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Players still fighting salary cap issue
Both sides remain united as strike struggles onward
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Union head Donald Fehr is not worried about maintaining player solidarity now. He's thinking about next February, when owners might open training camps in an effort to break the strike.
"It's my job to be concerned if there's still a strike at that point," Fehr said Tuesday after briefing 33 players from 19 teams. "I have not had an occasion to doubt the unity and the resolve of the players since this started, and I don't now."
Fehr met with players in Atlanta for 31/2 hours, the start of his seven-city tour, and was to brief players today in Tampa, Fla.
"What's going to happen, I don't know," Fehr said. "I don't think anyone knows. I think we're in man's land. I just hope there is a desire on the other side to try and reach an accommodation before things get a lot worse."
Tom Glavine, player representative of the Atlanta Braves, went into the meeting saying he couldn't speak for other teams.
"I know my guys haven't changed one bit," he said. "I think they fully understand what's on. They are not about to agree to a salary cap or anything that looks like a salary cap."
He came out of the meeting talking about the unity of those who attended.
"Everybody is on the same page," he said. "Everybody is behind it the way we've been all along."
Most of the players left the downtown hotel without stopping for interviews.
"I've got a golf game," said Fred McGriff of the Braves, apparently unconcerned that by the time he got through traffic to a course, it likely would be dark.
Fehr said he wished there could be a way to quickly resolve the strike "so that we can reassure the fans we're not going to have this problem next year."
"That requires them (owners) to want an agreement," he said. "So far, that hasn't been their choice. This is not easy stuff. The owners want to play hardball."
Brett Butler, the Los Angeles Dodgers' player representative, said the meeting was to clarify the executive board's position for players who were relying on news reports.
"Until they're ready to negotiate, all we can do is
inform our players, keep having these meetings and keep them up to snuff on what's going on,"Butler said.
Glavine said no one came up with any new ideas.
"It's up to them to come back and talk to us if they ever want to," he said. "We all love baseball and we all want to play, but we don't want to play under those rules. That's the bottom line. The sooner owners understand that, the sooner we'll get together and get something done."
The sides haven't met since Sept. 9, and Fehr said there are no scheduled talks. The union believes owners will attempt to declare an impasse in bargaining and unilaterally implement the salary cap management they are insisting on.
"This is about breaking the union and getting their power back and ultimately getting a lot of money out of it." Glavine said.
Fehr is to testify today in Washington before a congressional subcommittee investigating whether baseball's antitrust exemption should be removed. Acting commissioner Bud Selig also is to testify.
Seigl's Milwaukee Brewers became the latest team to announce cutbacks, saying Tuesday they will eliminate 30 of 73 employees, or more than 40 percent of the pre-strike staff.
Wildcats prepare to pounce on Gophers
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State University football coach Bill Snyder has always stressed to his players that playing without emotion leads nowhere.
Last Saturday, it led to a 27-18 win over Rice. Despite their penalties, fumbles, blown coverage and mental mistakes, the Wildcats emerged with a victory and improved to 2-0.
But Snyder said he is trying to prepare the Wildcats for bigger and better opponents, opponents who may capitalize on K-State errors.
After the Rice game, Snyder reminded his players of the 1992 season, when the Wildcats plummeted to 5-6
after posting a 7-4 record the season before.
The players could say, "Well, coach, we still won," but the point is, you can only do that so long. "Snyder said. Rice was an improved team, but we are going to play some teams that are far superior to Rice."
"I tell them, 'Believe me and trust me that we can't take things for granted,'" Snyder said. "Just because we went to a bowl game and we've won a few games doesn't mean we're good enough to walk out on the field and win.
"We've got to claw and scratch and fight for every inch, every snap, every day. That is just the nature of where we are. I just don't want our youngsters to forget where they are. If we do, we're in for sorry times."
K-State will be host to Minnesota at 6:50 p.m. Saturday.
After a 56-3 drubbing from Penn State, the Golden Gophers have rebounded with wins over Pacific and San Diego State. Last year the Wildcats edged the Gophers 30-25.
The Wildcats' habit of playing to the level of the opposition has some players concerned.
"That is a problem," said K-State quarterback Chad May, who completed 19 of 31 passes for 245 yards and one touchdown last Saturday. "One of these times it's going to sneak up and bite us. We need to learn to put teams away early."
Wide receiver Kevin Lockett said the Wildcat offense has been hit-and-miss.
"We've played good in spots and in spots we've been sluggish," he said. "We haven't been playing with great excitement. We have to play well at all times and not just according to who the opponent is.
"We've been practicing pretty much high power," Lockett said. "It's something coach Snyder is trying to put in us. He pretty much got after us after Saturday's game. I think this weekend you'll see a lot more effort and excitement."
Last season at Nebraska, the Wildcats cut the Cornhuskers led to 31-
"We've got to claw and scratch and fight for every inch,every snap, every day."
Bill Snyder
Kansas State football coach
28 in the fourth quarter before falling 45-28. It was the second year in a row that K-State had played Nebraska tough.
In the next two games, the Wildcats tied Colorado 16-16 and beat Oklahoma 21-7.
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