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Erfierald WEDNESDAY May 22. 1996 Former CBS Sports president to speak at University Neal Pilson. former prest dent of CBS Sport*, will speak •haul the evolution of (port* television today at 4 p m in Room 138 Gilbert Pilson worked at CBS dur ing the acquisition of *uch television rights as the 1992. 1994 and 19941 Winter Olympic Games During his career with the network. CBS won Emmy Awards for the coverage of several events, including the NCAA men's basketball tournament and NFL football Pilson now runs his own company. Pilson Communi cations. Inc., and is currently working with such clients as NASCAR and the Arena Foot ball League. The event is sponsored by the lames H. Warsaw Sports Marketing Center. -Seats can Ire reserved by e-mail et i hewieOoregon uonsgon.edu, but some unreserved seats will be left open on a first come, first served basis. Marketing students promote Pre Classic A group of student* from the jama* H Warsaw Sports Marketing Center will be on campus Wednesday and Thursday to promote this weekend's Prefontaine Clas sic track and field meet Tables will be set up from 5 to 7:30 p m at the University inn and in the Hamilton and (arson complexes to promote the meet, which will boast such athletes as Michael John son, Owl Lewis. Sergey Bubka and Jackie Joyner -Kersee One free ticket to the meet will be given away each day All entrants will receive a free potter The group will also be showing the movie Firm On the Track: The Steve Pre fontaim Story, Former Husfcer gets 10-day sentence KEARNRY, Neb |APj — Former Nebraska defensive tackle Christian Peter was sentenced today to 10 days in Ml for disturbing the peace Peter was drafted last month by the New England Patriots, who later abandoned their rights to him because erf concerns about his off the field behavior Today's jail sentence was suspended pending an appeal. Peter, who had been accused of grabbing a woman by the throat in a Kearney bar. alto was ordered to pay a $300 fine and $24 in courl coats in Buffalo County Court. It is obvious I was wrong.** •aid Peter to the gtdga I can't make it better. 1 know Chris tian Peter and alcohol don't mix.** Fair pay doesn’t necessarily equal greed I worn* hk* not * day goes by in th* * porting world I without hearing the gripes JLof turn overpaid, under' achieving athlete whining about being underpaid lot hia over arhlevroeni* lt’» thaae greedy, millionaire prima donna* who are turning professional sport* into a mur k* ery of what playing a game lew a living i* all about. But (hia la not to aay there shouldn't be lair compensation for athlete* according to what the market is willing to pay them For example, say a team is willing to pay NBA free agent center thkembe Mutombo of the Denver Nuggets hia asking price of SIO million a season After all. be la one of the pre mier defensive players in the league even though hia 11 points per game average it measly for a 2M> pound. 7-2 big man this (a excluding the bu t that he is considered the team's franchise player deapita loading the Nuggets to the plavoff* only one time in hi* five-veer career What. then, should he the asking price for Houston Rocket center Hakeem OU|uwnoT An equally imposing force in the low post. OUjuwon scores an average of 2? point* paw game for hi* iMm. not to mention the two ring* his tiwm ha* woo U> the last three v«*n So by Mufombo Mindsnlt. OUiimnn should got almost two-fold what the Nugget tenter will soon make ■ OPtWSOH «»* Ufl Utfll Mitw notff, wiwm iho Chicago Bull*' Mm h««l }«w dun «>b fur i iwoymr dml fur $>S mi) Uoo par m km), rum can •nyun« My that hi* request it eaorbt tant? I ««1H agree that St8 million it • to* of money for utmmmm whom* |ob U to throw • round ball through • baaket — aven if it it dim* In Ionian'% breathtai ing and gravity defying fashion — but that it what the market dictate*. Tha owners tet lha time fur the market by *tguing unproven ptayar* like t arry fohnton. ( hrt* Weber and Anfemea Hartlaway to long-term dealt worth anywhere from $72 to ISO million And now it it lime for the free agent Ionian to rath in on hi* share of the pte Currently. Iordan make* * lit ti* laa* than $4 million a year That t* a paltry figure for tha NBA and pul* him in iha t+trw talary bracket a* fallow guard flat )»< k«m (f3 9) hut mu. h lea* than Nick Van M 1*3 ?l Tha trunk thing about all the hoopla surrounding Iordan * contract demands U that if he «ign* for hi* caking prim it (till won't make him tha highest paid player in tha NBA Nant taaaon. Patrick Ewing will make *18 7 nullum, ami Shaquill# O'Neal i* tiatad fur *20 million Surprisingly. Ionian isn't •van tha highaat paid player on hi* own twain That distinction belong* to *i*th man Toni Kukoc, followed by .Scottia Pip pan, followed by Bon llarpar attd than down to Ionian Thaw era thoaa who will lay that bacauaa Ionian makaa roughly *40 million a y«ar in endorsement*. ha dueenl naad tha money and U twmg greedy But |u*t bacauaa Iordan ia a shrewd businessman with a million dollar imlle shouldn't negate the point that ha deservea to be paid on par with tha other stars of the NBA Bull* owner lorry Reintdorf *hnt pleaudtl Iordan only aakml ** million Becauae when y« teally get right down to It, nooudv in the league deaervea to b» within $3 mil lion of lortUn on the pay Main, and ReltuMktrf known it Ionian, four time Mmi Valu able IMaver. eight time aeaann « »rtng leader (an NBA record) and winner of three t hampi onthkp*. ha* made the NBA, the Built, the city of Oncago and every NBA city whom arena aella nut when the Bulla come to town, a mint full of money Now it la time for him to be rnmpenaated Ionian * $18 million requaal la one that U bated on reaped. Reaped fur what he haa done fur bucket hell in the |MMt 10 year* Keapect for the legacy he will leave when he Anally hang* up hia Air Jordan* Reaped for the graelnat baa ketball player to ever play the game CkrtM Hanjurn. a funtar mojitnn# In (oumaiiim. tc a npvru reporter for the Emerald F mail kirh\*t%lad*Uin# uoregort ecfu NFL considers instant replay, will use it on a limited basis ■ NFL: The decision to review a play will be made by the referee UiARLOTrE, N Cl (API - The NFL is hack in the instant replay business. but only in the preseason end on • limited basis Pout year* after instant replay tea* voted out by twun owners, the NFL on Tuesday outlined plans to implement a modified form of the pro ted are ho 10 exhibition gaums In August f ianmiMUioMt Paul Tagiiahue said at the NFL owner's meetings that instant replay would (ii% i«r three categories if plays and eai.h i urn h would he allowed to challenge three plays per half This experiment is a means (<*» the league U> determine if there am satisfactory methods to correct the rare and significant obvious error.” Taghabur said, "and at the same time eliminate many of the disadvantage* of the prt or system “ The three categories of rev tew able plays am • question* of whether a player < means the goal line in a bid to score or is in his own and cone white in possession of the hall; • questions of whether a player is in bounds as be runs with the ball, tries to make a catch, trie# to intercept the hall or tries to recover a fumble. s questions of whether a team has the appro pmi# number of player* an lb* Held Whim the NKl.'s ili ymu fumy into instant replay ended «ftw (h« 1981 mmmo, many cam plaints focused on the relatively slow method of the review* Official* reviewed the play* on « monitor in # booth high above the field and then relayed their ruling to the referee by tele phone Thi* time, the decision will be made by the referee on the field At three of the 10 games, monitor* will be moved direc tly onto the play ing surface to* the referee to use in those rul mg*, the referee will have 90 seconds to art on the call in question In the other seven game*, the referee will have Iwo minute* to make a ruling because he will have to go to either a sideline monitor or io one mounted on a it« dium wall Another previous sore spot was the targe number of lengthy reviews that involved quo* lions of possession on pass play* Those types of play* will not be reviewed in this summer* experiment While there are no plans to bring her h instant play beyond the 199b exhibition season, there is clearly support for the move Twenty six of the league's 30 coaches favor some type of review system, and there remains substantial support among the owner* to at least study the matter. High school senior quick to cash in on NBA aspirations ■ ENDORSEMENTS: Kobe Bryam has already signed a deal with Adidas NEW YORK (API — Ul the mar keting of Kotin Bryini begin |u*l a < oujilfi of week* aft or declar ing kx the NBA draft. iho high atihoo! aenior (mm Ardmore, Pa . «ign«d an imdunomvtil contract with Ad (da* on Tueaday. touting a now meeker for thn sporting goadi company. Il« rkewn't know yet wiut! NBA (n> any hall bn wearing lio dona, how ever. know what hia footwear will bn. And Bryant didn't have to take Marketing 101 to work out the deal, either He haa aigned with the William Morris Agency, the drat ath lete to enroll with a company better known (nr representing author* and Turn to ENDORSEMENTS Page 12 lUTtRS Pre Classic deserves attention U Eugene really 'Track Town USA?” The reel of the (tote wmi to think *o Ever tince the dayt of Bill Bowerntea end Steve Pre fontetne. Eugene h*» been »yn miymuui with track and Held excellence Today the Universi ty U one week away bran hearting one of the premier* track event* in the world, but no rate on cam pus to care. The Prefonuune Classic Grand PrU Track Kvent —- held on May 26 — Will (nature world -clan ath late* auch u Carl Lewis. |atkie loynar-Karam and Michael John ton. CSS Spurt* think* (hat theta athlete* and the event an tmptir tent enough to merit live nation al coverage, yet ticket* (till remain If there ever wa* a time to get out and *m international ly famous athlete* go for world record* in Eugene. this Is It. Aside from the Summer OlympUs in Atlanta. Ga.. hnw many other opportunities will you gat to aaa the two greatest pole vaulters in the world rone pete against ueh other, live? Two years ago Sergey Bubka wort the avent in relatively easy fashion •nd had three tries at a world record Imegine being a part of hiatory World record attempts are few and far between. At f oof hull and basketball gamea, student* provide the «w*» lional boost nm;n*sary to got AuUon Stadium and "The Pit" fired up. so why not Hayward Field? See you them Jennifer Strmdbtrg Manuel Bamako Mike Mot>ta y Kstth Bamaba Mark Seeks The Pre Marketing Team ft i ninean
