the voice of
till' athletes We're licit looking
lor a vote necessarily just a
VOiCM.”
Maryland athletic director
Andy C;r. who has long
boon active at NCAA convon
tions. poinlnd out that each
si liool has one void at thd an
nual policy-making sessions,
hut machos have little influ
enco over their their school's
di e ision-nnikors
I don't see how the NCAA
can deal with inept governance
on campus,” he said
Joining Kr/yzowski and Cei
ger on the panel were t.eorge
Raveling, basketball coach a I
Southern California; Jim Wal
den. Iowa State football coach;
Richard Lapchick, director ol
the Center for the Study of
Sport in Soi u-ty at Northeast
ern. and Dir k Schult/, execu
tive director of the NCAA
The discussion was spon
sored hv The Sporting News
and Adidas and moderated by
John Rawlings, editor of The
Sparling New s
Rawlings, Schultz anil
l.apchit k all said more atten
lion should he directed toward
helping athletes adapt socially
to their college environments,
which can be entirely foreign to
their bar kground
"We bring these kids in, and
we tell them to start acting like
everytxxiy else on campus, hut
we do not instruct them on the
skills that they need," Rawlings
said It e , W u l d e n a n d
Kr/.yzewski said coaches are
unfairly held entirely responsi
ble for seeing to it that athletes
get their degrees.
"Are we saying that those
kids are failures if they do not
graduate?" asked Walden, cit
ing figures that indicate a wide
spread decay of the American
educational system.
"The issue is a lot bigger than
just sports," Schultz said.
Schultz said one of his goals
as executive director of the
NCAA is to reform the legisla
tive process. Under the present
system, he said rules some
tunes work against the best in
terests of the athletes
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