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by A I McGHberry
The season is over. Gene Upshaw,
president of ihe N .F .L . Players As
sociation called a strike of his 1500
members o f the National Football
League on the night o f M onday,
September 20th. Stadiums are
closed, locker rooms are empty and
A m erica is w ithout their number
one pasttimc. Where are you Pete
Kozelle? Pete is Commissioner o f
the owners, who has negotiated mil
lion dollar T V contracts, is dragging
his feet in bargaining in good faith
with the players.
Pete and the owners have not ye,
met with the players or their execu
tive director Ed Garvey. They gave
their ball to Jack Donlon and told
him to run with It. Jack stated the
owners would be prepared to go all
season if necessary to prove their
point: that they want to control the
sport, and not share a thing with the
players. They wan, to pay the
players whatever they want to and
hold their athletic life in a paternal
istic fashion. Donlon also stated the
players would not be paid They
could clear out their belongings and
all practice fields would be closed.
I have always felt that football
lacked the strong leadership the
other sports, baseball and basket
b all, have shown. W hy they let
themselves get into this position af
ter seeing a history o f owners ex
ploiting the players 1*11 never know.
The owners know that the players
are underpaid but they have always
paid a few stars, but most better eat
the dog food or go home. Now (hat
the owners are getting so much
money their greed is so overwhelm
ing that they want to break the
union.
Fans very seldom understand the
issues. Most o f the time they side
with the owners. The fans never re
alize how tough the game can be;
how short the career of each player
is. And the players actually make
the sacrifices and make the game
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League. Both men were not p re
pared for life; both felt the game is a
song that has no end. I feel for both,
There is so much phoniness in
boxing tod ay, but B raxton is fo r
real. In the fight against Spinks I ’ll
take B raxton in 9. W h at do you
think?
what it it . M an y a fine player has
gone home to digging ditches rather
than be stepped on like a foot on a
stone. W hy the fans feel the rich
owners deserve all the money and
the players are overpaid is beyond
my understanding.
But the day o f the underpaid
football player is over. The players
are demanding a huge piece o f the
action, and why not? They are tak
ing the hard shots and there is no
game without them.
The owners had a whole year to
get with the union, especially after
they signed such a lu crative T .V .
contract, which they do not want to
share with anyone. I have stated be
fore that sport is big business and is
no d iffe re n t than A T & T , IB M or
any other corporation. They do not
understand the w orking class or
want to see them as co-workers.
The football strike is long over
due. But our lives w ill still go on.
Sport, folks, is only a game. We can
live with it or without it. So hats o ff
to the players. They finally realized
that they’re in the game o f life and
to win you must fight for everything
you get. Only the strong survive and
the weak belong on the sidelines.
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Athletes are vulnerable to all the
effects o f life, the good and the bad.
Bates was a star without a generator
to continue shining. He needed help
but couldn’t find it. He was a man
who d id n ’t understand the rules. I
really feel for him. Robinzine, like
many in sport, never prepared for
the day when the shot would fa il
and the money would stop the easy
roll into his pocket. Both cried but
no one could hear their cries. I t ’ s
sad and a lesson for the young. Pre
pare like the ant, for bad days are
sure to come. Goodbye Billy I hope
you land on your feet because no
one w ill bring you up fro m your
knees.
BILLY RAY BATES
T w o players fro m the N .B .A .
died last week: Bill Robinzine, fo r
merly o f the U tah Jazz, and B illy
Ray Bates of the Portland Trailblaz
ers. R o binzine died o f heartache
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