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Bill would restrict franchises
New law could require six-month move notice
WASHINGTON — Tennessee's junior senator is threatening to squash an attempt to compensate cities deserted by their NFL, NBA or NHL teams.
The Associated Press
On Tuesday, the same day NFL owners approved the switch of the Houston Oilers to his state. Sen. Fred Thompson vowed to use all the muscle he can muster to make sure a bill now in the House would not make it to the Senate.
The owners' vote allows the Oilers to move to Nashville, Tenn., once a 65,000-seat stadium opens there in 1988.
The legislation would require football, hockey or basketball teams to give their current home-towns at least six months notice before a move.
Other bills on franchise free agency have been introduced in the Senate, but do not duplicate the provisions of Hoke's bill, which Thompson condemned as irresponsible.
It also would force those leagues to give an
The House Judiciary Committee has approved the bill, sponsored by Rep. Martin Hoke, R-Ohio.
"I will make use of every vehicle available in the Senate to prevent this from being approved," Thompson, a Republican, said in a news release.
"Congress has no business whatsoever meddling in this, and I will do everything in my power to kill it."
Hoke's response: "Apparently Fred's found himself a new scriptwriter — the NFL."
"This bill is as important for Nashville as it is for Houston, because it's the insurance policy that will prevent Bud Adams doing to Nashville what he's already done to Houston," Hoke said. "It doesn't ensure that a community will always have a team, but it does ensure that a community will always be dealt with fairly."
Hoke's legislation is high enough on the NFL's radar screen to merit a mention by the owners.
Hoke's bill would be retroactive to Aug. 1, to include Houston.
NFL Commissioner Paul Taglabue said Tuesday that the Oilers-to-Nashville deal was contingent on whether the legislation was passed by Congress.
That provision had been fought in committee by Rep. Ed Bryant, R-Tenn., but he failed to sway his committee colleagues, and was defeated 22-8 on changing the bill's effective date.
"The last time I checked, Congress isn't in the business of guaranteeing Detroit that General Motors will stay there," he said. "We certainly don't need to start experimenting with such a misguided policy by meddling with the business affairs of professional sports franchises."
Yesterday, Bryant issued a written statement echoing Thompson's kill-the-bill promise.
Voters to decide fate of Oilers
The Associated Press
Nashville could gain team if referendum wins approval
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dick Darr knew he had to set an example, so he went to the polls early, like a politician hoping for
a photo opportunity on election dav.
To Darr, this was just that, although the balloting on the Houston Oilers' referendum would last nine days.
"We had a meeting at 10
Early voting, which allows Nashville's 300,000 registered voters to vote at their convenience at one of five locations, started April 17 and ends
a. m. that morning, and how can you tell people to get out and vote if you haven't?" said Darr, chairman of the "Yes for Nashville" campaign.
today.
Voters will decide if Nashville should issue $80 million in bonds to help finance a $292 million relocation deal that would bring the NFL team to the city for the 1998 season.
He admitted that having an NFL franchise in town may hurt the Opryland theme park because people have only a limited number of dollars to spend on entertainment.
Several businesses, including Opryland USA, have bused employees to the polling locations to vote during the past two weeks. Gaylord Entertainment Co., which owns Opryland, transported workers twice a day, three days a week, said spokesman Alan Hall.
"We certainly feel it would benefit Nashville tremendously to have the NFL here. As to whether it benefits us is kind of a tossup," Hall said.
"We did a voter registration drive up until the date that could no longer happen," Hall said. "Now we're busing people to the voter center and trying to encourage our employees to be involved in this issue."
Election officials expect a strong voter
turnout, though the early voting has been lighter than projected. Preliminary figures through last weekend show that 19,719 people had taken advantage of the early-voting period.
Registrar-at-large Michael McDonald said he thinks between 28,000 and 30,000 will vote in the early period, down from a projected 35,000 to 45,000.
"But for the actual election May 7, I feel certain we will have better than 50 percent, maybe a little bit better than that," McDonald said. "These early voting numbers still are impressive compared to the number of people who voted early in the presidential primary."
The referendum is the last step toward getting the team. State and local governments have approved financing, and NFL owners authorized the move at a meeting Tuesday in Atlanta.
The Oilers would be the first major league franchise not only in Nashville, but in Tennessee.
Those opposed to taxpayer support of the team were able to force the referendum by getting the required number of signatures on a petition this spring.
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