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JU L Y 22, 1998
JEljp Jiîortlaitô (Bfoertter
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NBA OWNERS, PIAYERS
AGREE TO TALK
B y CHRIS SHERIDAN
In the first sign o f progress since
the N BA lockout began almost three
w eeks ago, com m issioner D avid
Stem and union director Billy Hunter
agreed today to resum e bargaining.
A fter a 90-m inute m orning m eet­
ing, Stem and H unter plan to
speak again Friday to set the
date for negotiations. The
tw o sides have not bar­
gained since June 22, eight
days before the lockout
took effect.
“ I’m hopeful that he will
com e up w ith som ething,
or maybe between now and
Septem ber w e ’U com e up
w ith som ething,” H unter
s a id
M onday. “ But right now I w ant to
see how rooted in their position they
are. I m ean, clearly th ey ’ve im posed
a lockout. T he question now is if
they are really prepared to see this
thing through.”
It has been m ore than a w eek
sin c e the union ad jo u rn ed its a n ­
nual ex e cu tiv e council and p la y er
rep m eeting in H aw aii. In the m ean­
tim e, th e re have been rep o rts th at
eig h t h ard -lin e o w ners are p re ­
pared to scu ttle th e entire 1998-99
se aso n if an ag reem en t can n o t be
reached.
D e p u ty c o m m is s io n e r R u ss
u ra n ik , a key p la y er in the n eg o -
tia tio n s , is tra v e lin g w ith the U .S .
w o rld c h a m p io n s h ip team in E u ­
ro p e, alth o u g h he co u ld be c a lle d
back i f la b o r ta lk s resu m e.
At the core o f the dispute is the
am ount o f revenue devoted to player
salaries. U nder the old collective
bargaining agreem ent, the ow ners
had the right to seek a
new deal if player pay ­
ro ll c o s ts e x c e e d e d
51.8 percent o f all rev­
enue lum ped into the
categ o ry o f "b a sk e t­
ball-related incom e."
S tern say s th o se
p la y e r s a la rie s a c ­
counted for 57 per­
cent o f b ask etb all-re­
lated incom e last season. T he co m ­
m issioner also claim s that about h alf
the leagu e’s 29 team s w ere u n p ro f­
itable. T he union has scoffed at that
latter assertion, saying a m axim um
o f four team s actually lost m oney.
Stern, seeking w hat he cal Is “cost
certainty” for the ow ners, has asked
the players to agree to receiv e a
specific percentage o f basketball-
related income. H unterhas said Stem
w ants that num ber to be 48-50 p er­
cent.
T h e u n io n h a s r e s is te d b e in g
p in n e d d o w n o n a n u m b e r, s a y ­
in g th a t a g r e e in g to a n y s p e ­
c if ic p e r c e n ta g e w o u ld b e t a n ­
ta m o u n t to a c c e p tin g a “ h a r d ”
Seahawks Camp Opens Without Moon
Coach Dennis Erickson at a Press Conference earlier this week spoke of new changes expected from Seahawks.
The Seattle Seahaw ks’ training
camp began Monday with no moon.
N o W arren Moon.
T he v eteran qu arterb ack re ­
mained a holdout because o t a con­
tract dispute. There were no talks
Monday, agent Leigh Steinberg
said.
s a la r y ca p .
C a r e e r M o v e: T h e P r o s fo r R o s e
Ju stin R ose, th e 1 7 -y ea r-o ld
w ho jo lte d th e B ritish O p en , b e ­
g in s his new life as a p r o fe s ­
sio n a l g o lfe r on T h u rsd ay .
R ose, w ho fin ish e d fo u rth at
R oyal B irkdale in his hom e c o u n ­
try , m issed o u t on a $ 1 1 5 ,0 0 0
p ay d a y b ec au se he p la y ed th e
B ritish O p en as an am ate u r.
H e w ill sta rt h is first to u r n a ­
m en t as a p ro fe ssio n a l on T h u rs ­
d ay at th e D utch O pen.
O n T u e sd a y , in a sta te m e n t re ­
le a se d by C a rn e g ie S p o rts M a n ­
a g e m e n t o f S c o tla n d , he c o n ­
firm e d h is d e c is io n to tu rn pro.
“ S in c e m y e a rly c h ild h o o d I
h a v e a lw a y s w a n te d to p la y p ro ­
fessio n al g o lf,” R ose said. “ I h av e
had an e n jo y a b le an d re w a rd in g
c a r e e r a s an a m a te u r an d I h a v e a
g re a t d e a l o f p o s itiv e s to ta k e
in to th e p ro fe s s io n a l ra n k s. I am
v ery e x c ite d a b o u t th e c h a lle n g e s
a n d e x p e rie n c e s th a t lie a h e a d .”
R o s e ’s 1 - u n d e r - p a r 6 9 in
S u n d a y ’s final ro u n d left him tw o
sh o ts b eh in d O p en w in n e r M ark
O ’M e ara, w h o b e a t B ria n W a tts
in a p la y o ff, an d o n e b e h in d T i­
g er W o o d s. H is p e rfo rm a n c e w as
th e b e st by an a m a te u r at th e
B ritish O p en s in c e 1953.
O n T h u rs d a y , a w ee k sh o rt o f
h is 18th b irth d a y , R o se g o e s a f ­
te r th e w in n e r's p riz e o f $ 2 2 0 ,0 0 0
w h en h e jo in s a field fe a tu rin g
P hil M ic k e lso n , L ee W e stw o o d
an d N ick P rice.
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iritish Open final scores
Final scores and prize money from the $2.75 million British
Open, played from July 16th-19th at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in
Birkdale, England:
“W e sent a letter to the Seahawks
today trying to see if there is room for
com prom ise,” Steinberg said M on­
day night. “This is a new and strange
experience for W arren. It’s the first
day out o f training cam p in 20 years."
Randy Mueller, Seattle’svicepresi­
dent o f football operations, has said
salary cap lim itations prevent the
Seahawks from paying M oon signifi­
cantly more. M ueller did not return a
telephone m esasage Monday.
Too much is being made o f the 41 -
year-old M oon’s age, Steinberg said.
“He was 41 w hen he threw a touch­
down in the Pro Bowl six m onths
ago," Steinberg said.
Coach Dennis Erickson said he
had to focus on the players in camp.
M oon should not be hurt much if the
holdout isn’t long, Erickson said
" If he m isses a couple o f weeks
it’s going to hurt him ," Erickson
said.
W oop -lT -U p T oU ß - S t o p s I m P o w l a w o ,
S e p t . 12-13, To C e l e & r . a t e 10 yE A fts
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the worldwide tour will return to Port­
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secutiveyear. The 1998 Tour marks the
1 Oth anniversary o f the global hoops
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