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University Daily Kansan, July 13, 1983
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TV rights to college football unresolved
By ED GROM Staff Reporter
The NCAA has lost control of television contracts for college football games unless a court ruling Monday is overturned. The NCAA Court, the NCAA official said yesterday.
Dennis Cryder, NCAA assistant television program director, said that because of the ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, the NCAA would not have the power to negotiate television rights for schools unless the Supreme Court overturned the ruling.
The ruling also clears the path for an appeal to the Supreme Court by the NCAA in its dispute with the universities of Oklahoma and Georgia.
ON MONDAY, the Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision to void $281.1 million in television contracts with the NCAA. The ruling frees colleges to make separate network deals.
The universities filed suit last August challenging the NCAA's authority to negotiate television contracts for member schools.
"What Georgia and Oklahoma did was challenge the NCAA's right to determine who televises their games," said KU athletic director Monte Johnson. "Should the case come out in favor of the two schools, rights of football games could be negotiated with more than the usual networks."
UNDER THE CURRENT NCAA contract, ABC, CBS and Turner Broadcasting System were the only television networks allowed to telewise live college football, according to Mike Brady, director at the University of Oklahoma.
What it all boils down to, Treps said,
is money.
He said that an open market for TV rights would strengthen college football as a television product and that bids for the rights of games would go up.
"Talks between schools and television companies is an open market right now, and any school can talk with any TV company." Treps said.
THE ONLY PROBLEM, he said, was whether any other contracts for schools around the country would be signed before the coming season.
"The season is coming up in less than two months," Treps said, "and we do
not have a contract. There is not enough time to put together an attractive agreement.
"In a way, what we were hoping for if the courts overturned the NCAA was to go through the 1983 season with the present NCAA contract and then start the new system in 1984 so the best possible contract could signed."
Last month, representatives from the 60 member schools of the College Football Association, including Johnson, met in Dallas and voted to draw up a new name for TV networks in case the courts ruled in favor of Oklahoma and Georgia.
"It has been apparent that the stay was going to be lifted, so we needed to draw up a contingency plan," said Elaine Donahue, administrative assistant to the executive director of the CFA.
"NOW THAT THE LATEST ruling has been announced, we are arranging a meeting with all 60 schools to discuss the contingency plan."
She said that although the place and time of the meeting was not finalized, it would take place before the end of the month.
Johnson said that if the NCAA lost its power in negotiating contracts for schools, there would be group pack-crew contracts and individual contracts, for the coming seasons.
"I'm sure there would be an arrangement where one group would represent a lot of schools," Johnson said. "The CFA would make arrangements or turn that task over to conferences."
Before the contingency plans can become legal, Treps said, the Supreme Court will have to resolve the dispute.
AT THIS TIME, Cryder said, the NCAA legal counsel is in the process of drawing up a case proposal for the Supreme Court, but it could be several days before the court decides to consider the case.
The Supreme Court is in recens until October, but the court has gone into emergency sessions before, Cryder said.
"If the Supreme Court does not decide to hear the case or if it rules against the NCAA, the present NCAA contract will be null and void." Cryder
Blue Jays beat Royals on two-run grounder
Bv United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Will Upshaw hit a ground ball through a drawn-in infield last night, allowing two runs to score and giving the Toronto Blue Jays a 9-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Cliff Johnson opened the eighth with a walk, and the Royals countered by bringing in Dan Quisenberry.
Pinch hitter Jorge Orta then reached on a tap in front of the plate, and Lloyd Moseby, also pinch hitting, put down a bunt that Quisenberry fielded but had no play on.
UPSHAW, ANOTHER PINCH hit, hit a two-hopper toward Kansas City second baseman Frank White. City second baseman into right field and two runs scored.
The final run scored on a grounder by Alfredo Griffin. Steve Renko, 5-7, was the loser.
The Royals had tied it 6-6 with
four runs in the seventh, three coming on a George Brett homer and the other on Willie Worsham's RB II. In the reliever reliever Roy Lee Jackson, 7-1.
Jackson came in for Blue Jay's starter Doley Alexander Alexander and pitched 6 i/8 innings, giving up seven hits and four earned runs.
The Blue Jays used four home runs to take a 6-1 lead over the first four innings. Barry Bonnell his sixth of the year in the first, and Toronto added five runs in the fourth to chase starter Vidal Blue, who has hit six homers since Johnson opened the fourth with a bunt single and George Bell, called up Monday from Syracuse, lineed a homer into the left-field bleachers.
Jesse Barfield then walked, and Buck Martinez made it 5-0 with a shot over the center-field wall.
Renko replaced Blue and was greeted by Dave Collins' first homer of the year.
Fisk continues hitting home runs, Bannister nabs shutout as Sox win, 8-0
By United Press International
Willie Aikens had three hits for the losing cause.
The Chicago battery was fully charged at Comiskey Park last night.
Carlton Fisk continued his slugging surge with two home runs and Floyd Bannister pitched his first shutout in a year to lead the Chicago White Sox to an 8-0 rout of the Cleveland Indians. Fisk hit his 12th homer of the year with one out in the first off Lary Sorensen, 4-8, and smashed a two-run shot in the seventh against Jerry Reed. The Chicago catcher has hit eight home runs and driven in 16 runs in his last 17 games.
BANNISTER WALKED three and struck out eight in picking his 11th career shutout. In winning his fourth, Cleveland was the only team he limited Cleveland to just five hits.
The White Sox broke the game open with three runs in the second inning. After Harold Baines led off with a double to right, he scored on the first of three singles by Ron Kittle. Kittle took third on Vance Law's single to right and scooted on Jerry Dybzkin's base but only run scored on Julio Cruzsingle.
in other American League games,
seattle nipped Boston 3:2. Baltimore
caught up in the playoffs.
In Boston, John Moses had an RBI single and Spike Owen drove in a run in the fifth inning to rally the Mariners. The "Mariners" Bryan Clark won his fourth game in six decisions and in the first of his 23 innings to pick up his 16th save.
Minnesota 4-3, Milwaukee throttled Texas 9-2, Toronto beat Kansas City 9-6 and Detroit beat California 5-4 in 14 innings.
IN BALTIMORE, rookie Allen Ramirez and Tim Stoddard combined on a six-hitter and Eddie Murray cracked a two-run homer to lift the Orioles to their third straight triumph. Ramirez, 2-0, outdued rookie left-handier Gorman Heimueller, who had scattered four hits in his major-league debut until Murray's 15th home in the eighth inning.
In Minneapolis, Jerry Mumphrey drilled a two-run single with two out in the eighth inning to cap a three-run outburst and rally the Yankees. George Frazer, 3-1, relieved Meckough who had a no-hitter through six innings
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In other games, Cincinnati topped
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Claudell Washington scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error by Philadelphia catcher Virgil in the eighth inning. He took the ball, led off the eighth with a double, stole third and scored when Virgil's high throw went off the glove of
— in the seventh and got the victory.
In late games, it was Chicago at San Diego, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh at San Francisco.
In Detroit, Wayne Krenchkii slammed a two-out double against the wall in right-center field to score Chet Lemon in the bottom of the 14th to lift the Tigers. Loser Mike Witt, 4-6, got the Lemon on a 3-2 pitch. Krenchkii then powered a 2-2 pitch for his first hit in seven at-bats in the game.
In Arlington, Texas, rookie Chuck Porter hurried a seven-hit to record his first major-league victory, and Cecil Cooper drove in three runs with a single hit. The Rangers' 18-hit attack. It was the Rangers' fifth loss in six games.
IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia seemed headed for a split of a double-header with Atlanta until the Braves' costly ninth-inning error provided the host Phillies with a sweep and first place in the Eastern Division.
walked, Von Hayes singled to center and Ozzie V丽古lirced an RBI single to right. Looser Steve Bedrosian, 5-3, then intentionally walked Greg Gross to load the bases. Larry Milbourne hit a grounder to Rafael Ramirez, who threw to Hubbard for the forcec, but Hubbard's relay went wide of first and into a photographers' box as the tying and winning runs crossed the plate.
IN THE FIRST GAME, Denny, 7-5,
allowed three hits and one run in seven
innings before being relieved by
Holland, who notched his eighth
by striking out five in the last two
innings. Denny, who lowered her ERA
to 217, got 13 of his first 15 outs on
grounders.
Braves second baseman Glenn Hubbard's wild throw in the ninth allowed two runs to score and gave Philadelphia a 7-6 victory over Atlanta for the nightcap triumph. In the first game, John Denny and Al Iafrey threw out Garry Maddox stroked a two-run triple to lead the Philies to a 4-1 victory.
Philadelphia had drawn within 6-5 with one out when Mike Schmidt
third baseman Schmidt and into left field. Two outs later, Chambliss added his 12th homer.
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